Member profiles

I am an environmental health scientist and microbiologist researching waterborne pathogens and public health risks, with lived experience of meningitis informing my commitment to prevention, surveillance, and community education.

I am an infectious disease specialist and internist from Mexico with a strong interest in neuroinfectious diseases, including meningitis, HIV, opportunistic infections, and tuberculosis.

I am a medical doctor from Ecuador and father of a meningitis survivor.

I am a survivor and lawyer with an interest in health law and pro-vaccination policy.

The Foundation promotes vaccination and provides information about meningitis to the Mexican general public.

​I was involved in research and development for meningococcal vaccines.

We are a children's hospital in the Mexican state of Morelos, to the south of Mexico City.

The J.A.M.I.E. Group seeks to share experiences, raise awareness and advocate for better vaccine laws in the USA.

I am a meningitis survivor from the USA, passionate about vaccine awareness.

S4M is an awareness-raising organization led by meningitis survivor John B. Grimes.

The Foundation is dedicated to educating the US public and healthcare professionals about bacterial meningitis.

After being diagnosed with meningitis, encephalitis, and sepsis in 2013, it's my goal to raise awareness of meningitis.

I am a healthcare provider working in remote Indigenous communities in Northern Canada, where I’ve seen the heavy toll meningitis and sepsis take on people of all ages.

Since 2014, UNITY has successfully contributed to the efforts to raise adolescent and young adult vaccination rates in the USA.

UNHAM was created in 2021 by volunteers and health professionals after the passage of the earthquake in the great south of Haiti.

I am a Brazilian nurse who has been working for over ten years with patients who are suspected, diagnosed with or treated for meningitis.

Founded in 2014 by Bryan and Courtney Martin in memory of their son, Ryan, who died from bacterial meningitis at just fourteen months of age.

When I was five years old, my mother and I both had meningococcal meningitis.

I have been involved with CoMO in some capacity since its inception.

The ASMP, formerly known as the Meningitis B Action Project, is a nonprofit organization born out of the vision and resilience of two mothers, Patti Wukovits and Alicia Stillman. 

The mission of the Avnee Foundation (Florida, USA) is to beat Meningitis B through education, advocacy, and increased vaccination.

Since 2002, TIP has worked to promote the prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases in Houston, Texas.

Educating the community about meningitis and the importance of vaccinations, and supporting families dealing with the disease.

Una Vida por Dakota (One Life for Dakota) have worked since 2014 to raise public awareness of meningococcal meningitis in Peru and beyond.

I am a meningitis survivor from West Virginia, USA.

I am a Neurologist at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital (USA) specializing in the treatment of meningitis.

Dr. Enrique Chacon-Cruz is a Mexican-born pediatric infectious diseases specialist with a Masters in Vaccinology and Drug Development.

Our two-year-old grandson, Kale, died in 2017 from bacterial meningitis.

Andy Marso is a meningitis survivor, writer and advocate from the USA.