GINA Board of Directors has invited a group of 54 international leaders and patient representatives in the field of asthma from all continents to act as GINA Advocates from 2025, for a 3 years term. They will certainly be a very active group of collaborators, for which the proposed responsibilities are listed below:
- To commit to actively disseminate GINA strategy documents accurately and foster its implementation (plans and action to be reported annually to GINA Dissemination Task Group)
- To commit to attend GINA Advocate meetings every year (usually just before ERS meetings) physically or to connect remotely via web
- To provide feedback on GINA Report every year to GINA Science Committee
- To fill out a conflict of interest declaration annually
AFRICA:
Dr Hesham Tarraf Egypt
Dr Elisabete Nunes Mozambique
Dr Richard van Zyl-Smit South Africa
Dr Agnès Hamzaoui Tunis
Dr Bruce Kirenga Uganda
AMERICAS:
Dr Hugo Neffen Argentina
Dr Jorge Maspero Argentina
Dr Richard Leigh Canada
Dr Catherine Lemière Canada
Dr Manuel Soto-Quiros Costa Rica
Dr Désirée Larenas-Linnemann Mexico
Dr Sateesh M. Sakhamuri Trinidad and Tobago
Dr Jonathan Bernstein USA
Dr Michael Wechsler USA
Ms Tonya Winders USA
ASIA:
Prof. Ruchong Chen China
Dr Kewu Huang China
Prof. Kefang Lai China
Dr Jiangtao Lin China
Prof Hiroyuki Nagase Japan
Dr Navin Kumar Mishra Nepal
Dr Yeon Mok Oh South Korea
Dr Le Thi Tuyet Lan Vietnam
Dr Sy Duong-Quy Vietnam
EUROPE:
Dr Guy Joos Belgium
Dr Renaud Louis Belgium
Dr Alain Michils Belgium
Dr Todor Popov Bulgaria
Dr Vibeke Backer Denmark
Dr Tari Haahtela Finland
Ms Susanna Palkonen Finland
Prof Maia Gotua Georgia
Dr Mina Gaga Greece
Dr. Konstantinos Kostikas Greece
Dr Walter Canonica Italy
Dr Pierluigi Paggiaro Italy
Prof Fabio LM Ricciardolo Italy
Dr Nicola Scichilone Italy
Dr Zhanat Ispayeva Kazakhstan
Ms Dominique Hamerlijnck Netherlands
Prof Janwillem Kocks Netherlands
Dr Ewa Nizankowska Poland
Prof Maciej Kupczyk Poland
Dr Cláudia Vicente Portugal
Dr Mário Morais-Almeida Portugal
Dr Florin Mihaltan Romania
Miguel Roman Rodriguez Spain
Dr Joaquin Sastre Spain
Ms Mikaela Odemyr Sweden
Prof İ. Kıvılcım Oğuzülgen MD Turkey
Dr Vitalii Poberezhets Ukraine
Dr. Katherine Hickman United Kingdom
OCEANIA:
Dr Richard Beasley New Zealand
Ms Letitia Harding New Zealand
Guy Brusselle, MD Chair of GINA
Mark L. Levy, MD Chair of GINA Dissemination Task Group