CERCLE - COALITION - Key Persons


Dr. Sauman Singh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
  • Director at CERCLE
  • Secretariat Director / France
Dr. Sauman Singh is the Secretariat Director at CERCLE, with a strong background in public health and global health policy. Before joining CERCLE, Sauman worked as a Senior Scientific Coordinator at the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) at the University of Oxford, leading a multistakeholder research project in India. He has also contributed to the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and the World Health Organization (WHO), where he helped support research and policy efforts in global health. Sauman holds a PhD in Economics from the Aix-Marseille School of Economics, where he researched Indian pharmaceutical firms' market strategies in Africa. He also holds a Master's in Public Health (MPH) from EHESP, Paris, and a Master's in Economic Policy and Innovation from Sorbonne Paris Cité.

Helen Rees

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Mohammad Abul Faiz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Nick White

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Philippe Guérin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee

Prof. Patty J. García

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Steering Committee
  • Professor at the School of Public Health
Prof. Patty J. García, is a Professor at the School of Public Health at Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH) in Lima-Peru and member of the US National Academy of Medicine. She is the former Minister of Health of Peru, former Dean of the School of Public Health at UPCH, and former Chief of the Peruvian National Institute of Health (INS). She is recognized as a leader in Global Health. She is affiliate Professor of the Department of Global Health, at University of Washington and of the School of Public Health at Tulane University. She is actively involved in research and training in Global health, Reproductive health, STI/HIV, HPV and medical informatics. During the pandemic she is leading clinical trials as SOLIDARITY, Convalescent plasma and ivermectin use, and chairs the advising governmental committee on innovations to fight the pandemic.