The SHEM Steering Committee
The Steering Committee (SC) represents the movement, guides the strategy towards its mission, and encourages a sense of belonging of all its members and their participation. Its assemblage aims to achieve a suitable balance between representatives of high-income countries (HICs) and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs – the “global south”). Reflecting the diverse nature of the movement, the SC also tries to have a balanced representation of health and other professionals, and practitioners, academia, scientists, and activists.
SC 2020-2021
“Social inequality and the climate crisis create health inequalities within and between countries; the Sustainable Health Equity Movement (SHEM) aims to promote sustainable health equity as an ethical principle guiding all national and international economic, social, and environmental policies.”
Adriano Friganović (he/him)
Croatia
Critical care nurse; head nurse of Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at University Hospital Zagreb; also a senior lecturer at University of Applied Health Sciences.
Albert Akpalu (he/him)
Ghana and Nigeria
Senior Lecturer University of Ghana Medical School and Secretary-General West African College of Physicians.
Armando De Negri Filho (he/him)
Brazil
Bettina Borisch (she/her)
Switzerland
Professor of Public Health, Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva; Executive Director of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), headquartered in Geneva. Dr. Borisch is an MD and a Histopathologist, MPH and Fellow of the Royal College of Pathology (UK)
Dr. Arachu Castro (she/her)
United States of America
Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin America at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Health Equity Network of the Americas executive committee member. Dr. Castro is a medical anthropologist trained in public health
Dr. Afrah Aziz (she/her)
India
Being an avid reader of research papers and supporting health organizations garnered my interest in Health Equity which has led me to complete a course in Foundations and Application of Health Equity Research, John Hopkins University.
David E Chiriboga (he/him)
United States
Duncan Selbie (he/him)
United Kingdom
Duncan Selbie is the President of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes and senior adviser to the Saudi Public Health Authority. His public service career spanned 41 years in Scotland and London.
Elham Kateeb (she/her)
Palestine
Professor of Dental Public Health at the Oral Health Research and Promotion Unit, Al-Quds University Jerusalem, Palestine. She is leading global efforts through the International Dental Federation (FDI) to promote better oral health among refugees.
Eric A. Friedman (he/him)
United States of America
Global Health Justice Scholar at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Member of Framework Convention on Global Health Alliance Executive Committee.
Hui Chi (she/her)
China
Jaime C. Montoya (he/him)
Philippines
Professor at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, and Technology and the Executive Director of the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology.
Jorge Alberto Neira (he/him)
Argentine
President of Fundación Trauma Argentina and a full member of Argentine National Academy of Medicine. President of The Certification Council of Medical Professionals.
Juan Garay (he/him)
Cuba
He is a medical doctor from Spain. Since the 80s, he has combined clinical, public health, research, and design on health systems, in many countries in Europe, Africa, and America He is co-founder of the Sustainable Health Equity Movement.
Liisa Laakso (she/her)
Sweden
Liisa Laakso has acted in different national and international positions of trust including the Finnish Government’s Research and Innovation Council. Currently, she is a member of the Human Rights Committee of the Council of Finnish Academies.
Luis Augusto Galvão (he/him)
Brazil
MD, Ph.D., professor at the Federal University of Bahia, vice-president of the World Federation of Public Health Associations.
Luis Eugenio Souza (he/him)
Brazil
MD, Ph.D., professor at the Federal University of Bahia, vice-president of the World Federation of Public Health Associations.
Ntogwiachu Daniel Kobuh (he/him)
Cameroon
Critical care registered nurse. Nurse Instructor. Advocate and project designer on improving critical care services in Cameroon and Africa. President Cameroon Association of Critical care nurses. Assistant Lecturer HIHIHS Yaounde and EXHIST Yaounde.
Paulo Buss (he/him)
Brazil
MD, MPH, D.Sc. is Emeritus Professor of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Full Professor of the National School of Public Health since 1977, Full Member National Academy of Medicine Brazil since 2005 and Director of FIOCRUZ Center for Global Health since January 2009.
Peter McGrath (he/him)
Italy
Sir Micheal Marmot (he/him)
England
Prof. Ged Williams (he/him)
Australia
Recently Area Director of Nursing, South Metro Health Service, Perth, Australia. Founding Chair, World Federation of Critical Care Nurses since 2001. Former Director, World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine.
Sue Goldstein (she/her)
South Africa
A public health medicine specialist and Dep Director at SAMRC Centre for Health Economics & Decision Science-PRICELESS SA. With special interest & 30 yrs. exp. in Social Change Communication, Health Promotion, Socio-Economic determinants of health, & children.
Suraj Bhattarai (he/him)
Nepal
I am a public health physician and researcher; founding member and research fellow of the Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies that conducts interdisciplinary research in Nepal and elsewhere.