Thierry Nyatanyi is a physician by training and public health specialist. Previously, Nyatanyi worked with the Ministry of Health in Rwanda, and with the University of Minnesota in the United States. In Rwanda, he served as the director, and head of division for epidemic surveillance and response at the Ministry of Health. In that capacity, he was responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating programs meant to prevent, and rapidly respond to epidemic prone diseases threats. In the United States, he has worked with the University of Minnesota as the regional technical lead for Africa, under the USAID funded One Health Workforce Project that supported the development of a public health workforce with the technical skills and cross-sectoral capacity to readily adapt and respond to emerging infectious disease threats in eight African countries. He has worked on multiple projects in the field of One Health, Field Epidemiology training, and the Global Health Security Agenda(GHSA). He received an MD/M.P.H from the University of Rwanda, and a MMSc-GHD from Harvard Medical School.