APHF Governing Council MemberAfrica Public Health Foundation
Dr Lieve Fransen
MD/PHD
Currently Lieve is Director at the Witwatersrand University Health Consortium, in South Africa, member of the VacTask created the Welcome Foundation and Columbia University, working on Vaccine Manufacturing, Board member of the Africa Public Health Foundation, of the African Potential Foundation, and of the FAIR federated data space and Senior Advisor at the European Policy Center.
She is a medical doctor (Gent) specialized in tropical diseases (Antwerp), pediatrics, Infectious diseases, public health, and epidemiology (London) and lived and worked in several countries in Africa. In Africa she worked with a range of different private companies and developed major research partnerships.
She defended a PHD in Public Health in Antwerp before becoming director at the European Commission where she remained in a senior position for 21 years.