Members of the NCD Advisory Council

The current composition of the WHO Regional Director for Europe’s Advisory Council on Innovation for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD Advisory Council) is as follows:

Chair

Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe

Members

Name Title and organization
Professor Rifat AtunProfessor of Global Health Systems and Faculty Chair for the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program, Harvard University, United States of America
Ms Birgit BegerChief Executive Officer of the European Heart Network (EHN)
Ms Mariona Borell ArrasaRegional Director for Europe of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA)
Professor Sergey BoytsovDirector General of the National Medical Research Centre for Cardiology, Russian Federation
Professor Stefano Del PratoPresident of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
Professor Paul DendaleHead of the Department of Cardiology, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium, and member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Dr Nathalie Farpour-LambertPresident of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)
Professor Adalberto Campos FernandesProfessor of Health Strategies at the National School of Public Health, New University of Lisbon, Portugal, and former Minister of Health of Portugal
Dr Tom FriedenPresident and Chief Executive Officer of Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies
Professor Amiran GamkrelidzeDirector General of the National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health, Georgia
Ms Monique GoyensDirector General of the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)
Professor Eva HummersHonorary Secretary of the World Organization of Family Doctors, Europe (WONCA Europe)
Ms Génon JensenExecutive Director of the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
Professor Sanja Musić MilanovićMedical School of the University of Zagreb, Head of the Health Promotion Division, Croatian Institute of Public Health, and First Lady of Croatia
Dr Iveta NagyovaPresident of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
Professor Jürgen RehmHead of the Epidemiological Research Unit at Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Professor Franco SassiProfessor of International Health Policy and Economics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Professor Veronika SkvortsovaHead of the Federal Agency, Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA), and former Minister of Health of the Russian Federation
Professor Benoît ValletDirector General of the Regional Health Agency of Hauts-de-France, France
Professor Aurelijus VerygaMember of Parliament, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Health Affairs and former Minister of Health of Lithuania
Professor Maxim YermalovichAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the United Kingdom, and former Minister of Finance of Belarus