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The Sentinel Team

Sentinel is a global collaboration of clinicians, epidemiologists, geneticists, virologists, bioengineers, computer scientists, and public health experts. The program was launched with generous support from a cohort of  donors through TED’s Audacious Project, including Flu Lab, the ELMA Foundation, the Skoll Foundation, and Open Philanthropy. 

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The framework is co-led by Dr. Christian Happi, PhD, Director of ACEGID and Professor of Molecular Biology and Genomics at Redeemer’s University, and Dr. Pardis Sabeti, MD, DPhil, an Institute Member of the Broad Institute, Professor at Harvard University and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. 

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Dr. Al Ozonoff

US Director BROAD
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Colby Wilkason

Program Manager BROAD
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Iguosadolo Nosamiefan

Project Manager ACEGID
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Chelsea I'Anson

Project Manager BROAD
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Director, Pathogen Genomic Surveillance

Dr. Bronwyn MacInnis

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Dr. Johnson Okolie

Operations and Grant Manager ACEGID

Dr. Daniel Park

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Computational Lead
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Dr. Marietou Paye 

Project Manager Implementation BROAD
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Dr. Ian Baudi

Implementation Scientist BROAD
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Dr. Onikepe Folarin

Deputy Director, Education, Training and Capacity Building Lead ACEGID

In Country Leadership

Clinics, Hospitals, Global Health Systems:

Nigeria

  • Dr. Chinedu Ugwu, leading partnerships with clinics, hospitals, and public health, and overseeing clinical teams in Nigeria

  • Sylvannus Okogbenin, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria

  • Olufemi Ayodeji, Federal Medical Center, Owo. Nigeria

  • Kinglsey Ojide, Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria

  • Ireti Dada, Ikorodu General Hospital, Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Dr. Donald Grant, Sierra Leone Project Lead

Senegal

Dr. Daouda Ndiaye, Senegal Project Lead

Liberia

Dr. Mosoka Fallah, Liberia Project Lead

DRC

Dr. Anne Rimoin, DRC Project Lead

We are also grateful to have the support of our extended scientific, operations, and administrative teams, who play a crucial role in helping us progress this important work.​​​

  • Dr. Peter Okokhere, leading training on clinical management of patients with viral hemorrhagic fevers

  • Dr. Anise Happi, Deputy Director of Zoonotic ACEGID Surveillance Data Analytics and Visualization

  • Martha Goldberg, Lab Finance

  • Dr. Lily Chylek, Lab Science Writer

  • Dr. Ify Aniebo, Communications Director ACEGID

  • Dr. Moyo Osoba, Project Coordinator Owo ACEGID 

  • Mofoluso Olutayo-David, Finance Lead ACEGID

  • Dr. Olivia Achonduh-AtiJegbe, Project Coordinator Abakaliki ACEGID

Scientific, Operational, and Administrative Support teams

Collaborators and Partners 

  • Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention 

  • Nigeria Centres for Disease Control

  • Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative

  • Fathom Information Design

  • Sherlock Biosciences

  • Illumina

  • Ginkgo Bioworks

  • Rockefeller Pandemic Prevention Institute

  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and EIDB

Strong partnerships are a cornerstone to Sentinel’s success, but we know that pandemic prevention cannot be achieved alone. From the outset we have focused on building Sentinel in concert with governments, public health agencies, NGOs, academic groups, tech companies, and other related programs, to promote sustainable and resilient improvements.

Learn about our Mission and Vision

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our work

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Sentinel's Impact

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