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.
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
Iguosadolo Nosamiefan
Project Manager ACEGID
Chelsea I'Anson
Project Manager BROAD
Director, Pathogen Genomic Surveillance
Dr. Bronwyn MacInnis
Dr. Johnson Okolie
Operations and Grant Manager ACEGID
Dr. Daniel Park
Computational Lead
Dr. Marietou Paye
Project Manager Implementation BROAD
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
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Dr. Chinedu Ugwu, leading partnerships with clinics, hospitals, and public health, and overseeing clinical teams in Nigeria
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Sylvannus Okogbenin, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria
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Olufemi Ayodeji, Federal Medical Center, Owo. Nigeria
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Kinglsey Ojide, Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria
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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.​​​
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Dr. Peter Okokhere, leading training on clinical management of patients with viral hemorrhagic fevers
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Dr. Anise Happi, Deputy Director of Zoonotic ACEGID Surveillance Data Analytics and Visualization
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Martha Goldberg, Lab Finance
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Dr. Lily Chylek, Lab Science Writer
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Dr. Ify Aniebo, Communications Director ACEGID
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Dr. Moyo Osoba, Project Coordinator Owo ACEGID
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Mofoluso Olutayo-David, Finance Lead ACEGID
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Dr. Olivia Achonduh-AtiJegbe, Project Coordinator Abakaliki ACEGID
Scientific, Operational, and Administrative Support teams
Collaborators and Partners
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Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
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Nigeria Centres for Disease Control
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Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative
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Fathom Information Design
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Sherlock Biosciences
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Illumina
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Ginkgo Bioworks
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Rockefeller Pandemic Prevention Institute
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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.
