DiseaseChaser · Global health advisory & consultancy
The outbreak is never only a virus.
Independent global health advisory on outbreak preparedness, vaccine development standards and biospecimen stewardship — for governments, funders, public-health agencies and multilateral partners.
Dr Michael Selorm Avumegah
Global health strategist & vaccinologist · Founder & CEO, Aniwa Health Intelligence
Fifteen years in infectious disease across three continents: field epidemiology in Ghana and Australia, a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate carried through phase 1 at the University of Queensland, and WHO International Antibody Standards and biospecimen governance for priority pathogens.
- Five WHO International Antibody Standards — Nipah, CCHFV, Marburg, Sudan virus and SARS-CoV-1
- Programme Leader, CEPI — Biospecimen Sourcing Initiative, Oslo & London
- Phase 1 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial — molecular clamp platform, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- 30+ peer-reviewed papers — Lancet Microbe, Nature Health, BMJ Global Health, npj Vaccines
Available for advisory reviews, scientific advisory boards and speaking
At the bench, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Preclinical work on the molecular clamp SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate that advanced to a phase 1 clinical trial — filmed for an ARTE documentary on the search for a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Where to start, depending on why you came.
The enterprise
What Aniwa Health Intelligence is, why it exists, and how its four divisions fit together.
About & architecture 02How we work together
Six formats an engagement can take — from a short advisory review to a design mandate, a surge advisory cell or a board seat.
Engagement formats 03Expertise & evidence
Six areas of technical expertise, from outbreak surveillance to biospecimen stewardship, and the peer-reviewed publication record underneath them.
Expertise & publications 04Writing & speaking
Essays on Africa’s scientific and health sovereignty, published as DiseaseChaser on Substack, plus keynotes, technical rounds and media commentary.
Essays, talks & events 05About Selorm
Fifteen years across three continents: field epidemiology in Ghana, a phase 1 vaccine trial in Australia, and WHO standards work from Oslo and London.
Biography, track record & awards 06Contact
Advisory reviews, scientific advisory board seats, speaking invitations and media enquiries. Works globally.
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Short advisory reviews, standing technical advisory roles, speaking engagements and media commentary. Ministries of health, multilateral agencies, funders and implementing partners.
Advisory work in this field regularly touches sensitive health, sample and programme data. All engagements can be covered by an NDA or data-handling agreement on request, and no client information, samples or findings are shared, published or reused without written consent.
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If we have worked together and you would be willing to put a short recommendation on the record, send it by email. Nothing is published without explicit approval.