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.
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, UKSupporting Documents
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 HealthSupporting Documents
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, BangladeshProfessor Pratima Murthy
Professor of Psychiatry and Director of NIMHANSProfessor Asad Nizami
Director of IoP, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical UniversityProfessor Najma Siddiqi
Clinical Professor in PsychiatrySupporting Documents
