Prof. Amaya Bustinduy is a paediatric infectious diseases physician, field epidemiologist and medical parasitologist whose research focuses on the impact of neglected tropical diseases on child and women’s health. Following paediatric and infectious diseases training in the United States, she began her research career in coastal Kenya, investigating the effects of helminth infections on child growth, development and morbidity. Over the past two decades, her work has centred on the clinical epidemiology of schistosomiasis and other parasitic diseases, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations across sub-Saharan Africa. Her research spans the life course, from preschool children to pregnant women and adolescent girls, addressing both the biological and health-system consequences of infection. She has co-led a seminal pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic clinical trial of praziquantel in preschool-aged children in Uganda and has contributed to pharmacokinetic modelling studies of schistosomiasis treatment during pregnancy in the Philippines. More recently, her research has focused on female genital schistosomiasis and its intersection with sexual and reproductive health. She has pioneered community-based approaches for diagnosis and screening, including self-sampling strategies and point-of-care diagnostics, and has led studies exploring the links between schistosomiasis, cervical cancer, sexually transmitted infections and HIV. Her work seeks to develop integrated, accessible models of care that reach underserved populations and inform policy at national and global levels. Prof. Bustinduy leads the Schistosomiasis Clinical Research Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and is a consultant in paediatric infectious diseases within the UK National Health Service. She currently leads multidisciplinary research programmes in Malawi, Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, DRC  and Zambia, combining clinical research, trials for treatment optimisation of FGS and implementation science and community engagement to improve the prevention, diagnosis and management of neglected tropical diseases.