Professor Dr Mary Ann Lansang is a Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Clinical Epidemiology at the University of the Philippines. She has been a faculty member there since 1984 and is currently Chief of the Section on Infectious Diseases at the Department of Medicine. Dr Lansang was the first Director of the first Clinical Epidemiology Unit established at the University’s College of Medicine in 1984. She became the Executive Director of the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (2000-2005) and Director of the Knowledge Management Unit of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2008-2012). She has served as a member of various international scientific committees and boards, among them, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, the Council on Health Research for Development, and the Alliance on Health Policy and Systems Research. She has more than 20 years of experience in global health with technical expertise in epidemiology, prevention, control and management of infectious and tropical diseases. She has also been involved in policy development for public health programs, including maternal, neonatal and childhood health and nutrition, the monitoring and evaluation of public health programs, health policy research and knowledge translation and health systems strengthening. She was also the project leader of the 2016 National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in the Philippines. She is published widely in peer-reviewed international journals on infectious and tropical diseases, as well as health policy and systems research.
