IDPJ Team
Otavio Cintra
Editor-in-Chief
Otavio Cintra is a physician-scientist with extensive experience spanning academia, clinical care, and the pharmaceutical industry, with a particular focus on infectious diseases, vaccines, and public health. Trained in pediatrics and infectious diseases, he has contributed to clinical and bench research, medical education, and patient care, while publishing widely in pediatrics, pediatric infectious diseases, vaccinology, and public health. Over the course of his career, Dr. Cintra has held progressively senior roles in medical affairs, clinical research, epidemiology, health outcomes, and product launches across country, regional, and global settings. He is also recognized as a people-oriented leader with a strong commitment to advancing science, supporting collaboration, and translating evidence into meaningful public health impact.
Carl Aryan
Publishing and Project Manager
Carl Aryan works at the intersection of clinical research, health policy strategy, and scientific communication in life sciences. With a background in clinical practice and research, Carl has worked across clinical trials, patient data analysis, and evidence generation. He's contributed to scientific publications, supported regulatory-aligned processes, and translated complex clinical data into actionable insights. More recently, his work has expanded into global health and policy, coordinating international initiatives, engaging stakeholders across academia, industry, and policy, and working on topics such as antimicrobial resistance, digital health, and patient engagement. Across these experiences, a consistent theme has been: Bridging the gap between science and real-world impact to improve patient outcomes.
Tue Ingemann Paarup
Communications Director
Tue Ingemann Paarup is a Danish communications professional with 20+ years of experience in strategic communications, content, and people leadership. He has built and led teams at companies including Milestone Systems, where he spearheaded communications through a new CEO appointment, a major strategy launch, and two M&A integrations — lifting team engagement from 7.5 to 9.4 and growing social media reach to double that of competitors. Earlier in his career, Tue worked in life sciences communications with clients including Novo Nordisk and LEO Pharma, and led PR efforts that achieved an 80% hit rate in tier-one Danish media. He specializes in building communications infrastructure that scales — from brand foundations and content systems to internal channels that keep distributed teams aligned and engaged. Tue holds a cand.merc. from Copenhagen Business School with a focus on communications, marketing, and branding.
Birgitte Fischer-Bonde
Associate Editor
Birgitte is a Public/Global Health specialist with a background in Emergency and Risk Management and a Master of Science in Public Health. Birgitte has specialized in the intersection of global health security and impact assessment, having led COVID-19 response initiatives across multiple continents for major international companies. Birgitte's background in emergency management complements her public health training, allowing her to develop practical tools for risk analysis and organizational resilience. More recently, Birgitte served as associate editor of the HIA Handbook, helping ensure the submitted chapters remained at a high level throughout the publication. She has also been involved in research on integrating health into strategic and environmental impact assessments and coordinated complex multi-stakeholder projects, including the HIA Handbook and the Encyclopedia of Impact Assessment.
Anna Bien
Partnership & Communications Officer
Anna Bien is a first-year MPH student at the University of Ottawa with a Concentration in Public Health Policy. She graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2025 and has an academic background in drug-based risk communication and community outreach. She joins the Infectious Disease Policy Journal with over two years of editorial experience and has interests in AMR, health equity, and policy governance at the international level.
Faruq Sosanya
Web Developer
Faruq Sosanya is a digital operations and systems specialist focused on strengthening organizational execution in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. His work centers on transforming fragmented workflows, data systems, and coordination processes into structured, reliable operations that support effective program delivery. His experience spans operations coordination, program support, CMS workflow systems, stakeholder data management, and digital execution across NGO and public-sector contexts.