Project Teams
Project Teams
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Sumra Ali – Communications Assistant: PAHO Resilient Health Systems – Phase 3Sumra graduated with a Bachelor of Health Studies from York University in Toronto, Canada. Her interests lie in global health and humanitarian aid. Sumra previously worked with Evidence Aid on Phase 2 of the WHO Knowledge Hub project and is currently working on Phase 3 of the Resilient Health Systems project as the Communications Assistant. |
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Epaminondas La Bella – Communications Manager: Resilient Health Systems – Phase 3Epa is a science communication professional with work experience in communications within the context of scientific projects related to healthcare and public health. He has professional experience in different domains of science communication, varying from video editing, post-production, and graphic design to communication strategy planning and implementation. Epa has contributed to the COVID-19 Evidence Collection project of Evidence Aid as an intern for the Italian translations. He is currently working as the Communications Manager for Phase 3 of the Resilient Health Systems project and previously worked as the Senior Research Manager on Phase 2 of the WHO Knowledge Hub project. |
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Cristián Mansilla – Senior Research Manager: Resilient Health Systems – Phase 3Cristián is currently a PhD student in the Health Policy program at McMaster University in Canada, and a research assistant at the McMaster Health Forum. He has dedicated much of his professional career to supporting health policy making processes using the best available research evidence. Through his work in this field, he contributed to the development and implementation of several policies at the Ministry of Health in Chile and founded/led the Evidence-Informed Policy Making Unit at the Ministry of Health there. He contributed to closing the gap between evidence production and uses by collaborating in important international projects and initiatives, such as EVIPNet and COVID-END. He worked as the Senior Research Manager in Phase 2 of the Resilient Health Systems project as well as now having the same role in Phase 3. |
Jane McHugh – Information Specialist: PAHO Resilient Health Systems – Phase 3Bio and photo to come. |
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Ana Pizarro – Junior Researcher: PAHO Resilient Health Systems – Phase 3Ana has been actively engaged in the Resilient Health Systems evidence collection for the past three years. Initially, she provided valuable support in writing summaries. However, over the past two years, with the collaborative efforts of the team, she has pioneered a novel methodology to effectively identify evidence gaps within existing systematic reviews, specifically focused on resilient health systems. In Phase 3 her primary task is to work on gap maps for 30 new topics. |
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Yasmeen Saeed – Junior Researcher: PAHO Resilient Health Systems – Phase 3Bio to come. |
