Global Engagement Council Leadership

Council Chair

Mahmoud Elmahdawy, PharmD 

Director, Market Access and Health Economics, Novartis Lecturer of Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy, Misr International University, Cairo, Egypt

Asia Consortium Chair

Kun Zhao, MD, PhD, MHSc

Professor & Director, Division of Health Policy Evaluation and Technology Assessment, China National Health Development Research Center, National Health Commission, Beijing, China

CEE Network Chair

Guenka Ivanova Petrova, MPharm, MEcon, PhD, DSc 

Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Africa Network Chair

Mohammed Lamorde, HBBS, MRCP, PHD

Head of Department, Prevention, Care and Treatment Programme, Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Makerere University College of Health Sciences Kampala, Uganda

President, Italy-Rome Chapter

Alberto Migliore, MD

Director, Chief Rheumatology Unit, San Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy

President, Spain Chapter

Carme Pinyol, MD, MSc

Founder and Director, INNOVA-Strategic Consulting, Barcelona, Spain

President, Boston Chapter

Brian Rittenhouse

Associate Professor of Social and Administrative Sciences, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) University, Boston, MA, USA

Governance Committee Chair

Adrian Towse, MA, MPhil

Director, Office of Health Economics (OHE), and Visiting Professor, London School of Economics, London, UK

Latin America Global Engagement Council Representative

Rosa Maria Galindo-Suarez,

MHE Prioritization Deputy Director General Health Council Mexico City, Mexico.

Arabic Network Chair

Ola Ghaleb Alahdab, PhD

Pharmaceutical Advisor, CPD-Pharma Program Manager Registration and Drug Control Department, Ministry of Health Abu Dhabi, UAE

President, Italy-Milan Chapter

Lorenzo Mantovani

Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Milan, Bicocca, Milan, Italy

President, Portugal Chapter

Miguel Gouveia, PhD

Associate Professor, School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of Portugal (UCP), Lisbon, Portugal

President, Austria Chapter

Beate Jahn, PhD

Assistant Professor, UMIT – University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology Tyrol, Austria

Midwest Regional Chapter

Gebra Cuyun Carter, MPH, PhD

Research Scientist Eli Lilly & Company Columbus, OH, USA