WWARN - Key Persons

Andrew Payne

an..@wwarn.org

Job Titles:

in 2011 As the Coordinator
Informatics Coordinator

Andrew Payne joined WWARN in 2011 as the Coordinator for the Informatics team. With a background in Chemistry and an MSc in computer modelling from the University of London, Andrew has extensive experience in software engineering with applications in Life Sciences. At the Wellcome Foundation, he developed Computational Chemistry software before becoming the Head of UK Research Computing. After developing one of the first applications of Java in Bioinformatics, he became the MD of the European subsidiary of a US Bioinformatics company, before founding a Data Integration Company in the UK. Prior to joining WWARN, Andrew was the Head of Product Design for Thomson Reuters Life Sciences.

Annemieke van Eijk

Annemieke van Eijk is a Dutch clinical epidemiologist who trained at the Free University of Amsterdam (MD). She worked as a clinical doctor in England, the Netherlands and Uganda. She joined the CDC/KEMRI research unit in western Kenya in 1997, where she worked on studies involving malaria in pregnancy and HIV-1 infection. She obtained an MSc (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and PhD (University of Amsterdam) in epidemiology. She worked as a consultant for several organisations and the WHO. She joined the malaria epidemiology unit of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 2008 to support the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium and to assist with literature reviews. Annemieke is part of WWARN's Malaria in Pregnancy Scientific group and manages and updates the MIP library.