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Bruno Avelar Rosa has extensive experience related to cross sectorial collaboration between sport, health and employment. He has been involved with and advised a number of local and international Federations, Higher-education institutions, Ministries and non-governmental entities. He's also an external expert of the European Commission for sports sector. He has a PhD in Educational Psychology.
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Senior Program and Project Manager with extensive experience in Corporate Communications, in a variety of industries including International Public Administration Entities, private sector, and NGOs.
In all engagements have worked to provide value to shareholders and their clients. Highly confident to manage projects from planning to implementation.
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Professor Vivekanand Jha is the President of the International Society of Nephrology. He also covers the role of Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health, India. Prof. Jha is recognized as a global expert on kidney disease and focuses on emerging public health threats globally and in India. He currently leads research projects operating in more than 20 countries. He is particularly interested in using multi-disciplinary approaches and innovations to address the system level health and economic challenge posed to humanity by non-communicable diseases. He has published over 320 peer reviewed papers, many in the most prestigious journal in the world and over 40 book chapters. He has held leadership positions in many organizations. He is a member of Task Forces and Scientific Advisory Committees of the Department of Science and Technology of Government of India, an Advisor to the WHO, has been on Editorial Boards of major journals and has been Section Editor of the Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology.
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Education Programme Assistant
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Dr Shweta Khandelwal is Head, Nutrition Research at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Delhi. She is a trained and experienced public health nutrition researcher currently exploring the role of prenatal omega-3 fatty acids (DHA) supplementation on neurodevelopment of Indian infants. Shweta is also interested in studying the nutrition epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors among the Indian population. She serves on expert panels constituted by FSSAI and MoHFW, GoI including oils and fats, sustainable healthy diets and combating high fat, sugar and salt in Indian population. Shweta is the lead for capacity building initiatives in Public Health Nutrition at PHFI. In addition to more than 50 peer reviewed articles in scholarly journals, she has contributed several op-eds and review pieces in leading international and national print and online media. Shweta has also won several prestigious awards and recognition in the area of public health nutrition.
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PhD candidate with interest in experimental research on anti-corruption policies in healthcare.
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Senior lecturer in Practice at the London School of Economics & Political Science. Home in Geneva, Switzerland. Interests are health economics, health systems, health security, patient safety, quality improvement, pharmaceutical innovation and regulation
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Mahain Alquza, Jordanian, currently HR Officer in UNESCO. - previously Head of Operations in UN WOmen - HR Admin Officer in UNRWA
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I have a background in Computer Science and have worked in UNESCO for over 4 years. I am passionate about providing innovative solutions for persons living with disabilities, demystifying policy design and delivery and sustainable development for everyone but with more focus on people in vulnerable situations and youth.
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Dr Helen Gavin is a sustainability professional, passionate about renewable energy and water resources.
Following a PhD in wetland hydrology, Helen became a Chartered Environmental Scientist working on quantitative environmental issues, that span water resources, hydroecology, hydropower, onshore wind energy projects, and more. She has audited water companies for ~13 years on greenhouse gas and renewable energy production as well as other topics. She has covered a range of roles including technical specialist, auditor and programme manager.
Over 2015-2019, she was Programme Manager for the Water Resources in the South East collaborative group, though her role as Principal Environmental Scientist for the engineering consulting firm, Atkins. This regional group was founded in 1996 and is an alliance of the six south east water companies, the Environment Agency, Ofwat, Consumer Council for Water, Natural England and Defra. The aim of the group is to work collaboratively to develop an affordable, sustainable and resilient regional approach to water resource management for people and the environment.
Helen managed the multi-disciplinary research programme evaluating the risk and impact of drought and water scarcity in the UK, MaRIUS, working closely alongside the PI, Professor Jim Hall at the University of Oxford, and numerous industry practitioners and stakeholders. A key aspect was to ensure the outputs can be used by people working in the management of drought and water scarcity.
Currently, she is focusing on her passion for renewable energy. As Manager and Knowledge Exchange researcher of the Programme to Integrate Renewable Energy, Helen bring the results and findings of the programme and associated projects to new audiences, and fosters a culture of collaborative working between academia and practitioners.
https://www.renewableenergy.ox.ac.uk/