International Advisory Committee

Dr. Sonia Anand, MD, PhD

• Professor, Division of Cardiology
• Associate Chair, Equity & Diversity; Heart and Stroke Foundation / Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research; Tier 1 Canada Research Chair; Director, Population Genomics Program, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar, PhD

• Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, India

Dr. Tim Evans, D.Phil    

• Director and Associate Dean of the School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Honorable Dr. Patricia Garcia, MD, MPH     

• Professor at the School of Public Health at Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH), Lima, Peru
• Member of the US National Academy of Medicine. 
• Former Minister of Health of Peru

Dr. Roger Glass, MD, PhD    

• Director, John E. Fogarty International Center, Maryland, USA

Honorable Dr. Lemogang Kwape                                   

• Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation, Government of Botswana Gaborone, Botswana

Dr. Vaikuntam. I. Lakshmanan, O.C., M.Sc., PhD., C. Eng., M.I.M.M., M.R.I.C.,  F.C.A.E., FCIM                                       

• Vice-Chairman & CEO, Process Research ORTECH
• President, Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Patricio V. Marquez                                

• Former Lead Public Health Specialist, World Bank Group (WBG)
• Senior Associate, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dr. Rachel Nugent, PhD

• Vice President, Global Noncommunicable Diseases, Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina, USA

Prof. Padma Bhushan K. Srinath Reddy, MD, DM, M.Sc.

• President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)

Prof. Adolfo Rubinstein, MD, MSc, PhD

• Director of the Center for Implementation and Innovation in Health Policies (CIIPS). Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS). Buenos Aires
• Former National Minister of Health of Argentina (2017-2019)
• Founder and Former Director General of IECS (2002-2017)

Dr. Salim Yusuf, O.C., D.Phil, FRCPC, FRSC

• Distinguished University Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
• Executive Director, Population Health Research Institute McMaster University Chief Scientist, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON

Dr. Huihui Wang, MD, PhD

• Senior Economist, World Bank Group

Professor Karen Sliwa, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, DTM&H

• Director, Cape Heart Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa