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PSI guest seminar: Speakers from Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal
About the speakers
Dr Socé Fall served as Assistant Director-General for Emergency Response at the World Health Organization where he played a key role in coordinating global responses to major epidemics. He was born in Dakar and holds degrees in medicine, public health, and epidemiology. He has dedicated his career to combating infectious diseases, strengthening health systems, and enhancing pandemic preparedness, with field experience in over 50 countries. He recently came back to Senegal to take over as Director of IPD and will visit the PSI, Oxford, with his colleagues Dr Cheikh Tidiane Diagne, MD DiaTropix, IPD, Senegal, and Dr Joe Fitchett, Conseiller Biotechnologie, IPD, Senegal, to strengthen strategic partnerships.
Dr Emily Adams is an Associate Professor at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, working on the development of diagnostics through to implementation focusing on diseases with pandemic potential. She is also Chief Global Health Officer at GADx, a social enterprise company for diagnostics in the UK where she leads the global health portfolio.
Date:
28 January 2026, 15:30
Venue:
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details:
The Centre for Human Genetics - Room A/B, Old Road Campus, Headington, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN
Speakers:
Dr Emily Adams (University of Oxford),
Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall (Director of Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD), Senegal),
Dr Cheikh Tidiane Diagne (MD DiaTropix, IPD, Senegal),
Dr Joe Fitchett (IPD, Senegal)
Organising department:
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Organisers:
Dr Emily Adams (University of Oxford),
Ksenia Ananyeva (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
events.psi@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Pandemic Sciences Institute
Part of:
Pandemic Sciences Institute seminar series
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://forms.office.com/e/yrSHYYPzJD
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Fiona Welply
