Maja Weisser joined the Swiss Tropical and Pubic Health Institute and Ifakara Health Institute in 2015. Dr. Weisser is the current Head of the Chronic Diseases Clinic Ifakara (CDCI) located in St. Francis Hospital, Ifakara. She is a Medical Doctor and Research Scientist with an Associate Professorship from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health institute, University of Basel. She worked for many years at the University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, and did her Research Fellowship at the Medical Microbiology Department in Utrecht, Netherlands.