Public Health Measures to Suppress the Pandemic
Publications of the Public Health Measures to Suppress the Pandemic Task Force express the findings, results, and views of members of the Public Health Measures to Suppress the Pandemic Task Force. They do not reflect the findings, results, and views of Commissioners not engaged on the Task Force or of the Lancet family of journals or other publication outlets unless explicitly specified. The Public Health Measures to Suppress the Pandemic Task Force does not contribute to other publications or statements issued by the Lancet COVID-19 Commission or the Task Forces or to other publications in the Lancet family of journals or other publication outlets, unless explicitly specified.
Task Force members serve in their individual capacities, on an honorary basis. The Secretariat of the Public Health Measures to Suppress the Pandemic Task Force is hosted by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), Columbia University.
Task Force Publications:
Members:
Prof. Chris Bullen (Co-chair) Professor in Public Health, and Director of the National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI), University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Chris Bullen is a Professor in Public Health at the University of Auckland (UoA), in Auckland, New Zealand, and the Director of the National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI)) at UoA, a multidisciplinary research group with a focus on digital innovation, evidence and evaluation. MORE
Prof. Jong-koo Lee (Co-chair) Professor of Family Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine (Korea)
Dr. Jong-koo Lee is currently a Professor of Family Medicine at Seoul National University College of Medicine. He was director and founder of the Center for Jong-woo Lee’s Global Medicine, launched in 2012. He is in charge of undergraduate and graduate education and research for Family Medicine/Primary Health Care and public health policies on global health. MORE
Prof. Salim Abdool Karim Caprisa Professor for Global Health in Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health (USA)
Salim S. Abdool Karim, FRS, is a South African clinical infectious diseases epidemiologist widely recognized for scientific contributions to HIV prevention and treatment. He is Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Durban, and CAPRISA Professor of Global Health at Columbia University, New York. MORE
Mr. Simon Bush Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Trustee of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (UK/Ghana)
Simon Bush lives in Ghana and leads on Sightsavers’ work on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). He manages the NTD department in Sightsavers which is responsible for the leadership and management of a large portfolio of NTD work that covers over 30 countries. Sightsavers reached a distribution milestone of over a billion supported NTD treatments in 2018. MORE
Ms. Francesca Colombo Head of Health Division, OECD (France)
Francesca Colombo, M.Sc., is Head of the Health Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. She is responsible for work on health, which aims at providing internationally comparable data on health systems and applying economic analysis to health policies, advising policy makers, stakeholders and citizens on how to respond to demands for more and better health care and make health systems more people centred. MORE
Prof. Alejandro Gaviria President, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Alejandro Gaviria completed his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from the Antioquia School of Engineering (Universidad EIA). He also has a master’s degree in Economics from Universidad de los Andes and a PhD in Economics from the University of California San Diego. The President is an Associate Professor at Universidad de los Andes. MORE
Prof. Margaret Hellard Deputy Director, Burnet Institute; Head of Hepatitis Services in Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital; Adjunct Professor at Monash University and University of Melbourne (Australia)
Prior to COVID-19 Margaret’s principal research interests were in preventing the transmission and improving the management of blood borne viruses; the ultimate aim being to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat and end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. MORE
Prof. John Lavis Professor and Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems, McMaster University (Canada)
John supports policymakers and stakeholders to harness research evidence, citizen values and stakeholder insights to strengthen health and social systems and get the right programs, services and products to the people who need them. He is Co-Lead of the COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END) and Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE). MORE
Prof. Jeff Lazarus Head of the Health Systems Team, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) (Spain)
Prof Lazarus is an expert on health systems and infectious diseases known for having developed the “Fourth 90” in HIV/AIDS and the micro-elimination approach in viral hepatitis C. He serves as head of the health systems team at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona. MORE
Dr. Yi-Chun Lo Deputy Director-General of Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, National Taiwan University Hospital (Taiwan)
Dr. Yi-Chun (Philip) Lo is currently Deputy Director-General of Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and adjunct infectious disease physician at National Taiwan University Hospital. He received his M.D. from National Taiwan University College of Medicine in 2001 and then volunteered for two years at the Taiwan Medical Mission based in Mzuzu Central Hospital Malawi between 2001 and 2003. MORE
Prof. Susan Michie Professor of Health Psychology, Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London (UK)
Susan Michie, FMedSci, FAcSS is Professor of Health Psychology and Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London (www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change). She is co-Director of NIHR’s Behavioural Science Policy Research Unit, leads UCL’s membership of NIHR’s School of Public Health Research and is an NIHR Senior Investigator. MORE
Prof. Ole F. Norheim Professor of Medical Ethics, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen and Director of Bergen Center for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS), UiB (Norway)
He is also Adjunct Professor of Global Health at the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (2015-2025) and Head of the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board (2019-2023). He chairs WHO's Technical Advisory Group on Health Benefit Packages (2019-21). MORE
Prof. K. Srinath Reddy President, Public Health Foundation of India (India)
Prof. K. Srinath Reddy is presently President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and formerly headed the Department of Cardiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He was appointed as the First Bernard Lown Visiting Professor of Cardiovascular Health at the Harvard School of Public Health in (2009-13) and presently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard (2014-2023). MORE
Dr. María del Rocío Sáenz Madrigal Professor of Health Promotion, University of Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
Dr. María del Rocío Sáenz Madrigal is a Costa Rican doctor from La Salle University, Mexico, D.F. and a public health specialist. Former Executive President of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund 2014-2017 (CCSS). Former Minister of Health of Costa Rica and Coordinator of the Social Council (2002-2006). MORE
Prof. Mikael Rostila Professor of Public Health Science, Head of Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University (Sweden)
Mikael Rostila is Professor of Public Health Science with a special focus on Social Epidemiology. He is currently the Head of Department of Public Health Sciences at Stockholm University. Mikael received his PhD in Sociology in 2008 and is currently also associate professor of Sociology at Stockholm University. MORE
Prof. John Thwaites Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute (Australia)
John Thwaites is a Professorial Fellow, Monash University, and Chair of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute and ClimateWorks Australia. John is Chair of Melbourne Water and a Director of Fair Trade Australia New Zealand. He has been Chair of the Australian Building Codes Board, President of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and a director of the Australian Green Building Council. MORE
Prof. Liam Smith Professor, Director of BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University (Australia)
Liam Smith is the Director of BehaviourWorks Australia, based in Monash University’s Sustainable Development Institute. Since establishing BWA in 2011, he has overseen significant growth and the research group now has a staff of over 30 and a portfolio of over 400 behaviour change projects in collaboration with government and industry partners. MORE
Prof. Miriam Khamadi Were Vice Chair, The Champions of AIDS-Free Generation (Kenya)
Miriam Khamadi Were qualified as a Medical Doctor from Kenya’s University of Nairobi in 1973. Prior to that she obtained a Bachelor’s degree from William Pen College in Iowa in 1964 with a Composite Major in Natural Sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics). From 1965-66, she studied for a graduate Diploma in Education at Makerere University in Uganda. MORE
Dr. Lan Xue Cheung Kong Chair, Distinguished Professor and Dean, Schwarzman College (P.R. China)
Dr. Lan Xue is a Cheung Kong Chair Distinguished Professor and Dean of Schwarzman College. In Tsinghua University, he also serves as a Deputy Director of Strategic Research Institute for Engineering, Science and Technology, Director of China Institute for S&T Policy, Co-Director of Global Institute for SDGs. MORE