Prof. Marleen Temmerman, MD, MMED-OB/GYN, MPH, PhD. Director, Centre of Excellence Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya. AKU UNESCO Chair Youth Leadership in Health, Education, Gender & Sciences. Professor-Em Ghent University, Belgium. Adjunct professor School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Technical University Mombasa.
Previously, 1) Director Reproductive Health Research Department, World Health Organization, Geneva; 2) Senator Belgian Parliament – Chair Commission Foreign Affairs & Defense. Vice-President European Parliamentary Forum, Chair HIV/AIDS Advisory Group Inter-Parliamentary Union; 3) Founding Director International Centre Reproductive Health (ICRH), Ghent University, (1994), ICRH Kenya (2000) and ICRH Mozambique (2010), with a global academic network to translate research into impact (ANSER).
Over 600 peer-reviewed publications (H-index 113). Supervised over 60 PhD students.
Ambassador African Academy of Sciences; Member US National Academy Medicine and American Academy Arts and Sciences; Fellow Royal College OB/GYN; Board Member CONSAMS; BMJ Lifetime Achievement Award; Moran of the Burning Spear, Kenya.