International Advisory Committee
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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
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Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar, PhD
- Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, India
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Dr. Tim Evans, D.Phil
- Director and Associate Dean of the School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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
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Dr. Roger Glass, MD, PhD
- Director, John E. Fogarty International Center, Maryland, USA
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Honorable Dr. Lemogang Kwape
- Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation, Government of Botswana Gaborone, Botswana
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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
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Patricio V. Marquez
- Former Lead Public Health Specialist, World Bank Group (WBG)
- Senior Associate, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Dr. Rachel Nugent, PhD
- Vice President, Global Noncommunicable Diseases, Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina, USA
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Prof. Padma Bhushan K. Srinath Reddy, MD, DM, M.Sc.
- President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
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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)
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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
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Dr. Huihui Wang, MD, PhD
- Senior Economist, World Bank Group
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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