Dr Khatoon is the Assistant Director-Research at the JBI Centre for Public Health Research, MANT, India. She specializes in vector-borne diseases, public health, and evidence synthesis, with a focus on climate-related severe weather events in the Bay of Bengal. Her doctoral research (2021) examined vector-borne disease prevalence in Kolkata. A recipient of the UGC NET/JRF-SRF fellowship (2015), she integrates GIS into health geography research. Dr. Khatoon has published widely, presented globally, and received multiple awards, including a Best Paper Award (2023), NIH case study project (2024) and a travel grant for the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (2024).

Professor Zoe Jordan is the Executive Director of JBI, University of Adelaide, Australia. She has held numerous leadership positions over the past 20 years working to promote and support evidence-based healthcare globally. She is particularly interested in understanding how evidence syntheses efforts related to global frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals can be more efficiently and effectively addressed. She has been involved in various collaborative groups such as the Global Evidence Commission Response Working Group (Australia), SPOR Evidence Alliance International Advisory Committee (Canada), the Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Consortia (MuSE) and Cochrane Co-Production Methodology Group, JBI Textual Evidence Synthesis Methodology Group, Evidence Synthesis Taxonomy Initiative Advisory Group (ESTI), and the Health Translation SA Implementation Science Network Executive.

Prof Dreyer currently acts as Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies and Head of Gynaecology at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria. Internationally she serves as FIGO Council member and as the International Gynecologic Cancer Society President for 2024–2026. She is a full professor in Gynaecologic Oncology and actively involved in academic medicine as a clinician, researcher and teacher. She holds a MBBcH, FCOG and a PhD. She was further trained in pelvic surgery and women’s cancer surgery and treatment locally and in Leuven, Edinburgh and Utrecht. She is a South African NRF-rated researcher and a recipient of several research awards and grants. Prof Dreyer is an eminent editor, writer of textbooks and book chapters. She has published more than a hundred peer reviewed publications and is frequently an invited speaker at international scientific meetings. She has supervised innumerable master’s and doctoral students and trained extensively local, regional and international fellows over more than twenty years. She took the lead to develop the sub-specialist Gyne oncology programme in South Africa and leads the Women’s Cancer Research Group at UP and the VACCS multicentric and multi-disciplinary national consortium.

Professor Enuameh heads the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana and is the Vice Dean of the School of Public Health. He is also a Clinical Research Fellow with the Kintampo Health Research Center (KHRC), the Team Lead of the JBI Center of Excellence at the KHRC, and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer with the Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia. Yeetey’s research areas include adolescent health; maternal, newborn and child health; sexual and reproductive health; and evidence-based healthcare.

Dr Asahngwa Constantine holds a PhD in Medical Anthropology. He is a Senior Lecturer of Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon. He is an Evidence Synthesis Specialist with more than 15 years experience in producing systematic reviews. His research interest is in the domain of Infectious and Non-communicable diseases, Health Policy and Systems, and Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Dr. Raj Shankar Ghosh is a physician and public health expert with over 30 years of experience in policy, planning, and program implementation. He has held leadership roles at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, WHO, and PATH, focusing on vaccines, immunization systems, and infectious diseases. His work includes advancing HPV vaccination and cervical cancer prevention, alongside drug development for neglected diseases and advocacy for evidence-based, equitable public health systems in India and South Asia.

Prof Bassa is a Clinical and Radiation Oncologist and Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Steve Biko Academic Hospital and the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her clinical and research interests focus on gynecologic malignancies, cervical cancer, hypofractionated radiotherapy, and oncology service delivery in resource-constrained settings. She is actively involved in postgraduate oncology training, national examinations, and international collaborations in global oncology. Prof Bassa serves on the council of the College of Radiation Oncologists of South Africa and contributes to several international educational and research initiatives in gynecologic oncology.

Professor Dassah is an Obstetrician/Gynaecologist and an Epidemiologist. He has been a leader of cervical cancer prevention in Ghana, particularly in primary health care settings. He managed various cervical cancer prevention projects and is currently the Project Director of the Upper West Cervical Cancer Prevention Project and Country Ambassador for the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS) in Ghana. His current research interests include Reproductive and Women’s Health.

Dr Muchengeti holds a MBChB, Postgraduate Diploma in HIV Management, MSc Epidemiology & Biostatistics and a PhD. She is the Head of Department of the South African National Cancer Registry (NCR), at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS). She also leads the IARC Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development (IARC-GICR) Centre of Expertise in Johannesburg within the African Cancer Registry Network. She is a cancer epidemiologist with over 14 years of experience in cancer surveillance and epidemiological research, focusing on HIV-associated cancers, cervical cancer, and population-based cancer registration in African populations. She is a co-Principal Investigator of the South African HIV Cancer Match (SAM) Study and the South African Cervical Cancer Screening (SACCS) cohort. Dr Muchengeti is a Research Associate at the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch University. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles and serves on several national and international advisory committees, including being the Chair of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention and Control.

Dr. Ghosh is a physician and global public health communication consultant with over a decade of experience in visual storytelling, advocacy, and information design. He works with leading organizations including UNICEF, CHAI, and the Gates Foundation, translating complex health data into impactful narratives. As Communication Lead for the Cervical Cancer Elimination Consortium–India, he plays a key role in advancing cervical cancer awareness, prevention, and advocacy through strategic, evidence-driven communication initiatives.

Dr Uzabakiriho is an obstetrician & Gynecologist and a lecturer with over 10 years of experience in women’s healthcare and academic medicine. He holds a MBBch, FCOG and a MMed. He is a certified Gynecological oncologist focusing on vulnerable women living with HIV and cervical cancer. His area of interest is access and management of gynecological cancer in a resource constraint area and for marginalized communities. He is also the director at the St Charles clinic centre, Johannesburg where he plays an advisory role to the clinic management team regarding women’s health.

Dr Pillay is a radiation oncologist working in the public sector at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, a tertiary academic hospital affiliated with the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Clinically, Dr Pillay’s practice focuses on gynaecologic malignancies, with expertise in both external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy. This includes the management of cervical, endometrial, vaginal, and vulvar cancers using contemporary radiotherapy techniques. Her research interests are on pediatric and gynaecological malignancies. She is involved in advancing treatment approaches and outcomes for these patient groups within the South African public healthcare setting.

Dr Mnisi holds a MBCHB, MMed, FCOG. He has a sub-specialty in gynaecologic oncology which enables him to provide specialized care to patients with complex gynaecological cancers. Currently, Dr Mnisi serves as a specialist gynaecologist at Kalafong Academic Hospital, Pretoria.

Dr Kgwerano Khulu is a specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and a sub-specialist in Gynaecologic oncology. She is currently working as a Gynecological oncologist at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. She is passionate about women’s health education and advocacy, and providing dedicated oncologic care.

Dr. Magagula is a medical Doctor affiliated with the Department of Public Health Medicine at Steve Biko Academic Hospital and the University of Pretoria. Her work focuses on health systems strengthening, surveillance, operational research, and the use of routine health data to improve service delivery within tertiary healthcare settings. With experience spanning both clinical medicine and public health practice, Dr. Magagula has contributed to projects involving patient flow optimisation, Length of Stay analysis, discharge systems strengthening, and oncology-related data collection and surveillance activities. Her current interests include strengthening surveillance systems and leveraging health data to support evidence-based approaches to cancer control and population health outcomes in South Africa. She is particularly interested in the role of surveillance and health communication in strengthening equitable cervical cancer control strategies in South Africa.

Dr Bhattacharya is the Assistant Director at CPHR (JBI affiliate centre), Kolkata, India. Her research focuses on health financing, health economics, and economic evidence. At CPHR she leads grant proposal writing, co-leads research projects and supervises junior team members. She was awarded the Dr. R. T. Doshi First Prize for her paper on ‘India’s National Food Security Act 2013: Food distribution through revamped public distribution system or food stamps and cash transfers’, and Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Managing Critical Resources: Food, Energy and Water, by CEDP, IIM Calcutta.