Programming Committee

2021 Conference Co-Chairs

Planning Committee Members

Niveen Abu-Rmeileh
Professor of Statistical Epidemiology at Birzeit University
Palestine

Chinenye Afonne
Ghana Legon/WHO TDR Fellow
Ghana/Nigeria

Prof. Okey Akpala
Senior Management and Leadership Advisor at M-Space Nigeria
Nigeria

Leonieke Boendermaker
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Netherlands

Claire Burns
Director, Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection
Scotland

Laura Ghiron
President/Member, Partners in Expanding Health Quality and Access /ExpandNet Secretariat
USA

Saima Hamad
Vice Chancellor, Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU)
Pakistan

Eleanor McClorey
Independent Consultant and Coach, and former Chief Executive of an evidence based children’s services strategy
Ireland

Marlys Merrill
Colorado Evidence-Based Practices Implementation for Capacity Resource Center
USA

Cricket Mitchell
Implementation Consultant, Cricket Mitchell Consulting, LLC
USA

Jesse Nodora
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego and Moores Cancer Center
USA/Mexico

Dr. Alexis Ntabona
Independent Consultant
Previously Team Leader of the Technical Support Team Department of Reproductive Health and Research World Health Organization, Geneva
Democratic Republic Congo

Diane Pasini-Hill
Colorado Evidence-Based Practices Implementation for Capacity Resource Center
USA

Jenice Pizzuto
Co-founder, IMPACT Learning and Leading Group
USA

Jonathan Scaccia
Principal, The Dawn Chorus Group
USA

Yulia Shenderovich
Researcher at the University of Oxford
United Kingdom

Ashleigh Townley
Knowledge Translation Specialist with Evidence to Care, Knowledge Translation Hub, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Canada

Melissa Van Dyke
Director and President, Active Implementation Research Network and Global Implementation Society
Scotland

Gabrielle Zimmerman
Program Coordinator - Knowledge Trans, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Pediatrics Department, University of Alberta
Canada