Advisory Committee of Experts
European Health Forum Gastein
About the Advisory Board
Representing the four EHFG pillars, the Advisory Committee of Experts supports the development and evaluation of the annual programme of the EHFG conference. We are very grateful to all of our AC members past and present for their support in developing the European Health Forum Gastein!
Role
The Advisory Committee helps to determine the theme of the conference and assesses and advises on session proposals both regarding content, format and speakers. It also supports the EHFG team with suggestions on potential sponsors and advice on the future developments and engagements of the EHFG.
The Advisory Committee is made up of individual and institutional members.
Individual members are invited on the basis of their expertise and potential contribution to the EHFG. As such, they participate in a personal capacity and are not representing any particular organisation or stakeholder group.
Institutional members use their expertise to represent their organisation. Institutional memberships are currently designated to representatives of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the Young Forum Gastein and the European Health Forum Gastein Board.
Individual Members
Paul Belcher
Senior Advisor - Europe and Health
A long-standing senior advisor on European level health policy engagement & public affairs to a range of health organisations.
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Francesca Colombo
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Head of Health Division at the OECD. She is a leading international expert on health and care issues for elderly populations.
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Caroline Costongs
EuroHealthNet
Director of EuroHealthNet, the European Partnership for improving health, equity and wellbeing, based in Brussels.
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Johan Hansen
NIVEL
Senior researcher and project coordinator of HSR Europe at NIVEL, The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research.
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Monika Kosinska
World Health Organization
Global Head of Economic and Commercial Determinants for the World Health Organization.
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Martin McKee
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Professor of European Public Health, Research Director at the European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies.
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Nicoline Tamsma
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Co-ordinating Advisor International Affairs
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Matthias Wismar
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Senior Health Policy Analyst
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Freek Spinnewijn
European Federation of Organisations Working on Homelessness, European Public Health Alliance
Director of FEANTSA - the European Federation of Organisations Working on Homelessness & President of EPHA - European Public Health Alliance
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David Earnshaw
European Public Policy, MSD Europe
Associate Vice President, European Public Policy, MSD Europe
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Mira Jovanovski-Dasic
South-eastern Europe Health Network
Head of the Secretariat of the South-Eastern Europe Health Network
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Siegfried Walch
Management Center Innsbruck
Head of Department & Studies, Management Center Innsbruck
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Richard Bergström
European Health Forum Gastein
EHFG Board representative to the experts' committee
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Andrea Ammon
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Director of the ECDC
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Michele Calabro'
Young Forum Gastein
Young Forum Gastein (YFG) representative to the experts' committee
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