{"id":132,"date":"2025-09-01T14:27:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:14:35","slug":"organisation-committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/index.php\/organisation-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Organization &amp; Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"132\" class=\"elementor elementor-132\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff871c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ff871c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c41c8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"62c41c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t Section Executive Committee\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc5308 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bc5308\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ef0e2d elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-position-top elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"0ef0e2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyes.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-498\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyes.png 400w, https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyes-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/keyes-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">President: <\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><strong>Katherine M. Keyes<\/strong>, Ph.D.<br><br>\n<em>Professor &amp; Vice Chair for Research, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4c1981 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-position-top elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"e4c1981\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lukoye.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lukoye.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lukoye-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lukoye-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Vice President:<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><strong>Lukoye Atwoli<\/strong>, MBS, MBChB, MMed Psych, PhD, IFAPA, MKNAS<br><br>\n<em>The Jena and Hasanali Jeewa Ajanee Endowed chair in Medicine Deputy Director, Brain and Mind Institute Professor and Dean, Medical College East Africa<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-077f3c2 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-position-top elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"077f3c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CorinaBenjet.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-496\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CorinaBenjet.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CorinaBenjet-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CorinaBenjet-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">General Secretary:<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><strong>Corina Benjet<\/strong><br><br>\n<em>Researcher, National Institute of Psychiatry Ram\u00f3n de la Fuente Mu\u00f1iz (INPRFM), Professor, School of Psychology and Medical School, National Autonomous University of Mexico<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6320aad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6320aad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76470a3 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-position-top elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"76470a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/degenhardt-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-497\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/degenhardt-scaled-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/degenhardt-scaled-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/degenhardt-scaled-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Member<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><strong>Louisa Degenhardt<\/strong><br><br>\n<em>UNSW Scientia Professor and NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), Faculty of Medicine, UNSW\n<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c17c6e7 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-position-top elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"c17c6e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MichaelNi.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-502\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MichaelNi.png 400w, https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MichaelNi-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MichaelNi-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Member<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><strong>Michael Ni<\/strong><br><br>\n<em>Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Community Medicine and Public Health Practice at the School of Public Health\n<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-314a948 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-position-top elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"314a948\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wpaepi2026.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mauro-Giovanni.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-501\" 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