Dr. Maimuna Mendy is a molecular virologist by training over 25 years’ experience in research on hepatitis infection and liver disease in SS Africa. She has a background in capacity building and infrastructure in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) in the area of biobanking and laboratory with expertise in coordinating studies that involve multiple international partners. She retires as Head of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) LSB Group in Sep 2017. The IARC Biobank is one of the largest international biobanks. Dr Mendy organized its centralization which brought together diverse collections from multiple collaborative studies onto a single platform and ensuring that best practice principles and international ethical guidelines are followed for the management and re-distribution of the resources. She founded the Biobank and Cohort Building Network for LMIC (BCNet) in 2013 to provide technical and scientific support to LMIC biobanks on issues related to quality, infrastructure, transnational access to biological resources and ethical implications. Dr Mendy Joined ESBB from its inception, a member of the Africa and the Education and Training Working Groups. She has published widely and co-author to over 70 publications in peer review journals. She is a member of several international organisations and member of a number of Advisory Boards
