Rob Brierley is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, having launched the journal in 2016 and establishing it as the world-leading journal for gastroenterology and hepatology research and an internationally trusted source of clinical, public health, and global health knowledge. The journal’s advocacy for the elimination of viral hepatitis reflects Rob’s long-standing interest in…
Meg Doherty, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes (HHS) at the World Health Organization (WHO). Appointed on 1 February 2020, Dr Doherty was previously the Coordinator of Treatment and Care in the Department of HIV at WHO Headquarters starting in 2012. She has more than…
Professor Yuen, MBBS, MD, PhD, DSc, is Chair Professor of The University of Hong Kong and Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor in Medicine and the Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. He obtained his first bachelor’s degree in medicine in 1992. He further pursued academic excellence…
Rachel Halford is President of The World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) and CEO of The Hepatitis C Trust − a national UK peer-led civil society organisation. Alongside advocacy and raising awareness, Rachel leads The Hepatitis C Trust in delivering a national peer programme across local communities and the English prison estate, employing over 160 paid staff and…
Professor Margaret Hellard AM is a Deputy Director at the Burnet Institute, Head of Hepatitis Services in the Department of Infectious Diseases at The Alfred Hospital, and Adjunct Professor at Monash University and the University of Melbourne. Margaret’s principal research interests are in preventing the transmission and improving the management of blood-borne viruses, the ultimate…
Simbarashe Mabaya is a Senior Technical Advisor – Primary Health Care at Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, based in Geneva, Switzerland. He has a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Degrees (MBChB) from the University of Zimbabwe and a Master of Science in Public Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. He is…
Francesco Marinucci is a Global Health and Laboratory Medicine professional with over 22 years of experience at the international level in strategy development, market access, commercial execution, public policy, and implementation of cross-function projects in emerging markets and donor-funded countries. His work focuses on addressing the barriers that hamper access to the proper diagnostic solution…
Homie A. Razavi is the founder and managing director of the Center for Disease Analysis Foundation. Since 2008, Homie has led a team of epidemiologists and modellers to quantify the epidemiology of hepatitis, forecast the future disease burden and help countries/territories develop national strategies. His team has been responsible for the development of a number…