Headquarters Headquartered in San Francisco, California, GVFI's core team serves as the coordinating body for this initiative, networking with collaborators and field teams worldwide. Dr. Nathan Wolfe directs GVFI and is surrounded by a skilled and experienced team of both administrative and programmatic staff, including:

Senior Staff

Jeremy Alberga, Chief Operating Officer › Cyrille Djoko, Director Central Africa Laboratory Program › Dr. Joseph Fair, Director Field Operations › Matthew LeBreton, Director Central Africa Ecology Program › Corina Monagin, Asia Program Coordinator › Dr. Brian Pike, Director Laboratory Sciences › Dr. Karen Saylors, Director Behavioral Sciences › Ubald Tamoufe, Director Central Africa Program ›

Cameroon Research in Cameroon focuses on the interface between human and animal populations. Through studies in health care settings, wildlife sanctuaries, and with hunters and wild animal populations, GVFI works to assemble and analyze collections which may hold clues to preventing the next HIV. Collaborators include the Centre de Recherche de Santé des Armées, the Care & Health Program, the Cameroon Ministry of Public Health, the Cameroon Ministry of Research and Scientific Development, the Limbe Wildlife Centre, Mvog Betsi Zoo, and Mefou National Park.   more

Democratic Republic of Congo This collaborative site includes partners from the UCLA School of Public Health, the DRC Ministry of Public Health, the Kinshasa School of Public Health, and the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale. The research includes the identification of disease reservoirs, outbreak investigation, and studies to monitor the flow of pathogens from animals to humans.  more

Madagascar This collaborative site includes partnership with the University of California, Berkeley. The research includes studies to identify the diversity of microorganisms among hunted wildlife. more

China This collaborative site includes partners from the Consortium for Conservation Medicine, East China Normal University, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province, the Guangdong Entomological Institute/South China Institute of Endangered Animals, and the Australian Biosecurity CRC. The site focuses on the collection of specimens from animals and targeted human populations (wildlife market workers) in Guangdong Province, with the aim of preventing pandemics. more

Malaysia This collaborative site includes partners from the Consortium for Conservation Medicine and the Malaysian Ministry of Health. The site focuses on the collection of specimens from animals and targeted human populations (bat hunters and restaurant workers who process bushmeat), with the aim of preventing pandemics.  more

 Laos PDR This collaborative site includes partnership with the Tropical Medical Research Program Microbiology Laboratory at the Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane. The research includes studies to identify the diversity of microorganisms among hunted wildlife. more