Gisèle Mbuyi wa Mulambu

Dr. Gisèle Mbuyi wa Mulambu Mpoyi is a distinguished medical doctor, public health expert, epidemiologist, and global health security specialist with over 20 years of expertise in disease surveillance, emergency preparedness, and outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and across the African region. She currently serves as the Division Chief of Epidemics, Emergencies, and Catastrophes at the Directorate of Epidemiological Surveillance within the DRC Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Prevention. In this capacity, she leads the national coordination of the surveillance pillars for major public health crises, including the integrated Mpox response, COVID-19, and Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). An expert in Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM/CDC-Atlanta alumni 7th cohort) and Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR), Dr. Mbuyi has been central to the execution of national Joint External Evaluations (JEE), training of IDSR trainers and the deployment of electronic early-warning surveillance systems (EWARS). Beyond her ministerial duties, she is a senior technical consultant for major international organizations. She has recently acted as a Team Lead for the World Bank's REDISSE IV project to shape the DRC's National Multi-Hazard Preparedness Plan, a WHO External Evaluator in the Republic of the Congo, and a strategic advisor for Johns Hopkins University's Breakthrough ACTION initiative to draft the National Health Security Action Plan (PANSS 2025–2029). Dr. Mbuyi is a leading voice in the One Health movement, representing the DRC at successive World One Health Congresses and authoring collaborative training modules with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for Community Based Surveillance. She is also a lead trainer for national and provincial Rapid Response Teams (RRT) under the WHO SURGE project. As a researcher, she ihas contributed to widely published in high-impact international journals, including The Lancet Infectious Diseases and The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, on the Ebola and COVID-19. Dr. Mbuyi holds a Doctorate in General Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics from the University of Kinshasa, a Master of Public Health from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and a Master in Eco-Epidemiology, Hazards, and Risk Management from the University of Kinshasa. She also holds a University Diploma in Statistical Methods in Health from the Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 in France. Currently she’s a PhD candidate at the Ecole Doctorale des Sciences de la Santé (ECODOC) in Environnement and Eco-epidemiology departement of Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales of DRC. She is fluent in French and has a strong professional command of English.