Dr. Ondrej Mach is a Team Leader of the Research and Product Development Team within the Polio Eradication Department of the World Health Organization (WHO) based in Geneva.  In his capacity he is responsible to manage polio related studies and clinical trials and to support polio eradication efforts in the high priority countries.

Prior to his engagement at the WHO, Dr Mach worked for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta (CDC) as an epidemiologist; and prior to that he practiced family medicine in various countries such as Bolivia, Burundi or Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dr. Mach graduated from the medical school in Prague and obtained his Public Health Degree at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. He also graduated from the Epidemic Intelligence Service fellowship at the CDC.