Dr Mendelson studied Medicine at St. Mary’s Hospital, London, and specialised in Infectious Diseases at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, where he also attained his PhD. He moved to The Rockefeller University, New York in 2001 and subsequently to University of Cape Town to work on tuberculosis and innate immunity. In 2007 he started the first accredited Infectious Diseases Training Centre at University of Cape Town, and in 2011, he co-founded the South African Antibiotic Stewardship Programme, a grass roots advocacy and implementation collective. He co-authored the resulting South African Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Strategic Framework and chaired the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance from its inception in 2014 until 2023.
Dr Mendelson in involved with multiple international partners on AMR and his focus is now on developing international policy to mitigate AMR.
Dr. Srinivasan is the Deputy Director for Program Improvement in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Before coming to CDC he was as Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Infectious Diseases Division at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine where he was the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Management Program and the associate hospital epidemiologist. His primary responsibilities include oversight and coordination of efforts to eliminate healthcare associated infections and reduce antimicrobial resistance. His research and investigative areas of concentration include outbreak investigations, infection control, multi-drug resistant gram negative pathogens and antimicrobial use. Dr. Srinivasan has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals on his research in healthcare epidemiology, infection control and antimicrobial use and resistance. He continues to attend clinically on the infectious diseases consultation service at the Atlanta Veteran’s Affairs hospital.
Dr. Stergachis’ research and teaching focuses primarily on the safety and use of medicines and vaccines in LMICs. He is Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the School of Pharmacy, Director of the Global Medicines Program and Director of the Biomedical Regulatory Affairs Program, University of Washington. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, Epidemiology and Health Systems & Population Health. He directed a pregnancy registry study on the safety of antimalarials in sub-Saharan African countries. He has developed novel approaches for HIV pharmacovigilance and strengthening pharmacy services in LMICs. He is co-investigator for a study to estimate the global burden of AMR. He has conducted antimicrobial consumption and antimicrobial use projects in Tanzania. A licensed pharmacist, his interests also include antimicrobial stewardship. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, having served on numerous committees. Previously, he was senior advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Safety Surveillance Working Group, a member of the US FDA Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee, and Chair of the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium Safety Working Group. He is a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association and of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology.
Rebecca Li, PhD, is the CEO of Vivli and on faculty at the Center for Bioethics at the Harvard Medical School. Previous to her current role she was the Executive Director of the MRCT Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard for over 5 years and remains a Senior Advisor at the Center. She has over 25 years of experience spanning the entire drug development process with experience in Biotech, Pharma and CRO environments. She completed a Fellowship in 2013 in the Division of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School. She earned her PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
Julie Wood is the Senior Director at Vivli. She is responsible for Operations, including supporting members and researchers data archiving, access and analysis on the Vivli platform. She is also a Co-Chair of the NIH Generalist Repositories Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) Coopetition Working Group. Prior to joining Vivli, Julie served as the Head of Communications and External Affairs at the Cochrane Collaboration and the Director of Corporate Communications at Oxfam GB in addition to working for a Microsoft partner.
Alex joined the Vivli team in 2024 as an Executive Assistant where she provides support to our team.
Prior to joining Vivli, Alex worked with a boutique immigration law firm as a Law Clerk, supporting the partners and preparing substantive legal documents. Alex holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Studies.
Amanda Skarlupka is a Senior Program Manager for Vivli. She brings over 12 years of experience in pre-clinical and translational research, data management, and program management including providing strategic input and grants management for the National Institutes of Health. Amanda earned her Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases and her M.S. In Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the University of Georgia.
Prior to this role, Amanda was a Health Scientist Administrator and Presidential Management Fellow at the National Cancer Institute within the Division of Cancer Prevention. She oversaw the division’s initiation, development, and close-out of programs designed to build trans-disciplinary bridges between data scientists, oncologists, and federal agencies.
Subha is a dynamic and results-driven leader with a strong track record of excellence in organizations that operate at the nexus of science, technology and business. She has initiated and successfully directed several productive clinical research and development programs at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, MedStar hospital network, FDA, NIH and BioPharma industry. She was co-leader of the FDA’s Center for Excellence in Regulatory Science and worked with the Oncology and Vaccine teams. She was an advisory member to the Biden Foundation’s Cancer Moonshot Program and advised on pre-competitive data sharing initiatives across Pharma, Health Tech companies and research organizations to drive innovation. She has been recognized for her work through several awards including the Service to America award in the Science and Environment category (2005), Research Acceleration Award by AACR and Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (2015), and Women in Tech Global award (2021). She is currently the Head of Clinical AI/ML & Digital Sciences at Pfizer worldwide R&D where she leads a team focused on advancing precision therapies across multiple treatment areas including Anti-Infectives, Oncology, Immunology & Inflammation among others.
Jessica Baker is a recent graduate of the Masters in Bioethics program at the Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School. Her studies include work in Research Ethics, Global Health Ethics, and the foundations of Bioethics. Prior to matriculating at Harvard, Jessica obtained a J.D. from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of law, as well as undergraduate degrees in English from Davidson College and Psychology from the University of Utah.
Jessica’s work at Vivli includes assisting in communications, policies and procedures, and governance issues, combining her interests in research ethics, public outreach, and the legal and regulatory frameworks of human subjects research.
Sarah is a Senior Clinical Research Manager at Vivli. She received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science (BS) from Salem State University in 2015 and a Master of Science in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics (MS) from University of Maryland in 2022.
Prior to this role, Sarah has worked in a Molecular Biology laboratory as an Associate Scientist at Azenta Life Sciences. Most recently, she worked at a precision oncology company, Guardant Health, which specializes in liquid biopsy. Here, she served as a supervisor where she led Biospecimen management operation teams in the San Diego and Redwood City laboratories and gained experience in clinical trial sample management and clinical trial project coordination.
