Prof Ayodhia Pasaribu is a paediatrician specialising in tropical medicine and serves as a Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at the Medical Faculty of Universitas Sumatera Utara in Indonesia. She has established extensive collaborations with malaria researchers globally and is a key contributor to clinical trials in WWARN pooled analyses. Prof Pasaribu holds a PhD in Clinical Tropical Medicine from Mahidol University in Thailand.