Jason Bantjes

Unit Director, Mental Health, Alcohol, Substance Use and Tobacco Research Unit (MASTRU), South African Medical Research Council

Suicide prevention and adolescent mental health

  • Cape Town, South Africa
Anusha Lachman

Child psychiatrist; HCU of Child & Adolescent psychiatry, Tygerberg Hospital; President’s Executive-at-Large, WAIMH International; Co-Chair, Stellenbosch University Public square in Early Intervention and Child Mental Health

Infant mental health; child and adolescent mental illness; paediatric neuropsychiatry

  • Cape Town, South Africa
Giovanni Abrahão Salum

Director, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute

Epidemiology; developmental psychopathology; treatment research in public health; co-creation of solutions with underserved communities; evidence-based psychosocial treatments for children and adolescents; real-world mental health technologies

  • New York City, United States
Victor Ugo

Senior Technical Advisor, MHPSS Collaborative, hosted by Save the Children Denmark

Adolescent and youth mental health and wellbeing; digital (mental) health; meaningful youth and lived experience involvement and participation; online safety; climate and (mental) health

  • Copenhagen, Denmark
Fadia AlBuhairan

Director General of National Health Economics and Policies, Saudi Health CouncilProfessor (Adjunct) of Pediatrics, Alfaisal University

Consultant Pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine physician, Fakeeh Care Group

Adolescent health; health policy; global health; health systems transformation 

  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sandra Garcia Jaramillo

Professor, School of Government, Universidad de los Andes

Social policy; education policy; children and adolescent's wellbeing

  • Bogota, Colombia
Mark Jordans

Professor of Child and Adolescent Global Mental Health at the Center for Global Mental Health, King’s College London;

Director of Research and Development, War Child Alliance

Development, implementation and evaluation of psychosocial and mental health care systems in low and middle income countries; children in adversities and in fragile states

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands

Chantelle van Straaten (Booysen)

Independent Consultant and Advisor

Global mental health; youth mental health and well-being; psychosocial disabilities; community mental health advocacy; social change initiatives; evidence-based solutions

  • Durban, South Africa
Gauri Divan

Director, Child

Development Group, Sangath

Early child development; developmental disabilities; adolescent health; non-specialist delivered mental health and psychosocial interventions; autism and parent-mediated interventions; perinatal mental health; digital tools for neurodiverse assessment; global mental health delivery; policy advisory in child and adolescent health

  • Goa, India
Ashley Nemiro

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Consultant, World Health Organization

Child and adolescent mental health and psychosocial support systems strengthening across humanitarian and development contexts; mental health and psychosocial support preparedness; integration of mental health into school systems; development and adaptation of psychological interventions; training non-specialists in psychological interventions; mental health systems mapping; mixed-methods research; mental health advocacy

  • Bergen, Norway
Estelle Sidze

Research Scientist at SRMNCAH unit; Lead of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health & Adolescent and Maternal Mental Health Research at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

Maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH); maternal mental health; adolescent health; population health and development; vulnerable and urban poor populations; research and implementation in African contexts; longitudinal and mixed-methods studies; health systems and policy advisory

  • Nairobi, Kenya
Jonathan D Klein

Immediate Past-President, International Association for Adolescent Health; Marron and Mary Elizabeth Kendrick Professor of Pediatrics and 

Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Stanford University 

Adolescent medicine; preventive services; youth development; tobacco control; translation of research into clinical and public health practice; global child health policy; health services research; leadership in international adolescent health organizations

  • Palo Alto, USA