External Advisory Board
The External Advisory Board will ensure scientific and professional validity in the MOCHA project. It comprises members of European medical, paediatric and policy bodies, a senior nurse researcher, WHO European Regional Office, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and civil society groups, including the youth sub group of the European Patients’ Forum.
The External Advisory board of the project is made up from expert members of paediatric, patient, scientific and youth organisations across Europe and worldwide. Their function is to help validate the scientific enquiries by the MOCHA research team. In addition, the External Advisory Board will also discuss and validate analysis of results, scientific validity and relevance of the research, and ethical requirements of the project.
The External Advisory Board meets six-monthly, and its members are available remotely at other times during the project, to give advice on any scientific or professional issues that arise.
The External Advisory Board members are:
Lembe Kullamaa
Youth Subgroup of European Patients’ Forum
Valentina Strammiello – European Patients’ Forum – Chair
Dr Prerna Banati
Chief Programme and Planning, UNICEF Office of Research (Innocenti Centre), Florence
Vivian Barnekow
Expert (Europe Child Health Policy)
Ragnheiður Ósk Erlendsdóttir
Senior Nurse, Primary Healthcare Centre, Iceland
Dr. Katrin Fjeldsted
President, Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
Agata D'Addato
Senior Policy Coordinator, Policy, Practice and Research: Eurochild
Dr. Johan Hansen
Health Services Research Group, European Public Health Association (EUPHA) – Chair
Dr. Hans Kluge
Division of Health Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Prof. Neal Halfon
UCLA, USA
Michiel Matthes
Secretary-General, Alliance for Childhood European Network Group
Johanna Pacevicius
Coordinator, Social Policy and Public Health Committee, Assembly of European Regions
Prof. Richard Parish CBE
Professor of Health Development, University of Chester and international expert on prevention-orientated health policy
Dr Stefano del Torso
European Academy of Paediatrics – Vice President