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\n\t\t<\/a>\n <\/div>\n Professor Sofia Ahmed<\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Sex and gender in nephrology: Proper care or propaganda?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t Battling pseudoscience in the age of misinformation (Stewart Cameron Lecture)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t Polygenic risk scores - Are they ready for translation to clinical practice? (Claude Amiel Lecture)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t Understanding cellular oxygen sensing mechanisms: Implications for medicine (Brenner\/Dirks Lecture)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019 Photo courtesy of Ludwig Cancer Research<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner el_class=”images”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text] \n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n He has won numerous academic and writing awards and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.<\/p>\n He contributes frequently for the popular press and is the author of two national bestsellers: The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness (Penguin 2012) and Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?: When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash (Penguin 2015). His most recent book is The Vaccination Picture (Penguin, 2017). Caulfield is also the host and co-producer of the award winning documentary TV show, A User\u2019s Guide to Cheating Death, which has been shown in over 60 countries and is currently streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Professor Lopez is the co-author with Christopher Murray of the seminal Global Burden of Disease Study (1996), and subsequent updates, which have greatly influenced global and national debates about priority setting and resource allocation in health. In 2018, Lopez and Murray were awarded the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award, for their ground-breaking work in conceptualizing and quantifying the Global Burden of Disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Peter J. Ratcliffe, M.D. is a physician scientist who trained as a nephrologist, before founding the hypoxia biology laboratory at Oxford. His laboratory elucidated mechanisms by which human and animal cells sense oxygen levels and transduce these signals to direct adaptive changes in gene expression.<\/p>\n Dr Ratcliffe received his degrees from the University of Cambridge and medical training at St. Bartholomew\u2019s Hospital, London and Oxford University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a recipient of several international awards for his laboratory\u2019s work on oxygen sensing, including the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine, the Canada Gairdner International Award and the Lasker Award for Basic Biomedical Research. He was knighted for his services to medicine in 2014, and won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2019.<\/p>\n He holds appointments as Director of Clinical Research at the Francis Crick Institute, London, Director of the Target Discovery Institute at the University of Oxford and is a Distinguished Scholar of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n She was previously Deputy Director-General for Programmes (DDP). A paediatrician from India and a globally recognized researcher on tuberculosis and HIV, she brings with her 30 years of experience in clinical care and research and has worked throughout her career to translate research into impactful programmes. Most recently, Dr Swaminathan was Secretary of the Department of Health Research and Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research. From 2009 to 2011, she also served as Coordinator of the UNICEF\/UNDP\/World Bank\/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) in Geneva.<\/p>\n She has sat on several WHO and global advisory bodies and committees, including the WHO Expert Panel to Review Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of the Global TB Department at WHO, and as Co-Chair of the Lancet Commission on TB. She received her academic training in India, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, and has published more than 250 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_js]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[\/vc_raw_js][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Global Kidney Policy Forum [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner el_class=”images”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1604679069211{margin-top: 35px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Global Kidney Policy Forum Moderator Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Image credit: Douglas Fry for Piranah Photography.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1604679057038{margin-top: 35px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Global Kidney Policy Forum Speaker Sir George Alleyne, Director Emeritus, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1604679062407{margin-top: 35px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Global Kidney […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2561,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4001","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wcn21\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Timothy_Caulfield_Image-367x367.png\")
\n\t\t<\/a>\n <\/div>\n Professor Timothy Caulfield<\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t<\/a>\n <\/div>\n Professor David Hunter<\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t<\/a>\n <\/div>\n Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe<\/h4> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Global Kidney Policy Forum<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1604679069211{margin-top: 35px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Global Kidney Policy Forum Moderator
\n<\/strong>Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Image credit: Douglas Fry for Piranah Photography.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wcn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Sir-Georges-photograph.jpg\")
<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1604679057038{margin-top: 35px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Global Kidney Policy Forum Speaker<\/strong>
\nSir George Alleyne, Director Emeritus, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.theisn.org\/wcn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/who-soumya-swaminathan-1.jpg\")
<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1604679062407{margin-top: 35px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Global Kidney Policy Forum Speaker<\/strong>
\nDr Soumya Swaminathan
\nChief Scientist at WHO[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nSpeakers<\/h4>\n
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\n\t \nName<\/th> Firstname<\/th> Company<\/th> Country<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\t Abreo<\/td> Kenneth<\/td> LSU Health Science Center <\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Adams<\/td> Evan<\/td> <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Adedamola<\/td> Soyibo<\/td> <\/td> Jamaica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Adu<\/td> Dwomoa<\/td> <\/td> Ghana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Agarwal<\/td> Rajiv<\/td> Indiana University School of Medicine <\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ahmed<\/td> Sofia<\/td> University of Calgary<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ahmed<\/td> Waqar<\/td> National Intitute of Kidney Diseases <\/td> Pakistan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Alexander<\/td> Todd<\/td> The University of Alberta <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Alleyne<\/td> George<\/td> Pan American Health Organization<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Allon<\/td> Michael<\/td> University of Alabama at Birmingham<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Anand<\/td> Shuchi<\/td> Stanford University<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Anandh<\/td> Urmila<\/td> Yashoda Hospitals<\/td> India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Argani<\/td> Hassan<\/td> Iranian Society of Nephrology <\/td> Iran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Aroca<\/td> Gustavo<\/td> <\/td> Colombia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Arogundade<\/td> Fatiu Abiola<\/td> Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital <\/td> Nigeria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ascher<\/td> Nancy<\/td> Univ of California-San Francis<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ashuntantang<\/td> Gloria<\/td> <\/td> Cameroon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Avila-Casado<\/td> Carmen<\/td> Toronto General Hospital <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bae<\/td> Kyongtae<\/td> University of Pittsburgh<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bagshaw<\/td> Sean<\/td> University of Alberta<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Barisoni<\/td> Laura<\/td> Duke University<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Barraclough<\/td> Katherine<\/td> Royal Melbourne Hospital<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Barratt<\/td> Jonathan<\/td> University of Leicester<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Barua<\/td> Moumita<\/td> Toronto General Hospital<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bavanandan<\/td> Sunita<\/td> Hospital Kuala Lumpur<\/td> Malaysia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bell<\/td> Samira<\/td> University of Dundee<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bello<\/td> Aminu<\/td> University of Alberta<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bengio<\/td> Yoshua<\/td> Mila - Quebec AI Institute<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bennett<\/td> Paul<\/td> University of South Australia<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bihorac<\/td> Azra<\/td> University of Florida<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bijol<\/td> Vanesa<\/td> Northwell Health - Hofstra University<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Blake<\/td> Peter<\/td> University of Western Ontario <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bonny<\/td> Olivier<\/td> Service De Nephrologie\/Consult. D'Hypertension <\/td> Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bowes<\/td> Elaine<\/td> <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Boyer<\/td> Olivia<\/td> H\u00f4pital Necker, institut Imagine, Universit\u00e9 de Paris<\/td> France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Bramham<\/td> Kate<\/td> <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Brown<\/td> Edwina<\/td> Hammersmith Hospital<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Burdmann<\/td> Emmanuel<\/td> <\/td> Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Cadena<\/td> Andres<\/td> Clinica de la Costa<\/td> Colombia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Cairns<\/td> Hugh<\/td> King's College Hospital<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Cantarovich<\/td> Marcelo<\/td> McGill University<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Caplin<\/td> Ben<\/td> UCL Medical School<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Carroll<\/td> Robert<\/td> <\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Cass<\/td> Alan<\/td> Menzies School of Health Research<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Caulfield<\/td> Timothy<\/td> University of Alberta<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Chan<\/td> Juliana<\/td> The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/td> Hong Kong, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Chapman<\/td> Arlene<\/td> University of Chicago<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Chertow<\/td> Glenn<\/td> Stanford University <\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Cippa<\/td> Pietro<\/td> Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale<\/td> Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Clase<\/td> Catherine<\/td> Canadian Society of Nephrology Health Sciences Centre (CSN) <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Claure-Del Granado<\/td> Rolando<\/td> Hospital Obrero No 2 - C.N.S.<\/td> Bolivia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Coates<\/td> Toby<\/td> <\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Cooper<\/td> Mary<\/td> Jefferson College of Population Health<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Cullis<\/td> Brett<\/td> Hilton Life Hospital<\/td> South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Dandara<\/td> Collet<\/td> University of Cape Town<\/td> South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Davids<\/td> Mogamat Razeen<\/td> Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital<\/td> South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Davies<\/td> Simon<\/td> <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Davison<\/td> Sara<\/td> University of Alberta<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t de Sandes<\/td> Taina<\/td> <\/td> Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t De Seigneux<\/td> Sophie<\/td> Geneva University Hospital<\/td> Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Delaney<\/td> Sean<\/td> Canadian Blood Services<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Devuyst<\/td> Olivier<\/td> University of Zurich<\/td> Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Dom\u00ednguez-Gil<\/td> Beatriz<\/td> <\/td> Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Douthat<\/td> Walter<\/td> Hospital Privado-Centro Medico de Cordoba <\/td> Argentina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Dreyer<\/td> Gavin<\/td> Barts Health NHS Trust<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Eddy<\/td> Allison<\/td> University of British Columba<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Elliott<\/td> Meghan<\/td> University of Calgary<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Farragher<\/td> Janine<\/td> <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ferreiro Fuentes<\/td> Alejandro<\/td> Hospital de Cl\u00ednicas. Facultad de Medicina <\/td> Uruguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Figueiredo<\/td> Ana Elizabeth<\/td> <\/td> Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Fisher<\/td> Lori-Ann<\/td> University of the West Indies<\/td> Jamaica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Fissell<\/td> William<\/td> Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Floege<\/td> Juergen<\/td> RWTH University of Aachen<\/td> Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Flythe<\/td> Jenny<\/td> <\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Fogo<\/td> Agnes<\/td> Vanderbilt University Medical Center<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Fortin<\/td> Marie-Chantal<\/td> Centre de recherche du CHUM<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Francis<\/td> Anna<\/td> Queensland Children's Hospital<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Gafor<\/td> Halim<\/td> Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre<\/td> Malaysia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ganji<\/td> Mohammad-Reza<\/td> <\/td> Iran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Gansevoort<\/td> Ronald<\/td> UMCG<\/td> Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Gibson<\/td> Keisha<\/td> University of NC at Chapel Hill<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Gill<\/td> John<\/td> University Of British Columbia<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Goh<\/td> Bak Leong<\/td> HOSPITAL SERDANG, MALAYSIA<\/td> Malaysia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Gonzalez<\/td> Marvin Antonio<\/td> National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Le\u00f3n (UNAN-Le\u00f3n)<\/td> Nicaragua<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Gonzalez Bedat<\/td> Maria Carlota<\/td> SLANH<\/td> Uruguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Graham<\/td> Janet<\/td> <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Greenwood<\/td> Sharlene<\/td> <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Greka<\/td> Anna<\/td> Harvard Medical School\/BWH\/The Broad Institute<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Haddad<\/td> Pierre<\/td> <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Haffner<\/td> Dieter<\/td> Hannover Medical School<\/td> Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hao<\/td> Chuan-Ming<\/td> Huashan Hospital Fudan University<\/td> China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Harris<\/td> Raymond<\/td> Vanderbilt University<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Harrison<\/td> Tyrone<\/td> <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Heidt<\/td> Sebastiaan<\/td> LUMC<\/td> Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hemmelgarn<\/td> Brenda<\/td> University of Alberta<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Herrington<\/td> William<\/td> Oxford University <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hewawasam<\/td> Erandi<\/td> Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hiemstra<\/td> Thomas<\/td> Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hladunewich<\/td> Michelle<\/td> University of Toronto<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hoe<\/td> Kyaw<\/td> University of the West Indies<\/td> Jamaica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hoenig<\/td> Melanie<\/td> BIDMC Harvard<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Horton<\/td> Richard<\/td> <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hou<\/td> Fan Fan<\/td> Nanfang Hospital <\/td> China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Huber<\/td> Tobias B.<\/td> University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf<\/td> Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hughes<\/td> Jeremy<\/td> University of Edinburgh<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hunter<\/td> David<\/td> University of Oxford<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hutchison<\/td> Colin<\/td> Hawke's Bay DHB<\/td> New Zealand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Hwang<\/td> Shang-Jyh<\/td> Kaohsiung Medical University <\/td> Taiwan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Inagi<\/td> Reiko<\/td> Univ of Tokyo - Grad. School of Medicine<\/td> Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ismail<\/td> Wesam<\/td> <\/td> Egypt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Jain<\/td> Arsh<\/td> London Health Sciences Centre<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Jardine<\/td> Meg<\/td> NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Jha<\/td> Vivekanand<\/td> The George Institute for Global Health<\/td> India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t John<\/td> Oommen<\/td> The George Institute for Global Health <\/td> India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Kafle<\/td> Rishi<\/td> National Kidney Centre <\/td> Nepal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Kalyesubula<\/td> Robert<\/td> Makerere University<\/td> Uganda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Kamath<\/td> Nivedita<\/td> St. John's Medical College Hospital <\/td> India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Kanjanabuch<\/td> Talerngsak<\/td> Chulalongkorn University<\/td> Thailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Kaplan<\/td> Tom<\/td> <\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Kazancioglu<\/td> Rumeyza<\/td> Bezmialem Vakif University School of Medicine<\/td> Turkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Kim<\/td> Yong-soo<\/td> College of Medicine, The Catholic Univ. of Korea<\/td> South Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t King<\/td> Alexandra<\/td> U of S, Canada<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t King<\/td> Malcolm<\/td> University of Saskatchewan<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Klarenbach<\/td> Scott<\/td> University of Alberta <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Kohler<\/td> Jennefer<\/td> Stanford Medicine<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Kretzler<\/td> Matthias<\/td> University Of Michigan Medical Center<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Lamarche<\/td> Caroline<\/td> Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Lambers Heerspink<\/td> Hiddo<\/td> University medical Center Groningen<\/td> Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Leung<\/td> Chi-Bon<\/td> Prince of Wales Hospital<\/td> Hong Kong, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Levin<\/td> Adeera<\/td> University of British Columbia<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Levin<\/td> Nathan<\/td> <\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Lewington<\/td> Andrew<\/td> St James's University Hospital <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Liew<\/td> Adrian<\/td> Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital<\/td> Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Lightstone<\/td> Liz<\/td> Imperial College London and Hammersmith Hospital<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Lok<\/td> Charmaine<\/td> University of Toronto<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Lombardi<\/td> Raul<\/td> <\/td> Uruguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Lopez-Almaraz<\/td> Ernesto<\/td> The American British Cowdray Medical Center <\/td> Mexico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Luyckx<\/td> Valerie<\/td> <\/td> Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Macedo<\/td> Etienne Maria<\/td> University of California San Diego<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t MacRae<\/td> Jennifer<\/td> University of Calgary<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Madero<\/td> Magdalena<\/td> National Heart Institute <\/td> Mexico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Madhavan<\/td> Sethu<\/td> The Ohio State University<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Mallawaarachchi<\/td> Amali<\/td> Royal Prince Alfred Hospital<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t MARSCHNER<\/td> Julian Aurelio<\/td> University Hospital, LMU Munich<\/td> Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t McAdams DeMarco<\/td> Mara<\/td> Johns Hopkins<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t McCaughey<\/td> Deirdre<\/td> University of Calgary: Cumming School of Medicine<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t McIntyre<\/td> Chris<\/td> <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Meade<\/td> Anthony<\/td> Royal Adelaide Hospital<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Miglinas<\/td> Marius<\/td> Vilnius University Santaros Klinikos<\/td> Lithuania<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Morelle<\/td> Johann<\/td> Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc<\/td> Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Mushahar<\/td> Lily<\/td> Dr Lily Mushahar, Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar, Malaysia<\/td> Malaysia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Nadeau-Fredette<\/td> Annie-Claire<\/td> <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Naicker<\/td> Saraladevi<\/td> School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand<\/td> South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Nanayakkara<\/td> Nishantha<\/td> National Hospital, Kandy<\/td> Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Nangaku<\/td> Masaomi<\/td> the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine<\/td> Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Nelson<\/td> Robert<\/td> National Institutes of Health <\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Nessim<\/td> Sharon<\/td> McGill University<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Niang<\/td> Abdou<\/td> MD<\/td> Senegal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Nicholas<\/td> Susanne<\/td> David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Nitsch<\/td> Dorothea<\/td> London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Niyyar<\/td> Vandana Dua<\/td> Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Noble<\/td> Helen<\/td> Queen's University belfast<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Okusa<\/td> Mark<\/td> University of Virginia<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Olsen Saraiva Camara<\/td> Niels<\/td> <\/td> Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ossareh<\/td> Shahrzad<\/td> <\/td> Iran<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ostermann<\/td> Marlies<\/td> Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ots-Rosenberg<\/td> Mai<\/td> Tartu University Hospital<\/td> Estonia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ozturk<\/td> Savas<\/td> Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine<\/td> Turkey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Pannu<\/td> Neesh<\/td> University of Alberta<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Pawlovich<\/td> John<\/td> UBC<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Pecoits Filho<\/td> Roberto<\/td> Arbor Research Collaborative for Health<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Penninger<\/td> Josef<\/td> University of British Columbia (UBC)<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Perl<\/td> Jeffery<\/td> St. Michael's Hospital<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Piccoli<\/td> Giorgina Barbara<\/td> CHM Le Mans<\/td> France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Pollock<\/td> Carol<\/td> University of Sydney<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Puelles<\/td> Victor<\/td> Universit\u00e4tsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf<\/td> Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Qayyum<\/td> Ahad<\/td> <\/td> Pakistan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Radhakrishnan<\/td> Jai<\/td> Columbia University<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Rajan<\/td> Dheeraj<\/td> University of Toronto<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ramani<\/td> Karthik<\/td> University of Michigan<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Rashidi<\/td> Parisa<\/td> University of Florida<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ratcliffe<\/td> Peter<\/td> University of Oxford<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Reidlinger<\/td> Donna<\/td> The Australasian Kidney Trials Network<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Roberts<\/td> Ian<\/td> John Radcliffe Hospital<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Roberts<\/td> Glenda<\/td> University of Washington<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Rodrigue<\/td> Jim<\/td> Harvard Medical School<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Roelofs<\/td> Joris<\/td> Academic Medical Center<\/td> Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Ronco<\/td> Pierre<\/td> H\u00f4pital Tenon<\/td> France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Rondeau<\/td> Eric<\/td> Sorbonne Universit\u00e9 Hopital Tenon<\/td> France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Rovin<\/td> Brad<\/td> The Ohio State University\/ Nephrology<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Royal<\/td> Virginie<\/td> H\u00f4pital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Rusconi<\/td> Chris<\/td> PKD Foundation<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Sahay<\/td> Manisha<\/td> Osmania General Hospital<\/td> India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Samuel<\/td> Susan<\/td> Alberta Children's Hospital<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Sanabria Arenas<\/td> Rafael Mauricio<\/td> <\/td> Colombia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Scammell<\/td> Madeleine<\/td> Boston University School of Public Health<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Selby<\/td> Nicholas<\/td> University of Nottingham<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Seshan<\/td> Surya<\/td> <\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Shahverdyan<\/td> Robert<\/td> Asklepios Clinic Barmbek<\/td> Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Sharma<\/td> Nishan<\/td> University of Calgary<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Sharpe<\/td> Claire<\/td> <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Singh<\/td> Rajidner Suneet<\/td> <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Singh Shah<\/td> Dibya<\/td> Institute of Medicine ,Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital<\/td> Nepal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Sinha<\/td> Aditi<\/td> All India Institute of Medical Sciences<\/td> India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Snelling<\/td> Tom<\/td> Professor in Infectious Diseases<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Sola<\/td> Laura<\/td> CASMU<\/td> Uruguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Soomro<\/td> Qandeel<\/td> NYU Grossman School of Medicine<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Stengel<\/td> Benedicte<\/td> <\/td> France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Suassuna<\/td> Jose<\/td> Faculty of Medical Sciences. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro<\/td> Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t SURESH<\/td> Sandhya<\/td> DNB Nephrology<\/td> India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Suri<\/td> Rita<\/td> McGill University<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Swaminathan<\/td> Soumya<\/td> <\/td> Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Swanepoel<\/td> Charles<\/td> <\/td> South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Szeto<\/td> Cheuk Chun<\/td> Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/td> Hong Kong, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Theesfeld<\/td> Chandra<\/td> PRINCETON UNIVERSITY<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Thomas<\/td> Ian<\/td> Mount St. John's Medical Centre<\/td> Antigua and Barbuda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Tong<\/td> Allison<\/td> The Children's Hospital at Westmead<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Trask<\/td> Michele<\/td> Provincial Health Services Authority<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Tullius<\/td> Stefan<\/td> Brigham and Women's Hospital<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Tungsanga<\/td> Kriang<\/td> Renal devision, King chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital<\/td> Thailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Tuttle<\/td> Katherine<\/td> University of Washington<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Vachharajani<\/td> Tushar<\/td> Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Vasilevsky<\/td> Murray<\/td> McGill University Health Centre<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Verhaar<\/td> Marianne<\/td> University Medical Center Utrecht<\/td> Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Vorobyeva<\/td> Olga<\/td> <\/td> Russia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Wadee<\/td> Shoyab<\/td> South African Nephrology Society (SANS)<\/td> South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Wainstein<\/td> Marina<\/td> <\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Wang<\/td> Angela Yee Moon<\/td> University of Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital<\/td> Hong Kong, China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Warren<\/td> Madeleine<\/td> <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Wearne<\/td> Nicola<\/td> Groote Schuur Hospital<\/td> South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Webster<\/td> Angela<\/td> University of Sydney<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Wetmore<\/td> James<\/td> Hennepin County Medical Center<\/td> United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Wilkie<\/td> Martin<\/td> Sheffield Kidney Institute <\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Wilkinson<\/td> Tom<\/td> University of Leicester<\/td> United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Wong<\/td> Germaine<\/td> Westmead Hospital<\/td> Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Zamajski<\/td> Elizabeth<\/td> Halton Healthcare and Canadian Association of Nephrology Dietitians<\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Zappitelli<\/td> Michael<\/td> Montreal Children's Hospital <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Zimmerman<\/td> Deborah<\/td> Riverside Hospital <\/td> Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\t Zuo<\/td> Li<\/td> <\/td> China<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Professor Sofia Ahmed<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Dr. Ahmed is a Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, Vice Chair (Research) for the Department of Medicine and a nephrologist and clinician-scientist with a focus on sex and gender differences in human kidney and cardiovascular outcomes. She is an Advisory Board member for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Gender and Health, the Education Chair for the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences and is the Sex and Gender Champion of the CIHR-funded Canadians Seeking Solutions and Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease, a pan-Canadian patient-oriented kidney research network. She completed her MD and internal medicine residency at the University of Toronto, nephrology fellowship at Brigham and Women\u2019s and Massachusetts General Hospitals and Master\u2019s in Medical Sciences at Harvard University. A strong proponent of the importance of mentorship and fostering excellence in the next generation of kidney researchers, Dr. Ahmed was the recipient of a 2020 American Society of Nephrology Distinguished Mentor Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nProfessor Timothy Caulfield<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Timothy Caulfield is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, and Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta. His interdisciplinary research on topics like stem cells, genetics, research ethics, the public representations of science and health policy issues has allowed him to publish over 350 academic articles.<\/p>\nDavid Hunter<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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David Hunter is Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine and Director of the Translational Epidemiology Unit at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, UK. His early work was on HIV transmission in East Africa and he subsequently went on to research diet and cancer etiology through large-scale prospective studies. He founded the Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics at Harvard and was co-chair of the steering committee of the Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium at the National Cancer Institute. He was co-director of the NCI Cancer Genetic Susceptibility Markers project focused on genome-wide association studies, and Dean for Academic Affairs at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. He is Chief Scientific Advisor to Our Future Health, the new name for the Accelerating Detection of Disease programme and the Early Disease Detection Research Project UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nProfessor Alan Lopez<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Professor Alan Lopez AC FAHMS is a Melbourne Laureate Professor and the Rowden-White Chair of Global Health and Burden of Disease Measurement at The University of Melbourne. He is also a visiting Professor and Director of the IHME-Big Data Institute Unit at Oxford University and an Affiliate Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington.<\/p>\nProfessor Sir Peter Ratcliffe<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/p>\nRichard Horton<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Richard Horton is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet. He qualified in physiology and medicine with honours from the University of Birmingham in 1986. He joined The Lancet in 1990, moving to New York as North American Editor in 1993. In 2016, he chaired the Expert Group for the High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, convened by Presidents Hollande of France and Zuma of South Africa. In 2011, he was elected a Foreign Associate of the US Institute of Medicine and, in 2015, he received the Friendship Award from the Government of China. In 2019 he was awarded the WHO Director-General\u2019s Health Leaders Award for outstanding leadership in global health and the Roux Prize in recognition of innovation in the application of global health evidence. He works to develop the idea of planetary health \u2013 the health of human civilizations and the ecosystems on which they depend.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSir George Alleyne<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Sir George Alleyne, a native of Barbados is a medical graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI) where he subsequently pursued an academic career. He was appointed Professor of Medicine in UWI in 1972 and Chair of the Department of Medicine in 1976. He joined the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1981, became Director on 1 February 1995 and after re-election in 1998, completed a second four-year term on 31 January 2003. In 2003 he was elected Director Emeritus of PAHO. From February 2003 until December 2010 he was the UN Secretary General\u2019s Special Envoy for HIV\/AIDS in the Caribbean. From 2003 to 2017 he was Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and was a visiting professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University also from 2003 to 2017. Sir George has an extensive scientific bibliography and has given numerous presentations and lectures about a variety of health issues. Sir George has received numerous awards in recognition of his work, including honorary degrees, prestigious decorations and national and international honors. In 1990, he was made Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his services to Medicine. In 2001, he was awarded the Order of the Caribbean Community, the highest honor that can be conferred on a Caribbean national. He is married to Sylvan Chen and they have three children.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDr. Soumya Swaminathan<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan was appointed as WHO\u2019s first Chief Scientist in March 2019. She heads the Science division that was created to strengthen the organisation\u2019s core scientific work and ensure the quality and consistency of its norms and standards. The Division also promotes the use of digital tools and technologies to help achieve the SDGs and will work on governance frameworks to regulate new technologies like Artificial intelligence and genome editing. The division also will have a foresight function that enables WHO to stay ahead of the curve and will promote research and development that leads to products that meet unmet public health needs.<\/p>\n