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Scientific Committee

The International Scientific Committee (ISC) brings together a diverse group of researchers, practitioners, clinicians, policymakers, community representatives and people with lived experience from across the international integrated care community.

Its membership reflects the multidisciplinary nature of integrated care and our commitment to a democratic approach to knowledge. We recognise that valuable knowledge comes from research and evaluation, professional practice, communities and people’s direct experience of giving and receiving care. Bringing these perspectives together helps ensure that the scientific programme is relevant, inclusive and connected to the realities of people, services and systems.

With strong representation from Estonia, the Baltic region and the wider international community, the ISC helps shape the scientific quality and relevance of the conference. Members peer review abstracts, identify emerging areas of research and practice, advise on gaps and priorities within the programme, and encourage participation through their professional, organisational and community networks.

Collectively, the Committee helps create a programme where research evidence, professional expertise, community knowledge and lived experience can come together to support shared learning and advance integrated care.

Adelaide

Dr Adelaide Belo

President

Portuguese Association for Integrated Care (PAfIC)

Aimable Uwimana

Aimable Uwimana

Lecturer

Department of Community Health and Social Medicine

University of Global Health Equity

 

Prof Áine Carroll

Chair

International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)

Professor of Healthcare Integration and Improvement, University College Dublin, National Rehabilitation Hospital

Albert Alonso

Senior Researcher

Fundació Clínic / Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

Alejandro Gil-Salmerón

Senior Researcher

International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)

Portrait European Social Network, Brussels

Alfonso Lara Montero

Chief Executive

European Social Network

Amarjit Maxwell

Amarjit Maxwell

Chief Executive

THINK Hauora

Annefrans van Ede

Annefrans van Ede

Postdoctoral Researcher

Population Health Management

Health Campus The Hague

Ane Fullaondo

Ane Fullaondo

Scientific Director

Biosistemak Health Systems Research Institute

Basque Government

Anna Prytherch

Anna Prytherch

Head

Rural Health and Care Wales

Anna Kuczynska

Anna Kuczynska

Senior Medical Officer

Welsh Government

Practising GP

Prof Anne Hendry

Director

IFIC Scotland

Honorary Professor, University of the West of Scotland

Anneli Taal _Estonia

Anneli Taal

Head of Primary Care and Integration Policy

Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia

Antoine Malone

Antoine Malone

Responsable

Pôle Prospective, Europe, International

Fédération hospitalière de France (FHF)

Dr Arturo Alvarez-Rosete

Senior Researcher and Head of IFIC Integrated Care Solutions
International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)
Axel Kaehne

Prof Axel Kaehne

Professor of Health Services Research

Medical School, Edge Hill University

Billy McClean

Billy McClean

Chief Officer

Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership

Birthe Dinesen

Prof Birthe Dinesen

Professor and Head, Laboratory of Welfare Technologies – Telehealth & Telerehabilitation

Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University

Bronwyn Thirkell

Bronwyn Thirkell

National Coordinator

Integrated Care & Health System Reform

Centre for Healthcare Knowledge & Innovation (CHKI)

IFIC Australia

Carmen Huckel-Schneider

Carmen Huckel-Schneider

Associate Professor of Health Policy

University of Sydney and Deputy Director

Leeder Centre for Health Policy

Economics and Data

Carolyn Steele Gray

Scientist, Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation

Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Assistant Professor, IHPME

Senior Associate
International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)

Prof Catherine Darker

Prof Catherine Darker

Professor in Health Services Research

School of Medicine
Trinity College Dublin

Chris Hilton

Dr Christopher Hilton

Chief Operating Officer

West London NHS Trust

Ciara Martin

Ciara Martin

National Clinical Advisor & Group Lead

Children and Young People

Health Service Executive (HSE)

Claudine Cousins

Dr Claudine Cousins

Chief Executive Officer

Empower Simcoe

dr clive tan

Dr Clive Tan

Assistant Chief of Group Integrated Care (Population Health)

National Healthcare Group

Dagmar Narusson

Dagmar Narusson

Social Scientist

Tartu University

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Dr Deirdre O'Donnell

Assistant Professor of Health Systems

UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, and the Associate Dean for Research,
Innovation, and Impact, University College Dublin (UCD) 

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Diana Araja

Researcher

Research Centre

Riga Stradiņš University

Diane Whitehouse

Diane Whitehouse

Principal eHealth Policy Consultant and Editor-in-Chief

European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL)

Doris Kaljuste

Doris Kaljuste

Digital Health MSc Programme Director

Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)

Dr Edelweiss Aldasoro

Senior Researcher, Head of the IFIC Integrated Care Academy, Joint Editor in Chief of IJIC

International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)

Ekavi Vlachou

Ekavi Vlachou

Researcher

Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje NIJZ

PhD Candidate

University of Amsterdam

Ellen Fink-Samnick

Ellen Fink-Samnick

Faculty

Academic Advisor, CP Lead & IRB Coordinator

Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies

Elvis O A Wambiya

Elvis Omondi Achach Wambiya

Post Doctoral Research Scientist

African Population and Health Research Centre

Ewe Alliksoo

Ewe Alliksoo

Lead

Person-Centred Social Innovation Program

Tartu University

Federica Margheri EHMA

Federica Margheri

Executive Director

European Health Management Association (EHMA)

Ferdy_Pluck

Ferdy Pluck

Senior Lecturer and Researcher

University Of Applied Sciences Utrecht

Fiona Lyne

Interim Chief Executive & Head of Global Partnerships

International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)

Fiona Mahlori

Fiona Mahlori

Senior Manager

Community Engagement

University of Johannesburg

Fraser Battye

Fraser Battye

Head of Policy

The Strategy Unit

Prof Dr. Gastón Perman

Professor of Health Services Management

Clinical Lead - Health and Social Care Integration

Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires
Argentina

Gijs Van Pottelbergh

Gijs Van Pottelbergh

Professor

Department of Public Health and Primary Care

KU Leuven

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Gina Teddy

FRM Head of Department

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

Giulia

Giulia Lanfredi

Project Officer

Eurocarers

Gro Berntsen

Gro Karine Rosvold Berntsen

Professor

Norwegian Centre for E-health Research / UiT

Helen Howson

Helen Howson

Director

Bevan Commission

Helen Rainey

Helen Rainey

Lecturer

University of the West of Scotland

Helen Tucker

Dr Helen Tucker

Fellow

Community Hospitals Association

Ingo Meyer

Head of PMV research group

University of Cologne
Germany

Isabelle Fabbricotti

Isabelle Fabbricotti

Professor

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management 

Jan Sau Johansen

Jan Sau Johansen

Manager

MarselisborgCentret / RI-Denmark

Jason Cheah

Dr Jason Cheah

Deputy CEO of National Healthcare Group, Singapore

CEO of Woodlands Health

Adjunct Professor at LKC School of Medicine

Jason-CH-Yap

Jason Yap

Nus Saw Swee Hock School Of Public Health

John Eastwood

Medical Officer of Health

National Public Health Service – Southern

Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand

Juan Carlos Contel Segura

Juan Carlos Contel Segura

Catalan Department of Health

Jun Ni Keng

Jun Ni Keng

Geriatrician

Hospital Seberang Jaya

Internal Medicine Physician

Ministry of Health Malaysia

Justine Duncan

Justine Duncan

Director of Communications and Engagement

Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland

Kadi Krinal

Kadi Krinal

Head of the Centre for Digital Health

Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)

Kaja Põlluste

Kaja Põlluste

Professor

Public Health and Health Care Management

Tartu University

Karen Hutchinson

Dr Karen Hutchinson

Senior Research Fellow

University of New South Wales

Karla Cristina

Dr Karla Giacomin

President

Cuidadosa/Brazilian Care Association, Brazil

Kerry Kuluski

Kerry Kuluski

Inaugural Dr. Mathias Gysler Research Chair in Patient & Family Experience and Scientist
IBH
Associate Professor
IHPME

Kirsty Marshall

Senior Lecturer

Integrated Care and Specialist Community Practice

University of Salford

Laura Nooteboom

Dr Laura Nooteboom

Associate Professor

Leiden University Medical Centre

Leo Lewis

International Lead

Bevan Commission

Swansea University, Wales

Senior Associate

International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)

Līva Ševčuna

Līva Ševčuna

Senior Expert

Social Services and Disability Policy Department

Ministry of Welfare Latvia

Lourdes Ferrer

Lourdes Ferrer

Health Care Practitioner

Luis Fernando Solís

MEd. Luis Fernando Solís

Researcher

University of Costa Rica

Lynne Dennehy

Lynne Dennehy

Support Manager

Family Carers Ireland

Mandy Andrew

Strategic Improvement Coach

IMPACT (Improving Adult Care Together)

Sheffield University

Manfred Zahorka

Manfred Zahorka

Senior Manager

Integrated Care Solutions

OptiMedis Hamburg

Marc Bruijnzeels

Marc Bruijnzeels

Professor

Population Health Management

Leiden University Medical School

Marc Lange

Marc Lange

Secretary General

EHTEL

Margaret Reid-Arbuckle

Margaret Reid-Arbuckle

Assistant Director

Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland

Maris Vainre

Maris Vainre

Behavioural Scientist

Tartu University

Mark Golledge

Mark Golledge

Programme Director

PMO & ICS Development

NHS Gloucestershire

Mark Llewellyn

Prof Mark Llewellyn

Professor of Health and Care Policy

University of South Wales

Director, Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care

Marlou

Marlou de Kuiper

Independent Knowledge Management Advisor

Quavisie

Mart Kull

Mart Kull

Chief Medical Officer

Member of the Executive Board

Viljandi General Hospital Foundation

MC

Professor Martin Curley

Co-founder of the Innovation Value Institute

Maynooth University

Michele Calabro

Michele Calabro

Executive Director

EUREGHA - European Regional and Local Health Authorities

Michelle Nelson

Michelle Nelson

Investigator

Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

Associate Professor
University of Toronto

Senior Associate International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC)

Vice President (SSO) World Stroke Organization

Mick Kunze

Mick Kunze

Lived Experience Editor

International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC)

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Prof Nasreen Ali

Professor of Public Health Equality

Integrated Care Research Hub (ICR Hub)

University of Bedfordshire

Nick Goodwin

Professor Nicholas Goodwin

Professor of Health Policy

Centre for Research in Health System Performance (CRiHSP)

National University of Singapore

Conjoint Professor, College of Health Medicine & Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Australia

Conjoint Scholar, Central Coast Local Health District, NSW, Australia

Research Affiliate, Leeder Centre, University of Sydney

Oleksandr Pavlishevskyi

Oleksandr Pavlishevskyi

National Medical Expert

Home-based Care

Vseturbota Project

Dr. Osvaldo Artaza

Dr. Osvaldo Artaza

Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences

University of the Americas
Chile

Peeter Ross

Peeter Ross

Professor of Digital Health

Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)

Rita Žemaitytė-Tack

Rita Žemaitytė-Tack

Senior Advisor

International Cooperation Unit

Ministry of Social Security and Labour Latvia

Rob Gilsing

Prof Rob Gilsing

Lecturer

The Hague University of Applied Sciences

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Roelof Ettema

Utrecht University of Applied Sciences

Rui Santana

Professor Rui Santana

Director

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

Sabina Karczmarz

Sabina Karczmarz

CEO / President of the Board

IFIC Polska Association

Saima Hinno

Saima Hinno

Head of Nursing and Patient Experience

Tartu University Hospital

Sarah Barry

Dr Sarah Barry

Director of Academic Programmes

Deputy Head of School - Education

Senior Lecturer

School of Population Health

Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI)

Sari Palojoki

Sari Palojoki

Senior Specialist

Digitalisation and Information Management

Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Sebastian Lindblom

President of ERPIC
Karolinska Institutet

Sharon-Anderson

Dr Sharon Anderson

Caregiver

Research Coordinator

Family Medicine

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

University of Alberta

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Sigita Rozentale

Deputy Director

Social Services and Disability Policy Department

Ministry of Welfare

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Silvia Busi

Project Officer

FEANTSA - The European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless

Sofi Nordmark

Sofi Nordmark

Project Manager

National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden

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Stacey Grealis

Patient Partner

The Centre for Arthritis Research in UCD, a leader in citizens science and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Integrated Care

Sylvia Urbanik

Sylvia Urbanik

Knowledge Mobilization Lead
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Dnestrean-Tatiana

Tatiana Dnestrean

Expert Integrated Care / Social Care

Swiss Tph and SDC, Healthy Life Project: Reducing the Burden of Non-Communicable Disease, Moldova

Theodore Vontetsianos

Theodore Vontetsianos

Consultant

Chronic Care and Digital Health Expert

Coordinator

Athens City Integrated Care Programme

Timo Sinervo

Timo Sinervo

Research Professor

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Tuuli Seinberg

Tuuli Seinberg

Policy Officer

Estonian Chamber for People with Disabilities

Viktoria Stein

Dr Viktoria Stein

Co-Founder and Co-CEO

VM Integrated Care

Walter Wodchis

Walter Wodchis

Co-Director

IFIC Canada

Professor, University of Toronto

Yannis Pappas

Prof Yannis Pappas

Professor

Public Health and Integrated Care

Chair of IFIC England

Ye Fan Glavin

Ye-Fan Wang Glavin

Case Western Reserve University

Dr Ng Yeuk Fan

Director of Corporate Development in Yishun Health and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Yvonne Zurynski

Yvonne Zurynski

Professor

Australian Institute of Health Innovation

Macquarie University

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Zdeněk Gütter

Senior Expert

Department of Central Services

Ministry of Health Czech Republic