Governance Team

Institutional Steering Committee

Provides strategic oversight, ensures institutional alignment, validates major workplans and flagship outputs, and supports resource mobilization and accountability.

Prof Prudence Bararunyeretse

Prof. Prudence Bararunyeretse

Rector, University of Burundi (UB)

As Rector of the University of Burundi, Prof. Bararunyeretse provides institutional leadership and strategic direction for CEpiNet, ensuring alignment with academic excellence and national public health priorities.

Governance Role

Strategic oversight and institutional alignment

Key Responsibility

Resource mobilization and academic partnership development

Prof Didier Bompangue

Prof. Didier Bompangue

Deputy Director General, INOHA/UNIKIN

Provides technical oversight and ensures CEpiNet's activities are integrated with national public health systems in the Democratic Republic of Congo, facilitating cross-border collaboration and knowledge transfer.

Governance Role

Technical validation and national system integration

Key Responsibility

Ensuring operational relevance and field applicability

Prof Jean-Jacques Muyembe

Prof. Jean-Jacques Muyembe

Director General, INRB

Brings decades of outbreak response experience to guide CEpiNet's scientific direction, ensuring research outputs translate into actionable public health interventions and strengthening laboratory-based surveillance across the region.

Governance Role

Scientific oversight and outbreak response integration

Key Responsibility

Quality assurance and emergency response alignment