World Health Organization

Dr. Kremlin Wickramasinghe

World Health Organization

a.i. Head and Regional Adviser for Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases | Regional Director's Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation

WHO Collaborating Centres

Dr. Liesbeth Temme

WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition (The Netherlands)

Researcher
Division of Nutrition and Health, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

 

Dr. Karim Abu-Omar

WHO Collaborating Centre on Physical Activity and Public Health (Germany)

Senior Lecturer
Department of Sports Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany

 

Dr. Antonina Tcymbal

WHO Collaborating Centre on Physical Activity and Public Health (Germany)

Research associate
Department of Sports Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany

 

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ahrens

WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Nutrition and Physical Activity (Germany)

Deputy Scientific Director & Head of the Department of Epidemiological Methods and Etiological Research
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Germany

 

Dr. Antje Hebestreit

WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Nutrition and Physical Activity (Germany)

Head of the Unit Lifestyle-Related Disorders

Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Germany

 

Dr. Hanna Tolonen

WHO Collaborating Centre for NCD Prevention, Health Promotion, and Monitoring (Finland)

Adjunct Professor (Public Health) & Director of the Research Programme on Challenges and Solutions to Population Health and Welfare
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland

Surveillance Systems

Dr. Ivo Rakovac

World Health Organization

Unit Head and Regional Adviser NCD Surveillance
WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases | Regional Director's Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation

 

Dr. Julianne Williams

World Health Organization

Technical Officer for NCD Surveillance (WHO COSI)
WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases | Regional Director's Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation

 

Dr. Marta Buoncristiano

World Health Organization

Consultant for NCD Surveillance (WHO COSI)

WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases | Regional Director's Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation

 

Dr. Enrique Loyola Elizondo

World Health Organization

Independent Consultant
WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases | Regional Director's Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation

 

Prof. Dr. Katia Castetbon

WHO HBSC

Professor
School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

 

Dr. Kwok Ng

WHO HBSC

Adjunct Professor
Faculty Of Education & Health Sciences, Dept. Of Physical Education & Sport Science, University of Limerick, Ireland

 

Dr. Zdenek Hamrik

WHO HBSC

Head of Department
Faculty of Physical Culture, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies,
Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic

 

Dr. Jelena Gudelj

WHO HBSC

Head of Centre of Health Promotion
Institute of Public Health, Serbia

 

Dr. Anna Dzielska

WHO HBSC

Assistant Professor
Department of Child nad Adolescent Health, Institute of Mother and Child, Poland

 

Dr. Ellen Haug

WHO HBSC (Norway)

Associate Professor
Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Bergen, Norway

 

Dr. Angela Spinelli

WHO COSI (Italy)

Director (retired)

National Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Italian National Institute of Health (ISS), Italy

 

Silvia Ciardullo

WHO COSI (Italy)

Researcher

Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità)

 

Paola Nardone

WHO COSI (Italy)

Researcher

National Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Italian National Institute of Health (ISS), Italy

Co-Director

WHO Collaborating Center on Childhood Obesity, ISS-Italy

 

Ines Figueira

WHO COSI (Portugal)

Post-doctoral researcher
NOVA Medical School | Faculade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

 

Sofia Mendes

WHO COSI (Portugal)

Assistant Professor
Universidade Lusíada, Portugal

 

Dr. Ana Rito

WHO COSI (Portugal)

Researcher
National Institute of Health Dr Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Portugal

 

Dr. Sisse Fagt

Nordic Monitoring

Senior Adviser
Research group for Nutrition, Sustainability and Health Promotion
DTU National Food Institute, Denmark

 

Prof. Dr. David Richter

SHARE

Director SHARE Infrastructure

SHARE Berlin Institute, Germany

 

Dr. Yuri Pettinicchi

SHARE

Head of Questionnaire Development

SHARE Berlin Institute, Germany

 

Dr. Barbara Thumann

SHARE

Survey Specialist

SHARE Institute Berlin, Germany

 

Prof. Dr. Karen Andersen Ranberg

SHARE

Research associate professor

Ageing Research Centre, Institute of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Tine Bovil

SHARE

Research Assistant in the Department of Public Health

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Monitoring Systems

Michele Cecchini

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Adjunct Professor (Applied Health Economics)
University of Siena, Italy

Public Health Researchers

Dr. Celine Murrin

Expert on dietary behaviour

Assistant Professor Public Health Nutrition & Deputy Director National Nutrition Surveillance Centre
School of Public Health, Physiotherapy, Sports Science, University College Dublin, Ireland

Co-Investigator WHO COSI (Ireland)

 

Prof. Dr. Colette Kelly

Expert on dietary behaviour

Professor of Health Promotion and Director of the Health Promotion Research Centre

University of Galway, Ireland

 

Dr. Gert Mensink

Expert on dietary behaviour

Deputy Head of Unit for Health Behaviour
Robert Koch Institute, Germany

 

Dr. Kristin Manz

Expert on physical activity

Scientist in the Physical Health Research Unit in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring
Robert Koch Institute, Germany

Jennifer Allen

Researcher
Robert Koch Institute, Germany

 

Dr. Anthony Okely

Expert on physical activity

Senior Professor
School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, Australia