Meet the Team

These standards will be developed through a multi-stakeholder Delphi consensus process, engaging over 100 international experts across all WHO regions with strong representation from low- and middle-income countries.

Leadership

Prof Tien Yin Wong

Prof Tien Yin Wong

Vice-Provost, Tsinghua University & Senior Vice-Chancellor, Tsinghua Medicine

Internationally renowned physician-scientist and global leader in health AI and retinal disease, whose groundbreaking work in AI-driven ocular imaging has transformed diabetic retinopathy screening and population eye health worldwide.

Prof Josip Car

Prof Josip Car

Head of School of Life Course and Population Sciences, King's College London & Professor of Population and Digital Health Sciences

Leading global expert in population and digital health, with a distinguished track record in AI-enabled health systems innovation across academia, clinical practice, and international policy.

Experts

Sorted by the first letter of the surname.

Adina Binti Abdullah

Prof Adina Binti Abdullah

Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya

Hiba Salah Abdelgadir

Dr Hiba Salah Abdelgadir

Africa University, Khartoum, Sudan

Isaac Awittor

Dr Isaac Awittor

Ghana Health Service, Cape Coast Metropolitan Health Directorate, Cape Coast, Ghana.

James Poku Adu

Dr James Poku Adu

Ghana Health Service, Cape Coast Metropolitan Health Directorate, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Kwesi Amissah Arthur

Dr Kwesi Amissah Arthur

Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

Manuela De Allegri

Prof Manuela De Allegri

Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.

Machuor D. Arok

Dr Machuor D. Arok

Department of Community Medicine, University of Juba, Juba, South Sudan.

Nasreldin M. Ahmed

Dr Nasreldin M. Ahmed

Sudan, Khartoum, Sudan.

Rifat Atun

Prof Rifat Atun

Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Sara Elsheikh Ahmedana

Dr Sara Elsheikh Ahmedana

Primary Health Care Corp, Qatar (Sudanese), Doha, Qatar.

Donald Boudreau

A/Prof Donald Boudreau

Institute of Heath Sciences Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Innocent Besigye

Dr Innocent Besigye

Ugandan Family Physicians Association, Kampala, Uganda.

Neil Bressler

Prof Neil Bressler

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Sandra Barteit

Dr Sandra Barteit

Group Leader Digital Global Health | Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg, Germany.

Sahar Osman Bajouri

Dr Sahar Osman Bajouri

University of Gezira / Public Health Institute, Wad Madani, Sudan.

Till Bärnighausen

Prof Till Bärnighausen

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.

Alec Cali

Dr Alec Cali

Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.

Leonor Corsino

Prof Leonor Corsino

Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Malcolm Clark

Prof Malcolm Clark

Department of General Practice, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, The University of Melbourne

Niels H. Chavannes

Prof Niels H. Chavannes

Department of Public Health and Primary Care, National eHealth Living Lab, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Rafael Simo Canonge

Prof Rafael Simo Canonge

Diabetes and Metabolism Research Unit, Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Sophia Siu-chee Chan

Prof Sophia Siu-chee Chan

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Bruce Duncan

Prof Bruce B. Duncan

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Mumen Abdalazim Dafallah

Dr Mumen Abdalazim Dafallah

Sudan Medical Specialization Board, Gezira State, Gezira State, Sudan.

Qionghai Dai

Prof Qionghai Dai

Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Karen Eggleston

Prof Karen Eggleston

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Faryal fatima

Dr Faryal fatima

Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Gujrat, Pakistan.

Andrzej Grzybowski

Prof Andrzej Grzybowski

Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Foundation for Ophthalmology Development, Poznan, 61-553, Poland. ae.grzybow, Poznan, Poland.

Dinesh Visva Gunasekeran

A/Prof Dinesh Visva Gunasekeran

Data Science and Technology, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation, Singapore, Singapore.

Jan Gradel

Dr Jan Gradel

Heidelberg City Councillor, Heidelberg, Germany.

Mariano Granero

Dr Mariano Granero

Servicio de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Aaron He

A/Prof Aaron He

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Kingsley Aseye Hattoh

Dr Kingsley Aseye Hattoh

Paediatrics and Child Health, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana.

Tony Hu

Prof Tony Hu

Dean of School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Yulan He

Prof Yulan He

King’s College London, London, UK.

Changli Jia

A/Prof Changli Jia

First Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.

Dr. Fabrice Julcéus

Dr. Fabrice Julcéus

PIH/Zanmi Lasante, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Dr. Ronald St. Jean

Dr. Ronald St. Jean

St. Marc Family Medicine Program, Haiti, St. Marc, Haiti.

John Ji

Prof John Ji

Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Weiping Jia

Prof Weiping Jia

State Key Laboratory of Metabolic Dysregulation & Prevention and Treatment of Esophageal Cancer, Beijing, China.

Younhyun Jung

Prof Younhyun Jung

School of Computing, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea, Seongnam, South Korea.

David C. Klonoff

Prof David C. Klonoff

Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Sutter Health), San Mateo, CA, USA.

Holger Kunz

Prof Holger Kunz

Institute of Health Informatics, University College of London, London, UK.

Kamlesh Khunti

Prof Kamlesh Khunti

University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

Kassim Kamara

Dr Kassim Kamara

Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Khamis Rashid Kombo

Dr Khamis Rashid Kombo

Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Maulid Abdalla Khamis

Dr Maulid Abdalla Khamis

Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Pearse A Keane

Prof Pearse A Keane

Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK.

Ryo Kawasaki

Prof Ryo Kawasaki

Artificial Intelligence Center for Medical Research and Application, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University

Fok-Han Leung

Prof Fok-Han Leung

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Huating Li

Prof Huating Li

State Key Laboratory of Metabolic Dysregulation & Prevention and Treatment of Esophageal Cancer, Beijing, China.

Huong-Giang Le

Huong-Giang Le

Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Jia Liu

Prof Jia Liu

Department of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Liliana Laranjo

Prof Liliana Laranjo

Westmead Applied Research Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Lim Lee Ling

Prof Lim Lee Ling

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Lulu Li

Dr Lulu Li

Germany, Berlin, Germany.

Nan Liu

Prof Nan Liu

Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.

Phuoc Van Le

Prof Phuoc Van Le

College of Health Sciences, VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Peng Liu

Prof Peng Liu

School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Reinier van Linschoten

Dr Reinier van Linschoten

Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Susan P. Lado

Dr Susan P. Lado

Department of Community Medicine, University of Juba, Juba, South Sudan.

Yuanli Liu

Prof Yuanli Liu

School of Health Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Yang Liu

Prof Yang Liu

Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Zixiao Li

Prof Zixiao Li

Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Ali Tassadaq Hussain Minhas

Dr Ali Tassadaq Hussain Minhas

Al Khidmat Raazi Hospital (Rawalpindi) (AsgharMallScheme), Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Dr. Kerling Israel, MD, MPH

Dr Kerling Israel

PIH/Zanmi Lasante; UGHE; CHI South Florida, Miami, USA.

Dr. Tula Krishna Gupta, MD

Dr Tula Krishna Gupta

Dept. of General Practice & Emergency Medicine, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), Jumla, Nepal

Jean Claude Cadet, MD

Dr Jean Claude Cadet

L\'Université d\'État d\'Haïti, School of Medicine, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Mohammed Said Mohammed

Dr Mohammed Said Mohammed

Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Musa Basheer Mansour

Dr Musa Basheer Mansour

Ahfad University for Women, Sudan / PHCC Qatar, Khartoum, Sudan.

Prof. Dinesh Kumar Lamsal, MD

Prof. Dinesh Kumar Lamsal

Rapti Academy of Health Sciences (formerly Civil Service Hospital, Kathmandu), Kathmandu, Nepal.

Ana Luisa Neves

Prof Ana Luisa Neves

Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Hoa Nguyen

Dr Hoa Nguyen

Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.

Andrej Pangerc

Dr Andrej Pangerc

Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Ari Natalia Probandari

Prof Ari Natalia Probandari

Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia.

Dr. Ramesh Pant

Dr Ramesh Pant

Civil Service Hospital / Dept. of Family Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Lorenzo Righetto

Dr Lorenzo Righetto

Springer -Verlag Italia S.r.l., Milan, Italy.

Rajiv Raman

Prof Rajiv Raman

Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abdul Majid Hussein Said

Dr Abdul Majid Hussein Said

Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Bin Sheng

Prof Bin Sheng

School of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Dinggang Shen

Prof Dinggang Shen

School of Biomedical Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China.

Joseph J. Y. Sung

Prof Joseph J. Y. Sung

Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore.

Kenneth L. Sube

Kenneth L. Sube

School of Medicine, University of Juba, Juba, South Sudan.

Nigam Shah

Prof Nigam Shah

Department of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

Rupa Sarker

Dr Rupa Sarker

The Lancet Group, London, UK.

Weixing Shen

Prof Weixing Shen

School of Law, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Abdoulie Taal

Dr Abdoulie Taal

Ministry of Health, Banjul, The Gambia. University of Ghana

Kun Tang

Prof Kun Tang

Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Michelle María Jiménez de Tavárez

Prof Michelle María Jiménez de Tavárez

Department of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, Santiago, Dominican Republic.

Shenglan Tang

Prof Shenglan Tang

Department of Population Health Science, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.

Yih Chung Tham

Prof Yih Chung Tham

Centre for Innovation and Precision Eye Health and Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Ryan Urbanowicz

Ryan Urbanowicz

Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Steven van de Vijver

DrSteven van de Vijver

Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Haibo Wang

Prof Haibo Wang

First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Jiaming Wu

Prof Jiaming Wu

Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Jian Wu

Prof Jian Wu

School of Healthcare Management,Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Sabrina Wong

A/Prof Sabrina Wong

Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore.

Samuel Yeung Shan Wong

Prof Samuel Yeung Shan Wong

Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Tao Wang

Dr Tao Wang

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Yasha Wang

Prof Yasha Wang

National Engineering Research Center of Software Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Yongjun Wang

Prof Yongjun Wang

Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Zhong Wang

Prof Zhong Wang

General Practice ACP, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Zhiyi Wang

Prof Zhiyi Wang

General Practice Health Laboratory, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Beijing, China.

Lan Xue

Prof Lan Xue

Schwarzman College and School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Roman Xu

Prof Roman Xu

Acacia Lab for Implementation Science, School of Health Management, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.

Guangjun Yu

Prof Guangjun Yu

School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.

Lijing Yan

Prof Lijing Yan

Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China.

Lei Zhang

Prof Lei Zhang

School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Australia.

Ping Zhang

Prof Ping Zhang

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

Weihong Zhang

Prof Weihong Zhang

Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent, Belgium.

Project Coordinators

Dr. Dian Zeng

Dr. Dian Zeng

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program

Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University (Supervisor: Prof. Tien Yin Wong)

Team Members

Chenyang Pei

Chenyang Pei

PhD Candidate in Health Policy and Management

Peking Union Medical College and Heidelberg University (Supervisor: Prof. Yuanli Liu and Prof. Till Bärnighausen)

Zehua Jiang

Zehua Jiang

PhD Candidate in Ophthalmology

Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University (Supervisor: Prof. Tien Yin Wong)

Zihao Zou

Zihao Zou

MD-PhD Candidate in Clinical Medicine

Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University (Supervisor: Prof. Tien Yin Wong)

Dr. Yiming Qin

Dr. Yiming Qin

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program

Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University (Supervisor: Prof. Tien Yin Wong)