David Stuckler,
PhD MPH

David Stuckler is the founder of Vital Health and an experienced health consultant, bringing over a decade of experience of working with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, European Centre for Disease Control, among other institutions. He is currently a Professor at University of Bocconi in Milan and Jesus College, University of Cambridge. He also directs FastTrack, a non-profit global-health education initiative for students in developing countries.

David's experience comes primarily from leading large international research teams and consortia. He has won over $10 million in grant funding from the Wellcome Trust, European Research Council, and the UK’s Economic & Social Science Research Council. He is one of Web of Science Top 1% cited researchers and has published over 350 peer-reviewed scientific articles on global health in The Lancet, British Medical Journal and Nature in addition to other major journals. He is also an author of The Body Economic, published by Penguin Press and translated into over ten languages. His work has featured on covers of the New York Times and The Economist, among other venues. Foreign Policy named him one of the top 100 global thinkers of 2013.

Core expertise:

economic evaluation, global health, health policy & financing, econometric modelling, simulation modelling, big data, natural experiments, real world evidence

David Stuckler,
PhD MPH

David Stuckler is the founder of Vital Health and an experienced health consultant, bringing over a decade of experience of working with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, European Centre for Disease Control, among other institutions. He is currently a Professor at University of Bocconi in Milan and Jesus College, University of Cambridge. He also directs FastTrack, a non-profit global-health education initiative for students in developing countries.

David's experience comes primarily from leading large international research teams and consortia. He has won over $10 million in grant funding from the Wellcome Trust, European Research Council, and the UK’s Economic & Social Science Research Council. He is one of Web of Science Top 1% cited researchers and has published over 350 peer-reviewed scientific articles on global health in The Lancet, British Medical Journal and Nature in addition to other major journals. He is also an author of The Body Economic, published by Penguin Press and translated into over ten languages. His work has featured on covers of the New York Times and The Economist, among other venues. Foreign Policy named him one of the top 100 global thinkers of 2013.

Core expertise:

economic evaluation, global health, health policy & financing, econometric modelling, simulation modelling, big data, natural experiments, real world evidence

Sarah Steele,
DPhil

Core expertise:

health law, human trafficking, human migration, global health policy, chronic diseases

Sarah Steele,
DPhil

Core expertise:

health law, human trafficking, human migration, global health policy, chronic diseases

Martin McKee,
CBE MD DSc

Martin McKee qualified in medicine in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with subsequent training in internal medicine and public health. He is Professor of European Public Health and Medical Director at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is also research director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Past President of the European Public Health Association. He will be President of the British Medical Association in 2022-23. He has published over 1,300 academic papers and 50 books and his contributions to European health policy have been recognised by, among others, election to the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, Academia Europeae, and the US National Academy of Medicine, by the award of honorary doctorates from Greece, Hungary, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK and visiting professorships at universities in Europe and Asia, the 2003 Andrija Stampar medal for contributions to European public health, in 2014 the Alwyn Smith Prize for outstanding contributions to the health of the population, and in 2015 the Donabedian International Award for contributions to quality of care. In 2005 was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He has an active following on Twitter as @martinmckee

Core expertise:

real world evidence, epidemiology, clinical medicine, public health policy, economic evaluation

Martin McKee,
CBE MD DSc

Martin McKee qualified in medicine in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with subsequent training in internal medicine and public health. He is Professor of European Public Health and Medical Director at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is also research director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Past President of the European Public Health Association. He will be President of the British Medical Association in 2022-23. He has published over 1,300 academic papers and 50 books and his contributions to European health policy have been recognised by, among others, election to the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, Academia Europeae, and the US National Academy of Medicine, by the award of honorary doctorates from Greece, Hungary, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK and visiting professorships at universities in Europe and Asia, the 2003 Andrija Stampar medal for contributions to European public health, in 2014 the Alwyn Smith Prize for outstanding contributions to the health of the population, and in 2015 the Donabedian International Award for contributions to quality of care. In 2005 was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He has an active following on Twitter as @martinmckee

Core expertise:

real world evidence, epidemiology, clinical medicine, public health policy, economic evaluation

Alex Kentikelenis,
PhD

Alexander Kentikelenis is an experienced consultant on public health and global health governance, having collaborated with the World Health Organization, European Centre for Disease Control, and other public or non-governmental organizations. He is currently an associate professor at Bocconi University in Milan. Prior to this, he held research posts at Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard Universities. In the policy world, Alexander is the vice-president of Greece's National Centre for Social Solidarity, the country's leading social policy institution.

Throughout his career, Alexander has won approximately $1 million in research grants from public funders and international institutions. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed scientific articles, that have appeared in leading journals, including the The Lancet, BMJ Global Health, World Development, the American Sociological Review, the American Journal of Sociology, and Social Science & Medicine.

Core expertise:

global health governance, health policy, qualitative analysis, international financial institutions, ethnography

Alex Kentikelenis,
PhD

Alexander Kentikelenis is an experienced consultant on public health and global health governance, having collaborated with the World Health Organization, European Centre for Disease Control, and other public or non-governmental organizations. He is currently an associate professor at Bocconi University in Milan. Prior to this, he held research posts at Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard Universities. In the policy world, Alexander is the vice-president of Greece's National Centre for Social Solidarity, the country's leading social policy institution.

Throughout his career, Alexander has won approximately $1 million in research grants from public funders and international institutions. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed scientific articles, that have appeared in leading journals, including the The Lancet, BMJ Global Health, World Development, the American Sociological Review, the American Journal of Sociology, and Social Science & Medicine.

Core expertise:

global health governance, health policy, qualitative analysis, international financial institutions, ethnography

Jan Semenza,
PhD MPH

Jan C. Semenza is an environmental epidemiologist with over 25 years of experience in climate change and health research and a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR6 report on climate change and infectious diseases. He conducted his PhD at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, UK in molecular cell biology where he isolated the receptor for heat-shock proteins, which was nominated “the receptor of the year” at the time. This receptor is used intracellularly to sort heat-shock proteins from proteins excreted from the cell and is found in all eukaryotic cells.

Jan has led a number of high-profile field investigations. He was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1995, when he led the CDC response to the heat wave in Chicago for which he received a Certificate of Commendation. He also conducted an investigation of a brain cancer cluster in Iowa and examined a number of environmental exposures. As part of his work with the regional offices of World Health Organization (WHO) including EURO, PAHO, and EMRO, he provided technical and scientific advice to the countries within their region, particularly on polio and measles eradication. He conducted public health projects in Uzbekistan, Sudan, Egypt, Denmark, Brazil, and Haiti through CDC, WHO, US Agency for International Development (USAID), and non-governmental organizations.

He was a faculty member at UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, Oregon Health and Science University, and at Portland State University where he taught in the Oregon Master Program of Public Health. Over the last 15 years he led the work on environmental and climatic drivers of infectious disease transmission at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), based in Stockholm, Sweden. Currently, he is associated with the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, at the University of Heidelberg in Germany and is the co-lead of Working Group 1 and 2 of the Lancet Countdown in Europe.

Core expertise:

climate change, infectious disease epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, public health, public health policy.

Jan Semenza,
PhD MPH

Jan C. Semenza is an environmental epidemiologist with over 25 years of experience in climate change and health research and a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR6 report on climate change and infectious diseases. He conducted his PhD at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, UK in molecular cell biology where he isolated the receptor for heat-shock proteins, which was nominated “the receptor of the year” at the time. This receptor is used intracellularly to sort heat-shock proteins from proteins excreted from the cell and is found in all eukaryotic cells.

Jan has led a number of high-profile field investigations. He was an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1995, when he led the CDC response to the heat wave in Chicago for which he received a Certificate of Commendation. He also conducted an investigation of a brain cancer cluster in Iowa and examined a number of environmental exposures. As part of his work with the regional offices of World Health Organization (WHO) including EURO, PAHO, and EMRO, he provided technical and scientific advice to the countries within their region, particularly on polio and measles eradication. He conducted public health projects in Uzbekistan, Sudan, Egypt, Denmark, Brazil, and Haiti through CDC, WHO, US Agency for International Development (USAID), and non-governmental organizations.

He was a faculty member at UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, Oregon Health and Science University, and at Portland State University where he taught in the Oregon Master Program of Public Health. Over the last 15 years he led the work on environmental and climatic drivers of infectious disease transmission at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), based in Stockholm, Sweden. Currently, he is associated with the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, at the University of Heidelberg in Germany and is the co-lead of Working Group 1 and 2 of the Lancet Countdown in Europe.

Core expertise:

climate change, infectious disease epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, public health, public health policy.