Rie Yotsu is a dermatologist, and with her interest in global health, has cultivated her expertise in skin infections. She especially has longstanding track record of her contributions to the field of skin-related neglected tropical diseases, or the ‘skin NTDs’. Skin NTDs is a set of NTDs which manifest with skin symptoms, such as leprosy, Buruli ulcer, yaws, lymphatic filariasis, mycetoma, and scabies.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Ling+JC&cauthor_id=2285969Dr. Jack C. S. Ling is Professor Emeritus in the Department of International Health and Sustainable Development, and he is widely recognized for his work in development communication over the past 25 years.