In 2012, BIO Ventures for Global Health formed a Scientific Advisory Board to review the content in the Global Health Primer. The Scientific Advisory Board provides objective scientific information and advice to ensure that the Global Health Primer content is scientifically sound and pertinent. Board members review the profiles in their respective areas of expertise, on an annual basis, to ensure the data in the Primer are accurate and reliable. Below is a list of 2012 Scientific Advisory Board members.

Afzal Siddiqui, PhD

Professor & Director, Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Texas Tech University School of Medicine

Alan Magill, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Program Manager, Defense Science Office, COL U.S. Army (retired), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Carolyn Williamson, PhD

Professor and Head of the Division of Medical Virology, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

David Sherman, PhD

Full Member & Program Director, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington

Filip Dubovsky, MD, MPH, FAAP

Vice President Clinical Development, Therapeutic Area Head, Vaccines, MedImmune, LLC

George Armah, PhD

Associate Professor and Head of the Electron Microscopy and Histopathology Departments, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana - Legon

James McKerrow, PhD, MD

Professor and Vice-Chair for Research Affairs Pathology, University of California, San Francisco

Julie Jacobson, MD

Senior Program Officer, Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Pei-Yong Shi, PhD

Executive Director, Disease Biology, Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases Pte Ltd

Rosanna Peeling, PhD

Professor and Chair of Diagnostics Research, Clinical Research Unit, ITD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine