WHS Academic Alliance Governance

Executive Committee

The WHS Academic Alliance Executive Committee is elected by the WHS Academic Alliance from amongst its members and has the purpose to speak and act for its interests. It represents the network publicly and assumes operative responsibility.

Axel R. PriesAxel R. PriesWorld Health Summit President
Germany
Sophia ZoungasInternational President 2024 Head, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Monash University
Australia
Balvir S. TomarIncoming International President 2025 Founder and Chancellor, NIMS University Jaipur
India
Adnan Ali HyderAdnan HyderInternational President 2023 Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Global Health
Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University
United States of America
Foto: Luciano SasoLuciano SasoInternational President 2022 Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine
Sapienza University
Italy
Charles IbingiraCharles IbingiraInternational President 2020 & 2021 Principal (until 2020)
Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Uganda
Amirhossein TakianAmirhossein Takian International President 2019 Director, Department of Global Health and Public Policy, Vice Dean, School of Public Health
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Iran
Hélène BoisjolyHélène BoisjolyInternational President 2017 Dean (until 2020)
Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
Canada
Photo: Ben CannyBen Canny Director, Medical Education
University of Adelaide
Australia
Julian KickbuschWorld Health Summit Senior Program Director
Germany