Experts & Advisors Team
Core Action Group
Carlos Gershenson, PhD
Research Professor at Computer Science Department, UNAM.
Eric Feigl-Ding, ScD
Sc.D. in epidemiology and nutrition, from Harvard University. Former faculty member and researcher at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Chan School of Public Health.
Fredrik Ydhag
Recipient of the 2015 Swedish Film Editor's EDITH award for Best Edited Documentary.
Howard Luks
M.D. with honors from New York Medical College. Chief of Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy at New York Medical College for over 20 years.
Jose-Luis Jimenez
Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado. Ph.D. from MIT.
Josh Cohen, PhD
Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Amsterdam and former professor at Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development.
Julia Doubleday
Political and advocacy experience. Expertise in communications, community organizing, data analytics, strategy, and campaign management.
Kavita Patel, MD
Former nonresident fellow and managing director of clinical transformation at the Center for Health Policy at Brookings.
Louis Eugenio de Souza
Luís Eugênio de Souza is the current President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations. Professor at UFBA, he has been the director of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Health in Brazil.
Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz
Dr. Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz is a developmental biologist and a researcher at the University of Calgary. Dr. Gasperowicz is a co-founder of ZeroCOVIDCanada.org, a member of COVIDisAirborne, World Health Network (WHN), Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition, and Protect Our Province Alberta.
Matti TJ Heino, PhD
Behavior change and motivation management researcher at the University of Helsinki. M.Sc. in social psychology from the University of Helsinki.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering (retired).
Prof. Dr. Matthias F. Schneider
Professor for Medical Physics at TU Dortmund. Ph.D. Physics/Biophysics from the Technical University of Munich.
Shelly Miller
Professor of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley.
Shu-Ti Chiou, MD, PhD
Founding President, Health & Sustainable Development Foundation, Taiwan; Global Vice President for Capacity Building, IUHPE, Ph.D. in Epidemiology.
Stephane Bilodeau
Chief Technology Officer of Smart Phases inc. and Co-Founder of ZeroCovidCanada.org, Ph.D. in Engineering.
Sunil Raina, MD
Professor & Head, Community Medicine In-Charge Multi Disciplinary Research at Dr. RP Govt. Medical College, India.
Tiffany James
White House Fellow Regional Finalist 2022 | Public Relations Creative | Global Community Engagement & Equity Strategist | Speaker | Actor | Activist.
Tomás Ryan
Associate Professor in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and a Principal Investigator at the Trinity College Institute of NeurosciencePh.D. in Neuroscience from Trinity College Dublin.
Walter Ricciardi
Medical doctor and full Professor in Hygiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome. President, Mission Board for Cancer of the European Commission. Immediate Past President, World Federation of Public Health Associations.
More Members of the Science and Policy Group
Aleksander Temkin
Social activist, philosopher. Founder (in 2013) and chairman of the social movement and association Polish Humanities Crisis Committee. Co-founder of the coalition Patient Europe. He writes about the concept of responsibility in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novels.
Anthony Staines
Irish medical academic, working on public health & policy.
Carlos Troncoso Phillips
Electronics Engineer, with 15 years in healthcare management. Data analyst and science communicator/enthusiast and process structure designer/implementer.
Joe Vipond
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, co-founder of Masks4canada and ProtectOurProvinceAB, and member of the John Snow Project.
Joseph Eastman
Joseph Lee Eastman is a highly accomplished research scientist with over 30 years of expertise in numerical modeling, climate research, renewable energy, and atmospheric sciences.
Kevin Hedges
Dr. Kevin Hedges is a Certified Occupational Hygienist (COH) and Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) with the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH) and American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH), respectively.
Krzysztof Mroczkowski
Economist, historian, professional manager with experience in fintech, banking, manufacturing, constructions, business consulting and policy consulting. Contributing editor at Nowy Obywatel magazine.
Leila Hedayatifar
Data scientist, expert in understanding dynamical patterns of systems using AI, machine learning and network science.
Lior Hecht
Former professional basketball player, Pediatrician, Medical Manager resident iMOH.
Nicolas Smit
Advocate for better masks and layered approach to safety. Fights pandemic issues with MaskTogetherAmerica, Clean Air Crew and many other groups.
Špela Šalamon, MD, PhD
Dr. Špela Šalamon (MD, PhD) is a Nuclear Medicine Specialist Physician and biomedical scientist, possessing an extensive background in clinical practice, university teaching and scientific research.
Zacarias Bustos
General Manager at Sanatorio Frances, a +100 bed Private Hospital in Cordoba, Argentina, Health Analyst, World Health Network South America Representative.
Patient Expert Group
Cat Fraser
ME (2009), Long Covid (2020, 2022), POTs (2002)
Dr Asad Khan
Dr. Khan specializes in Sleep Medicine and Long-Term Ventilation, with interests in medical education, junior doctor wellbeing, civility at work, and healthcare rights in conflict zones. After contracting Long COVID in Nov 2020, he now faces multiple health challenges. He actively raises awareness and advocates for Long COVID research and treatment, contributing to several peer-reviewed publications.
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WHN Team Members
David Brasure
Nicolas Constantin Romanacci
Carlos Troncoso Phillips
Eric Feigl-Ding
Fatima Khan
Leila Hedayatifar
Johnnie Eriksson
Wendy Boyd Isacsson
Michael Bailey
Špela Šalamon
Mark Denning
A. Jurman
Kevin Schallert
Fredrik Ydhag
Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz
Nathanael C. Nerode
Jörg Danzer
Shea O’Neil
Aleksander Temkin
Krzysztof Mroczkowski
Angelo Rossi
Jonas
Alberto Rosario
Greta Fox
Tiffany James
Sunil Raina
Matti TJ Heino
Matthias F. Schneider
Carlos Gershenson
Yaneer Bar-Yam
Vincent Brunsch
Stephane Bilodeau
Nicolas Smit
Katie Marsh
Carmen Schon
Sharon Fitzgerald
