Anisa Ghadrshenas

Anisa joined Unitaid in 2019 from the World Health Organization Department of HIV/AIDS and Global Hepatitis, where she worked on developing normative policies and implementation tools for HIV and HCV treatment and diagnostics. Before that, she was director of the Laboratory Services Team at the Clinton Health Access Initiative, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Anisa holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental health and toxicology from the University of Washington, and a master’s degree in major programme management from the University of Oxford. She is from the United States.

 

Cherise P. Scott

Dr. Cherise Scott is a global health specialist with close to 20 years of experience developing and advancing innovations and products for neglected diseases. Dr. Scott’s career spans preclinical to market introduction for medicines and vaccines. Her current work encompasses identifying and supporting interventions to overcome access barriers to innovative treatment, diagnosis, and prevention tools for major diseases in low- and middle-income countries with a particular focus on the areas of tuberculosis, HCV, long-acting technologies, innovative delivery forms for paediatric treatment, regulatory and intellectual property.

Edith Endam Ndam

Edith has 15 years experience working at Unitaid and WHO in various departments, coordinating administrative projects, supporting directors and teams, and managing databases. As an administrative specialist, Edith is resilient, proactive, and solution-oriented, embracing on-the-job learning, needed skills in the unpredictable and fast paced work environment.
Edith holds a graduate and several postgraduate qualifications: a Postgraduate degree in Linguistics (Discourse Analysis) and a diploma in continuing education from the University of Geneva; a diploma in international environmental law from UNITAR; and an MSc in Management (workplace conflict management) from the University of Liverpool. Edith is fluent in English and French.

 

Carmen Pérez Casas

Carmen brings more than twenty years’ experience in pharmaceutical policies, partnerships, strategic planning, grant-development and evaluation. Before joining Unitaid in 2012, she worked with diverse international organizations including Médecins sans Frontières, and global health institutions such as the Global Fund, always focused on overcoming barriers to health access, and scale-up of the best drugs and diagnostics in resource-limited settings.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, and a master’s in virology.

Janet Ginnard

With over 20 years of experience, Janet has a demonstrated track record in health leadership and strategy development. She is currently the Director of Strategy at Unitaid, leading investment planning and strategic design and implementation of health product investments. Before joining Unitaid in 2012, Janet held roles in global health, private-sector pharmaceutical industry, and pricing, access and strategy consulting. She has also been a guest lecturer on market shaping, new product introduction, and market access. Janet has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a master’s in Bioscience Enterprise from the University of Cambridge.

Caroline Brodier

Caroline joined Unitaid in 2016 after 6 years with the WHO’s Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s human resources, where she was in charge of recruiting, onboarding and managing field assignments for international consultants. Before joining the WHO, she was a cardio-technician at the Clinique des Grangettes Cardiology Center in Geneva. A Swiss national, she is a graduate of the Swiss Health and Social Care Centre.

Catherina Timmermans

Catherina is an expert in intellectual property and pharmaceutical supply & regulation. She came to Unitaid in 2011 after World Health Organization posts in Guinea, Indonesia, India and the Philippines. Before joining WHO she worked with a medicine-supply NGO in Uganda. Catherina says her career has been guided by an abiding interest in the subject matter. “I enjoy the combination of the technical and the practical,” she says. “And I believe in what I do. I believe that everybody should have access to medicine and treatment.”  Catherina is from the Netherlands and holds master’s degrees in pharmaceutical sciences and political science.