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 Agnès Hamzaoui Tunis
Dr Bruce Kirenga Uganda
Dr Elisabete Nunes Mozambique
Dr Hisham Tarraf Egypt
Dr Richard van Zyl-Smit South Africa
AMERICAS:
Dr Catherine Lemière Canada
Dr Désirée Larenas-Linnemann Mexico
Dr Francine Ducharme Canada
Dr Hugo Neffen Argentina
Dr Jonathan Bernstein USA
Dr Jorge Maspero Argentina
Dr Sateesh M. Sakhamuri Trinidad and Tobago
Dr Manuel Soto-Quiros Costa Rica
Dr Michael Wechsler USA
Dr Rafael Stelmach Brazil
Dr Richard Leigh Canada
Ms Tonya Winders USA
Ms Vanessa Foran Canada
ASIA:
Dr Jiangtao Lin China
Dr Le Thi Tuyet Lan Vietnam
Dr Sy Duong-Quy Vietnam
Dr Yeon Mok Oh South Korea
EUROPE:
Ms Antje F. Wagner Germany
Dr Arnaud Bourdin France
Ms Dominique Hamerlijnck Netherlands
Dr Ewa Nizankowska Poland
Dr Florin Mihaltan Romania
Dr Guy Joos Belgium
Dr Joaquin Sastre Spain
Ms Mikaela Odemyr Sweeden
Dr Mina Gaga Greece
Dr Nicola Scichilone Italy
Dr Pierluigi Paggiaro Italy
Dr Renaud Louis Belgium
Ms Susanna Palkonen Finland
Dr Tari Haahtela Finland
Dr Todor Popov Bulgaria
Dr Vibeke Backer Vibeke Dennmark
Dr Walter Canonica Italy
OCEANIA:
Ms Letitia Harding New Zealand
Dr Richard Beasley New Zealand
Louis-Philippe Boulet, MD Chair of GINA
Arzu Yorgancioglu, MD Chair of GINA D&I Task Group