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SMDM Officers and Board (outgoing)
- Beate Sander, PhD, President (Canada)
- Alan Schwartz, PhD, President Elect (United States)
- Olga Kostopoulou, PhD, MSc, Past President (United Kingdom)
- Victoria Shaffer, PhD, Vice President (United States)
- Ankur Pandya, PhD, Vice President Elect (United States)
- Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, PhD, Secretary-Treasurer (United States)
- Scott LaJoie, PhD, Secretary Treasurer Elect (United States)
- J. Robert Beck, MD, Historian (United States)
- Emily Burger, PhD, Trustee (Norway)
- Ellen Englehardt, PhD, Trustee (Netherlands)
- Aisha Langford, PhD, Trustee (United States)
- Tara Lavelle, PhD, Trustee (United States)
- Hester Lingsma, PhD, Trustee (The Netherlands)
- Negin Hajizadeh, MD, MPH, Trustee (Spain)
- Channing Tate, PhD, Trustee (United States)
- Natalia Kunst, PhD, Trustee (United Kingdom)
- Laura Scherer, PhD, Trustee (United States)
- Brian Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, Editor Journal, ex-officio (United States)
- Ellen Engelhardt, PhD, Editor newsletter ex-officio (Netherlands)
SMDM Officers and Board (incoming)
- Alan Schwartz, PhD, President (United States)
- Victoria Shaffer, PhD, President Elect (United States)
- Beate Sander, PhD, Past President (Canada)
- Ankur Pandya, PhD, Vice President (United States)
- Ellen Lipstein, MD, MPH, Vice President Elect (United States)
- Scott LaJoie, PhD, Secretary-Treasurer (United States)
- Scott B. Cantor, PhD, Historian (United States)
- Emily Burger, PhD, Trustee (Norway)
- Ellen Englehardt, PhD, Trustee (Netherlands)
- Rowan Iskandar, PhD, MA, Trustee (Switzerland)
- Aisha Langford, PhD, Trustee (United States)
- Kathryn A. Martinez, PhD, MPH, Trustee (United States)
- Daniel Matlock, MD, Trustee (United States)
- Channing Tate, PhD, Trustee (United States)
- Natalia Kunst, PhD, Trustee (United Kingdom)
- Laura Scherer, PhD, Trustee (United States)
- Brian Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, Editor Journal, ex-officio (United States)
- Ellen Engelhardt, PhD, Editor newsletter ex-officio (Netherlands)
Committees:
Diversity, Anti-Racism and Transformation team (DART)
- Heather Taffet Gold, PhD (United States)
- Beate Jahn, PhD (Austria)
- Kevin Frick
- Anton Avancena
- Cara NcDermott
- Jesse Jansen, PhD (Netherlands)
- Tran Doan
- Ellen Engelhardt, PhD (Netherlands)
Awards
- Jeffrey Hoch, PhD (United States)
- Mark Boundthavong (United States)
- Anna Heath (United States)
- Ashley Housten (United States)
- Michael Kattan (United States)
- Aisha Langford, PhD, (United States)
- Janine van Til (The Netherlands)
- Torbjørn Wisløff, PhD (Norway)
Career Development
- Hailey Sanders (United States)
- Kate Lofgren (United States)
Digital Communications
- Davene Wright, PhD (United States)
- Natlia Kunst (United States)
- David Chartash (United States)
- Betty Chen (United States)
- Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou (United States)
- Joey Mattingly (United States)
- Nick Reid
- Jennifer Spencer
- Sara-Lise Buschaert
- Stijntje Dijk
- Julia Amann
- Enrique M Saldarriaga
- Sahar Masoui
Education
- Petros Pechlivanoglou, M.Sc., PhD (Canada)
- Marieke de Vries (Netherlands)
- Anna Heath (Canada)
- Jeffrey Hoch, PhD (United States)
- Beate Jahn, PhD (Austria)
- Mohammad Jalali (United States)
- Ashley Leach (United States)
- Andrew Scott LaJoie (United States)
- Holly Peay (United States)
- Uwe Siebert (Austria)
- Glen Taksler (United States)
- Margo Wheatley (United States)
- Melissa Basile (United States)
- Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou (United States)
- Olivier Drouin (Canada)
- Janine van Til (The Netherlands)
- Hailey Sanders (United States)
- Kate Lofgren (United States)
External Net Funding
- Joel Tsvet (United States)
- John Wong (United States)
Finance
- Heather Taffet Gold, PhD (United States)
- Ava John-Baptiste, PhD (Canada)
- David Kim (United States)
- Natasha Stout, PhD (United States)
- David Chartash
- Scott LaJoie, PhD, (United States)
- Alan Schwartz, PhD, (United States)
- Victoria Shaffer, PhD, (United States)
- Natalia Kunst, PhD, (United Kingdom)
- Emily Burger, PhD, (Norway)
Membership and Credentials
- Anthony Sunjaya, (Australia)
- Ellen Lipstein, MD, MPH, (United States)
- Negin Hajizadeh, MD, MPH (Spain)
- Scott B. Cantor (United States)
- Ellen Kim DeLuca (United States)
- Ashish Deshmukh (United States)
- Jesse Jansen, PhD (The Netherlands)
- Michael Kattan (United States)
- Natalia Kunst, PhD, (United Kingdom)
- Phuc Le (United States)
- Ying Lin (United States)
- Van Nghiem (United States)
- Bin Wu (China)
- Austin Gideon Adobasom-Anane (Ghana)
Nominating
- Beate Sander, PhD, (Canada)
- Olga Kostopoulou, PhD, MSc, (United Kingdom)
- Tara Lavelle, PhD, (United States)
- Ankur Pandya, PhD, (United States)
- Lauren E. Cipriano, PhD (Canada)
Patient Advisory Council (PAC)
- Ellen Englehardt, PhD, (Netherlands)
- Ashley Housten (United States)
- Frank Gaven (Canada)
- Karen Prantl (The Netherlands)
- Robin Wright-Jones (United States)
Publications
- Aubri Hoffman, Historian (United States)
- Elisabeth Fenwick (United Kingdom
- Dominick Frosch, PhD (United States)
- Scott LaJoie, PhD, (United States)
- Jesse Jansen, PhD (The Netherlands)
- Alan Schwartz, PhD, (United States)
- Marilyn Schapira, MD, MPH (United States)
- Harold Sox, MD (United States)
- Victoria Shaffer, PhD, (United States)
- Ellen Englehardt, PhD, (Netherlands)
- Brian Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, Journal Editor, ex-officio (United States)
Regulations
- Steve Kymes (United States)
- Claudia (Zhe) Li (Canada)
Meeting Chairs and Planning Committee Members
45th Annual North American Meeting
Meeting Chairs:
- Robert Beck, MD (United States)
- Joanna Hart, MD (United States)
Scientific Review Chairs:
- Aastha Bansal, PhD, MS (United States)
- Ellen Lipstein, MD, MPH (United States)
- Pete Wegier, PhD (Canada)
Short Course Chairs:
- Natalia Kunst, PhD (United Kingdom)
- Anna Heath, PhD (Canada)
Career Development Chairs:
- Katherine Lofgren, PhD (United States)
- Hailey Saunders, PhD (United States)
Advocates for Equity Event Chairs:
- Angie Fagerlin, PhD (United States)
- Heather Gold, PhD (United States)
Awards Chair:
- Jeff Hoch, PhD (United States)
Lee B. Lusted Student Prize Chairs:
- Kathryn Martinez, PhD, MPH (United States)
- Anna Heath, PhD (Canada)
Lee B. Lusted Student Prize Judges:
- Alan Schwartz, PhD, President (United States)
- Angie Fagerlin, PhD (United States)
- Ankur Pandya, PhD, (United States)
- Aubri Hoffman (United States)
- Beate Jahn, PhD (Austria)
- Christine Gunn, PhD (United States)
- Davene Wright, PhD (United States)
- Dawn Stacey, RN, PhD, FCAHS, FAAN, FCAN, CON(C) (Canada)
- Elizabeth Pfoh
- Hadley Smith, PhD, MPSA (United States)
- Hawre Jalal
- Jarrod Dalton
- Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, PhD (United States)
- Kristen Berg
- Matt Pappas
- Petros Pechlivanoglu, M.Sc., PhD (Canada)
- Phuc Le
- Ryan Suk, PhD (United States)
- Tara Lavelle, PhD (United States)
International Engagement Chairs:
- Beate Jahn, PhD (Austria)
- Torbjørn Wisløff, MSc, PhD (Norway)
DART Chair:
- Heather Taffet Gold, PhD (United States)
18th Biennial European Conference
- Beate Jahn, PhD (Austria)
- Tobias Kurth, MD, MSc, ScD (Germany)
- Silke Siebert, MD (Austria)
- Uwe Siebert, MD, MPH, MSc, ScD (Austria)
- Hilary Bekker, PhD (United Kingdom)
- Felicitas Kühne, MSc (Austria)
- Jef van den Ende, MD, PhD (Belgium)
- Liz Fenwick, PhD (United Kingdom)
- Dan Greenberg, PhD (Israel)
- László Gulácsi, MD, MSc, PhD (Hungary)
- Peder Halvorsen, MD, PhD (Norway)
- Evi Hatziandreou, PhD (Greece)
- Lisa Hess, PhD (United States)
- Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD (The Netherlands)
- Jesse Jansen, PhD (The Netherlands)
- Kathryn McDonald, PhD, MM (United States)
- Javier Mar Medina, MD, PhD (Spain)
- Beate Sander, PhD (Canada)
- Marieke de Vries, PhD (The Netherlands)
- Torbjørn Wisløff, PhD (Norway)
- Janine van Til, PhD (The Netherlands)
- Gaby Sroczynski, MPH, Dr. PH (Austria)
- Elske van den Akker-van Marle, PhD (The Netherlands)
- Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, MD, MPH, PhD (Norway)
- Olga Kostopoulou, PhD (England)
- Davene Wright, PhD (United States)
- Sibylle Puntscher, PhD (Austria)
Interest Group Chairs
- Semra Ozdemir, PhD, MS (United States)
- Janet Panoch, (United States)
- John Friend, PhD (United States)
- Fernando Alarid-Escudero, PhD (Mexico)
- Tanya Bentley, PhD (United States)
- Muge Capan, PhD (United States)
- Eva Enns, PhD (United States)
- Luciana Garbayo, MD, PhD (United States)
- Randy Grout, MD, MS, FAAP (United States)
- Myriam Hunink, MD, PhD (The Netherlands)
- Kyu Eun Lee (United States)
- Ashley Leech, PhD (United States)
- Jody Lin, MD (United States)
- Sarah Munro, PhD (Canada)
- Mike Paulden, PhD (Canada)
- Roy Poses, MD (United States)
- James Stahl, MD (United States)
- Torbjørn Wisløff, PhD (Norway)
- William Wong, PhD (Canada)
- Davene Wright, PhD (United States)
- Jinyi Zhu, (United States)
- James Stahl, MD, MPH, (United States)
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