Pandemic Prevention Leadership Initiative (PPLI)
Fellowship Program 2024-2025
Program Activities
What is Pandemic Prevention Leadership Initiative
(PPLI)
The Pandemic Prevention Leadership Initiative (PPLI) is designed to build capacity and strengthen collaborative approaches in Southeast Asia to address threats to global health security and biodiversity conservation posed by the unregulated trade in wildlife species.
Through its activities the PPLI will develop of a network of multidisciplinary leaders who will be ready to identify and respond to the spillover of high-consequence pathogens (HCPs) in Southeast Asian live animal markets and supply chains. The Pandemic Prevention Initiative will utilize a cohort approach, case-based training, and opportunities for grant-supported independent projects.
Overview
What does the Fellowship program cover
Learning
- Live animal trade chains – source to markets/consumers
- Field Biorisk Management: Biosafety and Biosecurity
- Bio-surveillance
- Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation and Risk Modelings
- Outbreak Detection and Response
Practice
- Fellows will have the opportunity to receive a small grant to conduct a project during their fellowship focusing on one of the topics above. Experts from the region and supporting institutions will be available to mentor fellows to the successful realization of their project goals.
Who can apply
Fellows will be early-mid career professionals identified as future leaders in their respective fields or institutions (such as government, non-government organizations, academia, and civil society organizations) with an interest, authority, or organizational capacity to promote pandemic prevention by addressing high-consequence pathogen spillover in Southeast Asian live animal markets and associated supply chains.
Fellow selection criteria will include:
- Must be nationals of eligible ASEAN nations – Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam
- Strong English skills (written, spoken, and reading) are required
- Minimum of a Bachelors degree or related qualification is required
- Strong interest and commitment to pandemic prevention
- Capacity to drive change in their respective fields
- Commitment to the time investment required throughout the PPLI
While we do not ask for financial contributions, we expect full commitment to the Fellowship. Full commitment means attending and focusing on each training session, completing pre-work and assignments, and being an engaged and active member of the network.
What is included?
