Board of Directors

 

The Board of Directors is responsible for the governance, financial and strategic oversight of the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) and is led by the Executive Officers, including the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.

The President of ISUH is responsible for establishing and overseeing implementation of the organization's agenda and undertaking activities to advance its mission.

President of ISUH

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Carlos Dora, MD (President, 2021-2023)

Former Coordinator WHO Public Health and Environment Department, Geneva



Executive Officers of the Board

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Jo Ivey Boufford, MD (Chair)

Clinical Professor of Global Public Health, School of Global Public Health, New York University, United States of America



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Carlos Dora, MD (Vice Chair)

Former Coordinator WHO Public Health and Environment Department, Geneva



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Gerard Lebeda (Secretary/Treasurer)

Founder and President of Lebeda Management Services



Board Members

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Bilge Bassani

Vice Chair of the Advisory Committee of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University



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Jeffrey L. Sturchio

Former Chairman and CEO at Rabin Martin



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Blaise Nguendo Yongsi (Treasurer 2020-2022, President 2019-2021)

Professor, Health Geography IFORD, University of Yaounde II, Cameroon



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Gerard Salem (Secretary, 2020-2022)

Professor, University of Paris Ouest, France



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Sainath Banerjee (2020-2024)

Lead Operation, Urban Health Program, Population Service International



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Blessing Mberu (2020-2024)

Research Scientist, Urbanization and Wellbeing Program, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Kenya



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David Vlahov (2020-2024, Founding President)

Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing, Yale University, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Urban Health, United States of America



Advisors to the Board

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Eugenie L. Birch, PhD

Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Education and Research, University of Pennsylvania, Chair of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme’s World Urban Campaign, United States of America



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Jason Corburn, PhD

Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning and the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, and Director, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Berkeley, United States of America



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Rajae El Aouad, MD, MSc, MHPM

Resident Member, Hassan II Academy of Sciences and Technology of Morocco (HIIAST) and Steering Committee Member, Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES), Morocco



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Jean Christophe Fotso, PhD (President 2009-2011)

Founder & Executive Manager, EVIHDAF (Evidence for Sustainable Human Development Systems in Africa), Yaounde, Cameroon



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Gina S. Lovasi, PhD, MPH

Urban Health Collaborative Co-Director and Dornsife Associate Professor of Urban Health, Drexel University, United States of America



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Olga Lucia Sarmiento, MD, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad de los Andes, Colombia



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Susan Thompson, PhD, MTCP; BA Hons; DipEd, FPIA

Professor of Planning and Director Healthy Built Environments Program, The University of New South Wales, Australia



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