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International School Health Network: List of Steering Committee Members


This list of ISHN Steering Committee members seeks a balance between regions of the world as well as among national school health associations, government officials and researchers. This list also includes regional WHO networks, issue-based international networks, associations representing key professions, various official international organizations and academic/resource centres focused on school health promotion.


Representatives from Countries (Rotating roster of seats on ISHN Board)
Evie Ledger, Australian Health Promoting Schools Association
Fabio Gomes, Cancer Institute, Brazil
Oddrun Samdal, University of Bergen, Norway
Ian Young, Health Promotion Consultant, Scotland
Albert Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kanako Okada, Board Member, Japan Association of School Health
Lee Yee Cheong, Singapore Health Promotion Board 

Issue, Population or Intervention-Based Networks 
Christine Jones, International Centre of Excellence on Community Schools
Louise Rowling, International Alliance for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Schools
Antonio Saez, Ibero-American Network on Health Promoting Schools
Leslie Drake, Partnership for Child Development


Regional Networks and Regional Offices of UN Agencies
Gooff Buijs, Schools for Health Europe
David Nyamwaya, WHO Regional Office Africa
Sheldon Shaeffer, UNESCO Regional Office, Bangkok
Nastaran Keshavarz Mohammadi, Eastern Mediterrean Health Promotion Network

Research and Resource Centres
Leslie Drake, Partnership for Child Development, UK
Carmen Aldinger, Education Development Center, USA
Chengye Ji, Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Beijing
Bjarne Bruun Jensen, School of Education, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Peter Paulus, Institut fur Psychologie, Universitat Luneburg, Germany
Lloyd Kolbe, Indiana University, USA

Professional Associations
Claire Blanchard, International Union for Health Promotion and Education
Sean Slade, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, USA

UN and other International Agencies
Gauden Galea, World Health Organization
Donald Bundy, World Bank
Tracy Burns, Koji Myamoto, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 
Anna Marie Hoffman, UNICEF
Giovanna Campello, UN Office on Drugs and Crime