Linked Programmes

Governance

The IMPACT programme was overseen by an Independent Advisory Board, and managed by the Programme Management Group (PMG).  The South Asian Group for Equitable partnership (SAGE) group met to promote south-south collaboration.

There were also Working Groups for Capacity Building and Partnerships & Impact.

Study management teams were responsible for the day to day running of each research study; these all report to the PMG.

IMPACT Independent Advisory Board

The Independent Advisory Board for IMPACT meets twice a year and is chaired by Professor Adnan Hyder – Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Global Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, USA.

Other members are global health experts who bring their combined experience to guide our activities. 

Terms of reference for the Board can be found below.

Professor Adnan A Hyder, MD MPH PhD (Chair of IAB)

Senior Associate Dean for Research; Professor of Global Health, Director; Center on Commercial Determinants of Health

Professor Sohel Reza Choudhury

Professor, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka

Professor Norman Sartorius

President, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs

Professor Ricardo Araya

Director of the Centre for Global Mental Health - Kings College London

Professor Tazeen H Jafar

Professor, Health Services & Systems Research Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Dr Rahul Shidhaye

Senior Research Scientist, Public Health Foundation, India

Professor Christina van der Feltz-Cornelis

Chair or Psychiatry and Epidemiology, HYMS, University of York, UK

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IMPACT Programme Management Group

The IMPACT Programme Management Group meets every 2 months and is chaired by the Programme Manager, Anthonia James. The PMG is the main decision making body for the programme and includes the programme co-directors, leads for each partner organisation, capacity building, and study and workstream leads. Terms of Reference for the group can be found below.

In order to build capacity in strategy and management across our teams, everyone involved in the programme is invited to attend.

The PMG includes:

Cate Cowton

IMPACT Programme Manager (Chair of PMG)

Professor Najma Siddiqi

Clinical Professor in Psychiatry

Professor Simon Gilbody

Director of the Mental Health and Addictions Research Group (MHARG)

Professor Rumana Huque

Executive Director, ARK Foundation, and University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dr Santosh K Chaturvedi

Senior Professor of Psychiatry

Professor Pratima Murthy

Professor of Psychiatry and Director of NIMHANS

Professor Asad Nizami

Director of IoP, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical University

Dr Aliya Naheed

Scientist & Head of Initiative for Noncommunicable Diseases

Professor Dr Arshad Javaid

Vice Chancellor – Khyber Medical University

Dr Tolib Mirzoev

Associate Professor of International Health Policy and Systems and Head of Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development

Dr Razia Fatima

National TB Control programme, Pakistan. Chief Research The Common Unit to Manage TB AIDS and Malaria

Dr Jan R Boehnke

Senior Lecturer in Evaluation Design and Research Methods

Gerardo A Zavala

Research Fellow

Dr Papiya Mazumdar

Research Fellow

Dr Hannah Jennings

Lecturer in Global Mental Health

Dr Olamide Todowede

Research Associate

Professor Kamran Siddiqi

Professor in Global Public Health

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South Asian Group for Equitable partnership (SAGE)

SAGE aims to promote greater South-South collaboration.  It also ensures equitable leadership and decision-making across North-South partner countries.

The group meets monthly to provide strategic direction to enable delivery of IMPACT’s goals. SAGE also looks at the growth of the programme beyond current plans. Members are the country leads for Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, with the Programme Co-Director in attendance. SAGE reports to the Programme Management Group.

Terms of reference can be found below.

 

Professor Rumana Huque

Executive Director, ARK Foundation, and University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Professor Pratima Murthy

Professor of Psychiatry and Director of NIMHANS

Professor Asad Nizami

Director of IoP, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical University

Professor Najma Siddiqi

Clinical Professor in Psychiatry

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