Meet the Team

  • CHAIR

    Shereen Hussein

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    London School of Economics and Political Sciences, United Kingdom

    Chief Investigator responsible for the overall direction and conduct of the consortium

  • METHODOLOGY THEME LEAD

    Patricia Agbawodikeizu

    University of Nigeria Nsukka, Faculty of Social Work, Nigeria

    Build understanding and theoretical models. Expert in health information, patient outcomes, healthcare system analysis and improvement

  • MEASURES THEME LEAD

    José Manuel Aburto

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population, United Kingdom

    Build measurement approaches and metrics. Expert in psychometric and item-response issues, contextual variations, prevalence and determinants

  • POLICY THEME CO-LEAD

    Adelina Comas-Herrera

    London School of Economics & Political Science, Personal Social Services Research Unit, UKnited Kingdom

    Build policy recommendations. Expert in policy considerations, implementation, regional and country contexts and policy relating to older people

  • POLICY THEME CO-LEAD

    Yuda Turana Atma Jaya

    Catholic University of Indonesia, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Indonesia

    Build policy recommendations. Expert in policy considerations, implementation, regional and country contexts and policy relating to older people

  • CAPABILITIES COORDINATOR

    Athina Vlachantoni

    University of Southampton School of Economics, Faculty of Social & Political Science, United Kingdom

    Identify, coordinate and lead career development activities for emerging researchers (with a particular focus on LMIC)

  • CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT

    Marguerite Schneider

    University of Cape Town, Health Sciences Faculty, South Africa

    Expert input into consumer engagement, consumer perspectives

Kofi Awuviry-Newton

African Health and Ageing Research Centre, Winneba-Ghana

Victoria University, Australia

Research interests: Gerontology

Irina Cleemput

Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, Belgium

Research interests: Health economics

Mukesh Poudel

Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu, Nepal

Research interests: Epidemiology

Li Wang

McMaster University, Canada

Research interests: Health research methods

Robin Gauld

University of Otago, New Zealand

Research interests: Health policy

Philip Bagshaw

Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust, New Zealand

University of Otago, New Zealand

Research interests: Health service

Matthew Prina

Kings College London, United Kingdom

Research interests: Epidemiology

Óscar Lourenço

Universidade ḏ Coimbra, Portugal

Member of the board of directors Portuguese Health Economics Association, Portugal

Research interests: Econometrics

Ivana Bóriková

Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia

Research interests: Gerontology

Carlota Quintal

Universidade ḏ Coimbra, Portugal

Research interests: Health economics

Sedighe Hosseini Jebeli

Newcastle University, United Kingdom

Research interests: Health economics

Su Aw

National University of Singapore, Singapore

International Longevity Centre, Singapore

Research interests: Aging

Eko Setiawan

University of Queensland, Australia

Research interests: Public health

Charline Maertens

Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, Belgium

Research interests: Health services

Bjørn Heine Strand

Folkehelseinstituttet, Norway

Research interests: Epidemiology

Isabelle Huys

KU Leuven, Belgium

Research interests: Public health

Gloria Lang’at

African Population and Health Research Centre, Kenya

Research interests: Gerontology

Radka Kurucová

Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia

Research interests: Gerontology

Dominika KalánkováNewcastle

Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia

Research interests: Older patient unmet needs

Janine Charnley

University of Newcastle, Australia

Research interests: Public health

Muriel Levy

Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, Belgium

Oxford University, United Kingdom

Research interests: Health economics

Michel Grignon

Graduate Chair of the Department of Health, Aging & Society, Canada

Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Èconomie de la Santé, Canada

Editor-in-chief of Health Reform Observer

Research interests: Health economics

Thanh-Long Giang

National Economics University, Viet Nam

Research interests: Health economics

Prince Ekoh

The University of Calgary, Canada

Research interests: Social theory

Rosanne Janssens

KU Leuven, Belgium

Research interests: Informatics

Paul Boadu

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Research interests: Applied economics

Zilke Claessens

KU Leuven, Belgium

Research interests: Health policy