Technical Advisory Board

The Technical Advisory Board is comprised of experts in viral hepatitis prevention, testing, and treatment. The TAB advises CGHE on issues related to implementing programs including information resources, and priorities for technical assistance and operations research

Current Technical Advisory Board Members

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Graham

Cooke

NIHR Professor of Infectious Diseases

NIHR Professor of Infectious Diseases, Wright-Fleming Institute, Imperial College, London, UK

Hailemichael

Hailemichael

Desalegn

Associate Professor and Consultant Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist

Associate Professor and Consultant Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Jason

Grebely

Professor, Viral Hepatitis Clinical Program, Kirby Institute, Faculty of Medicine at UNSW, Sydney, Australia

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Saeed

Hamid

Professor, Department of Medicine and Director of the Clinical Trials Unit at The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Professor of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Risha

Irvin

Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Loreta

Kondili

Clinical Researcher

Clinical Researcher, Center for Global Health of the Italian Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità)

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Jeffrey

Lazarus

Associate Researcher, Barcelona Institute for Global Health and Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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Maud

Lemoine

Reader and Honorary Consultant, Hepatology, St Mary’s Hospital Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

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Olufunmilayo

Lesi

(Observer) Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programs Lead, World Health Organization

Angelica

Espinosa Miranda

Coordinator for the Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit, Department of Chronic Conditions and IST

Coordinator for the Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit, Department of Chronic Conditions and IST, Ministry of Health, Brazil

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Yong

Poovorawan

Head of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

Dr de la Torre

Alethse

de la Torre Rosas

Director General

Director General National Center for the Prevention and Control of HIV, Ministry of Health Mexico

Shiv Sarin

Shiv Kumar

Sarin

Senior Professor, Hepatology and Director

Senior Professor, Hepatology and Director, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi

Caroline

Thomas

Founder, Peduli Hati Bangsa Foundation

Founder, Peduli Hati Bangsa Foundation, Indonesia

Rania

Tohme

Associate Director for Global Health, Division of Viral Hepatitis

Associate Director for Global Health, Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC

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Imam

Waked

Professor of Medicine and Hepatology

Professor of Medicine and Hepatology, National Liver Institute, Egypt

Xiaofeng Liang

Liang

Xiaofeng

Vice President Chinese Preventive Medicine Association

Former Technical Advisory Board Members

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Paige

Armstrong

Associate Director for Global Health, Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH)

Radha

Dhiman

FACG-Edinburg & London, FAASLD and Professor & Head Department of Hepatology, PGIMER Chandigarh, India

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Jinlin

Hou

Chairman and Professor

Chairman and Professor Professor, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Southern Medical University, Goungzhou, China

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Karine

Lacombe

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Liudmyla

Maistat

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Christian B.

Ramers

Senior Clinical Advisor, Global Hepatitis Program at the Clinton Health Access Initiative

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Stacey

Trooskin

Director of Viral Hepatitis Programs

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Stefan

Wiktor

Chief Technical Officer and Professor

Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, United States