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Abdulgafoor M. Bachani

Abdulgafoor M. Bachani

Associate Professor, International Health Director, Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Health Systems Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abhay Bang

Abhay Bang

Director, SEARCH

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Adnan A. Hyder

Adnan A. Hyder

Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research & Innovation, Director at the Center on Commercial Determinants of Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, USA.

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Alex Joseph

Alex Joseph

Professor, Division of Epidemiology, SRM School of Public Health, SRM Institute of Science and Technology

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Amirhossein Takian

Amirhossein Takian

Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management & Economics Director, Centre of Excellence for Global Health Vice Dean, School of Public Health-Tehran University of Medical Sciences Chief of Research, Health Equity Research Centre (HERC)- TUMS Executive Committee Member, World Health Summit (WHS)

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Ana Filipa Val-Do-Rio

Ana Filipa Val-Do-Rio

Advisor to the Rectoral Team, University of Coimbra, Portugal

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Anders Nordström

Anders Nordström

Advisor, Advocate, Activist and former Ambassador for Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm School of Economics

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Andrea S Winkler

Andrea S Winkler

Specialist Neurologist, Technical University of Munich, Professor of Global One Health at the University of Oslo, Norway; Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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Andrew Morris

Andrew Morris

Health Data Research UK, Academy of Medical Sciences

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Angela Chaudhuri

Angela Chaudhuri

CEO, Swasti: The Health Catalyst

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Anjali Agrawal

Anjali Agrawal

Vice President, Founder Member of Society for Emergency Radiology - India, Senior Consultant Radiologist, Teleradiology Solutions

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 Anurag Chadha

Anurag Chadha

Director, Food and Beverage Biosolutions (FBB), Novonesis

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Artur Olesch

Artur Olesch

Editor-in-chief of the OSOZ Polska and OSOZ World magazines

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, HelpAge International; Former Member of Planning Commission of India; Former Chairman, Boston Consulting Group

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Ashutosh Sharma

Ashutosh Sharma

Ex Secretary of DST, President of INSA

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Baratang Miya

Baratang Miya

Founder, Girlhype Women Who Code & Women Tech Policy Hub, South Africa

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Ben Canny

Ben Canny

Director, Medical Education at University of Adelaide

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Bogi Eliasen

Bogi Eliasen

Director of Health, Copenhagen Institute of Future Studies

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Brenda Waning

Brenda Waning

Chief, Global Drug Facility

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Chang-Chuan Chan

Chang-Chuan Chan

Distinguished Professor at the Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Taiwan University

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Chandrika Bahadur

Chandrika Bahadur

Chief Executive Officer, The Antara Foundation, India

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Charles Ibingira

Charles Ibingira

Professor, Makerere University College of Health Sciences

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Christine Smith

Christine Smith

Director, Alliance of Academic Health Centers International (AAHCI), USA

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Daniel Otzoy - Garcia

Daniel Otzoy - Garcia

Global CEO at RECAINSA; Digital Health Technical Advisor at John Snow Inc

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Daniela De Biase

Daniela De Biase

Associate Professor, Sapienza University of Rome

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Devaki Nambiar

Devaki Nambiar

Program Director, George Institute for Global Health, India; Senior Consultant, George Institute Services, India; Bernard Lown Scholar, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA; Conjoint Associate Professor, George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Australia; Conjoint Professor, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India; Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Senior Fellow in Clinical and Public Health (2024-2029); Board Member, Health Systems Global; Lancet Chatham House Commissioner, Population Health Post Covid; Lancet Commissioner, Sustainable Healthcare

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Dorothy Biberman

Dorothy Biberman

Senior Director of Global Engagement, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), USA

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Dragan Ilic

Dragan Ilic

Deputy Head of School, Director, Teaching & Learning, Head, Medical Education Research & Quality (MERQ), Monash University, Australia

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Elena Tulupova

Elena Tulupova

Senior Lecturer / Guarantee of the subject "Migration, Ethnicity and Health", Institute of Public Health and Medical Law, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University

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Essa Mohamedali

Essa Mohamedali

Director & Community Mangager, Tanzania AI Community

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Eugenio Gaudio

Eugenio Gaudio

President, Fondazione Roma Sapienza; President, IHEA - Fondazione Italian Higher Education with Africa; President, Osservatorio nazionale della Formazione sanitaria specialistica - MUR; Professor, Sapienza Università di Roma

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Eva Turk

Eva Turk

Senior Researcher, Research Program lead: Inclusive Digital Community Health; HTAi Board of Directors; WHO SPI-DDH WG2 Co-Chair; Centre for Digital Health and Social Innovation, University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten

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Harit Agroia

Harit Agroia

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Public Health and Recreation, College of Health and Human Sciences, San Jose State University

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Helmut Brand

Helmut Brand

Former Head of the Department of International Health – Maastricht University, The Netherlands; Former Director – Prasanna School of Public Health, MAHE, Manipal, India

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Heyo K. Kroemer

Heyo K. Kroemer

CEO, Charité Universittsmedizin Berlin

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Jonathan B. Jaffery

Jonathan B. Jaffery

Chief Health Care Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges, USA

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Jorge Miguel Figueira

Jorge Miguel Figueira

R&D International Networks Office Coordinator, University of Coimbra

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Kathy Baughman McLeod

Kathy Baughman McLeod

Chief Executive Officer, Climate Resilience for All

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Laura Magaña

Laura Magaña

President & CEO, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), USA

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Liam Smeeth

Liam Smeeth

Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

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Lukoye Atwoli

Lukoye Atwoli

Jena and Hasanali Ajanee Endowed Chair in Medicine, Professor and Dean, Medical College East Africa

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Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar

Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar

Vice-chancellor, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences

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Lwando Maki

Lwando Maki

President of the Public Health Association of South Africa; Deputy Chair of the Young World Federation of Public Health Associations; Past Deputy Chair of World Medical Association Junior Doctors Network

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Makhoase Lydia Ranyali

Makhoase Lydia Ranyali

Acting Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health - Lesotho

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Marija Risteska

Marija Risteska

Founder and Executive Director, Center for Research and Policy Making

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Magda Rosenmoller

Magda Rosenmoller

Prof, Academic Director, CRHIM, IESE Business School

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Mahesh Bhalgat

Mahesh Bhalgat

Group CEO & Managing Director, Veeda Clinical Research Limited

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Mounia Boucetta

Mounia Boucetta

Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South; Former State Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Morocco

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Murali Panchapagesa Muthuswamy

Murali Panchapagesa Muthuswamy

Founder & Chairman Jananom Group of Companies; President, Council of Presidents ABLE; Chairman, Golden Jubilee Biotech Park

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N. Raghuram

N. Raghuram

Head, Centre for Sustainable Nitrogen and Nutrient Management, School of Biotechnology, GGS Indraprastha University

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Narendra Mehra

Narendra Mehra

Vice President, Indian National Science Academy (INSA)

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Paul Nunesdea

Paul Nunesdea

Firestarter, Health Data Forum

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Peter McGrath

Peter McGrath

Coordinator, InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) (c/o UNESCO-TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy)

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Piyush Tewari

Piyush Tewari

Founder and CEO of SaveLIFE Foundation; Member of the National Road Safety Council by the Government of India

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Poornima Prabhakaran

Poornima Prabhakaran

Director, Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends (CHART) at Ashoka University

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Rajat Khosla

Rajat Khosla

Executive Director- PMNCH, WHO, Geneva

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Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Rajendra Pratap Gupta

Chair Emeritus- Centre for Health, Innovation, Policy & Digital Health- IIM Raipur; Chairman - Dynamic Coalition on Digital Economy, United Nations' Internet Governance Forum; Chairman - Dynamic Coalition on Digital Health, United Nations' Internet Governance Forum; Chairman - Commonwealth AI Consortium (Capacity Building); Chairman - Dynamic Coalition on Environment, United Nations' Internet Governance Forum; Former Advisor to the Health Minister, Government of India; Former Member- National Education Policy Committee, Government of India

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Ramesh Dharmaji

Ramesh Dharmaji

Former CGM, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

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Ramanan Laxminarayan

Ramanan Laxminarayan

President and Senior Fellow, One Health Trust

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Ramakrishna Prasad

Ramakrishna Prasad

Global Medical Director, Swasti: The Health Catalyst ; AFPI Chair, National Centre for Primary Care Research & Policy

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Rebecca Ivers

Rebecca Ivers

Head of School, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney

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RS Sharma

RS Sharma

Ex. CEO of the National Health Authority, Government of India

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Ruchi Saxena

Ruchi Saxena

Founder-Director, Caerobotics

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Sana Hashmi

Sana Hashmi

Fellow, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF)

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Sanghamitra Pati

Sanghamitra Pati

Director & Scientist-G, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Dept. of Health Research

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Sarthak Das

Sarthak Das

Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance(APLMA)

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Shridhar Narayanan

Shridhar Narayanan

Founder Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Neglected Disease Research (FNDR)

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Shadi Saleh

Shadi Saleh

Founding Director, Global Health Institute, American University of Beirut

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Shiv Kumar

Shiv Kumar

Chief Mentor, Swasti: The Health Catalyst

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Siddharthan Chandran

Siddharthan Chandran

Director, UK Dementia Research Institute

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Sirirat Suwanrit

Sirirat Suwanrit

Director of Injury Prevention Division, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

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Sonam Yangchen

Sonam Yangchen

Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Health Partners, Bhutan

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Sophia Zoungas

Sophia Zoungas

Head, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

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Subash C Sonkar

Subash C Sonkar

Scientist- C / II, Multidisciplinary Research Unit (MRU), Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India; Institute of Eminence Fellow (IoE Fellow), Delhi School of Public Health, Institute of Eminence, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

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Shuchin Bajaj

Shuchin Bajaj

Founder Director, Ujala Cygnus Healthcare

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Sunil Kumar Joshi

Sunil Kumar Joshi

Head of the Department of Community Medicine, Chairman of the Institutional Review Committee, and Director of the Nepal Injury Research Centre, Kathmandu Medical College (KMC); Chief Editor, International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health (IJOSH)

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K Vijayraghavan

K Vijayraghavan

Former Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India

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Upmanyu Patil

Upmanyu Patil

Director-Programs, Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP)

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Vish A. Viswanathan

Vish A. Viswanathan

CEO, Anikode Management Consultants; Managing Director, Guindy Alumni Angels

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Yik-Ying TEO

Yik-Ying TEO

Vice President (Global Health), Dean at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore

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