Keynote speakers | HSR2016

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Sara Bennett
Professor of Health Systems
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Sara Bennett has broad interests in health systems research encompassing health financing, human resources for health, aid modalities, sustainability, capacity development and evidence to policy processes.
Plenary:Resilient and Responsive Health Systems: Learning from frontline experiences, Wednesday 8:30 – 11:00 AM
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Midori de Habich
Associated Researcher
Instituto de Estudios Peruanos
Midori de Habich is an economist with over 25 years of experience in research, policy design and implementation.
Plenary:Resilient and Responsive Health Systems: Learning from frontline experiences, Wednesday 8:30 – 11:00 AM
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Carissa F. Etienne
Director
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
During her tenures at WHO and PAHO, Dr. Etienne led the efforts to renew primary health care and to strengthen health systems based on primary health care, promoting integration and improved functioning of health systems. She has also spearheaded policy directions for reducing health inequalities and advancing health for all through universal coverage, people-centered care, the integration of health into broader public policies, and inclusive and participatory health leadership.
Plenary:Resilient and Responsive Health Systems: Learning from frontline experiences, Wednesday 8:30 – 11:00 AM
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Asha George
South African Research Chair in Health Systems, Complexity and Social Change
University of the Western Cape
Asha George is a qualitative researcher engaged with health systems to advance health and social justice in low- and middle-income countries. With a gender and rights lens, she focuses on the frontline interface and governance of services taking into consideration community engagement and health worker perspectives.
Plenary:Intersectionality as a research approach to understanding and promoting resilience and responsiveness in health systems, Thursday 9:00 – 10:30 AM
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Olena Hankivsky
Professor
Simon Fraser University
Dr. Olena Hankivsky is a Professor in the public Policy Program and Director of the Institute Intersectionality Research and Policy at Simon Fraser University.
Plenary:Intersectionality as a research approach to understanding and promoting resilience and responsiveness in health systems, Thursday 9:00 – 10:30 AM
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Nila Heredia Miranda
Executive Director
Andean Health Organization
Nila Heredia Miranda, Bolivian physician, has a Masters in Public Health from Andean University, and is currently Executive Director Andean Health Organization.
Plenary:Resilient peoples, responsive health systems? Bringing Indigenous understandings of health and wellness to health systems evaluation and improvement, Tuesday 5:30 – 7:00 PM
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Dr Malcolm King
Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Malcolm King, a member of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, is a health researcher at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University. In his career in pulmonary research, Dr. King has developed new approaches to treat mucus clearance dysfunction in chronic lung disease, and is now working on addressing issues in airborne disease transmission, as well as research aimed at dealing with the respiratory health inequities facing Aboriginal people.
Plenary:Resilient peoples, responsive health systems? Bringing Indigenous understandings of health and wellness to health systems evaluation and improvement, Tuesday 5:30 – 7:00 PM
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K. Karsor Kollie
Director of the Non Communicable and Neglected Tropical Disease Program
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia
K. Karsor Kollie is the Director of the Non Communicable and Neglected Tropical Disease Program in the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Monrovia, Liberia. He has experience in community based strategic planning programs including preventive chemotherapy, coordinating monitoring and evaluation systems across a range of diseases, and is making significant progress in operational research.
Plenary:Resilient and Responsive Health Systems: Learning from frontline experiences, Wednesday 8:30 – 11:00 AM
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Soonman Kwon
Chief of Health Sector Group
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Professor Soonman Kwon is the Chief of Health Sector Group (Technical Advisor on Health) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is in charge of overall health sector operational support and knowledge work in ADB.
Plenary:Looking back to look forward: retrospective focus as a way of sharpening how we address the challenges of a changing world, Friday 4:00 – 5:30 PM
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Dr Jean-Frederic Levesque
Chief Executive
Bureau of Health Information
Dr Levesque’s research focuses on access to care and organisational performance, particularly in terms of how different models of care and healthcare reform impact on patient’s access, experience and outcomes of care.
Plenary:Intersectionality as a research approach to understanding and promoting resilience and responsiveness in health systems, Thursday 9:00 – 10:30 AM
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Dr. Kopano Mabaso
Rhodes Scholar
University of Oxford
Dr. Kopano Mabaso is a South African medical doctor currently undertaking a DPhil (PhD) in Population Health at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Kopano’s research interests lie in health policy and systems research, particularly with regards to strengthening of health systems in reform.
Plenary:Looking back to look forward: retrospective focus as a way of sharpening how we address the challenges of a changing world, Friday 4:00 – 5:30 PM
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Anne Mills
Deputy Director & Provost and Professor of Health Economics and Policy
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Anne Mills is Deputy Director & Provost and Professor of Health Economics and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Plenary:Looking back to look forward: retrospective focus as a way of sharpening how we address the challenges of a changing world, Friday 4:00 – 5:30 PM
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Dr. Davide T. Mosca
Director of Migration Health Department
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Dr. Mosca has worked 24 years in Africa and the Middle East. In 2008, he was appointed as Director, Migration Health Department of IOM. Dr. Mosca is a member of the Health Worker Migration Global Policy Advisory Council which contributes through advocacy to respond to global health workforce migration challenges.
Plenary:Resilient and Responsive Health Systems: Learning from frontline experiences, Wednesday 8:30 – 11:00 AM
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Moses Mulumba
Executive Director
Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD)
Moses Mulumba is an advocate of the High Court of Uganda and currently heads the Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD)
Plenary:Looking back to look forward: retrospective focus as a way of sharpening how we address the challenges of a changing world, Friday 4:00 – 5:30 PM
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Ben Ramalingam
Fellow
Institute of Development Studies
Ben Ramalingam is a researcher, author, advisor and facilitator focusing on global development and humanitarian issues.
Plenary:Resilient and Responsive Health Systems: Learning from frontline experiences, Wednesday 8:30 – 11:00 AM
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Arash Rashidian
Director of Information, Evidence and Research
Eastern Mediterranean Region, World Health Organization
Dr Arash Rashidian is the Director of Information, Evidence and Research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of the World Health Organization in Cairo, Egypt. He is a Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Plenary:Looking back to look forward: retrospective focus as a way of sharpening how we address the challenges of a changing world, Friday 4:00 – 5:30 PM
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TK Sundari Ravindran
Professor
Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
TK Sundari Ravindran has a Ph.D in Applied Economics from the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. She is currently professor at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, and Visiting Faculty at the School of Public Health at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Plenary:Intersectionality as a research approach to understanding and promoting resilience and responsiveness in health systems, Thursday 9:00 – 10:30 AM
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Daniel D Reidpath
Professor
Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia
Professor Daniel Diamond Reidpath is a Professor of Population Health and Head of Public Health at Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia. He is also the Director of the South East Asia Community Observatory (SEACO) Research Platform in Segamat, Johor.
Plenary:Intersectionality as a research approach to understanding and promoting resilience and responsiveness in health systems, Thursday 9:00 – 10:30 AM
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Saira Shameem
Head
United Nations Population Fund, Malaysia
Saira Shameem has been working in the field of human rights, women's rights and the right to health for the last 27 years in various capacities, spanning community mobilization, public education, organisational development, advocacy as well as national and international policy development.
Plenary:Intersectionality as a research approach to understanding and promoting resilience and responsiveness in health systems, Thursday 9:00 – 10:30 AM
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Dr Agnés Soucat
Director for Health Systems, Governance and Financing
World Health Organisation
Director for Health Systems, Governance and Financing at the WHO in Geneva.
Plenary:Resilient and Responsive Health Systems: Learning from frontline experiences, Wednesday 8:30 – 11:00 AM
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Rajani R. Ved
Advisor, Community Processes and Primary Health Care
National Health Systems Resource Center
Dr. Rajani R. Ved is Advisor, Community Processes and Primary Health Care, at the National Health Systems Resource Center, which provides technical support to the Government of India’s National Health Mission. She has worked for nearly thirty years as a practitioner researcher with grassroots NGOs, governments, donors and private foundations in programme implementation, evaluation and research and policy formulation in the area of women and children’s health and nutrition and health systems.
Plenary:Looking back to look forward: retrospective focus as a way of sharpening how we address the challenges of a changing world, Friday 4:00 – 5:30 PM