GINA Board of Directors has invited a group of 41 international leaders in the field of asthma from all continents to act as GINA Advocates from 2020, 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 & Implementation Task Group)
- To commit to attend GINA Assembly and Advocates 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 Hisham 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 Rafael Stelmach Brazil
Dr Francine Ducharme Canada
Ms Vanessa Foran Canada
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:
Dr Jiangtao Lin China
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 Todor Popov Bulgaria
Dr Vibeke Backer Denmark
Dr Tari Haahtela Finland
Ms Susanna Palkonen Finland
Dr Arnaud Bourdin France
Ms Antje F. Wagner Germany
Dr Mina Gaga Greece
Dr Walter Canonica Italy
Dr Pierluigi Paggiaro Italy
Dr Nicola Scichilone Italy
Ms Dominique Hamerlijnck Netherlands
Dr Ewa Nizankowska Poland
Dr Florin Mihaltan Romania
Dr Joaquin Sastre Spain
Ms Mikaela Odemyr Sweden
OCEANIA:
Dr Richard Beasley New Zealand
Ms Letitia Harding New Zealand
Louis-Philippe Boulet, MD Chair of GINA
Mark L. Levy, MD Chair of GINA D&I Task Group