Independent Advisory Committee

The Independent Advisory Committee for the Global Burden of Disease will advise the Board of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on Global Burden of Disease, Forecasting, and Geospatial Analysis research areas with the following terms of reference:

Advise on the overall vision and strategic direction of the Global Burden of Disease, Forecasting, and Geospatial Analysis projects
Review the strengths and weaknesses of different methods and results
Identify areas in which, on the basis of available evidence, new data collection and analysis would help to improve particular estimates and make recommendations for how to instigate and support such efforts
Advise the IHME Board about opportunities for strengthening collaboration and shared ownership
Advise on the strengths and weaknesses of other efforts on global health estimates
Act as a conduit for the discussion of criticisms raised about the GBD methods and estimates
Provide guidance on the integration of new components and features into the GBD project
Advise on the wider communication of the GBD outputs and engagement with end users, with a focus on the use of GBD evidence to inform policy and program decision making and implementation
Report annually to the IHME Board

The IAC meets twice annually and is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Summaries of all IAC meetings are available on the Independent Advisory Committee Meetings page.

For more information about the Independent Advisory Committee, please contact the GBD IAC Program Manager, Sarah Curran.

Independent Advisory Committee Management and Support

Sarah Curran, Program Manager, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Edmond Ng, Senior Statistical Analyst, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

Independent Advisory Committee Observers

Enis Barış, Practice Manager, Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, The World Bank, USA
Dr. Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General, for Data, Analytics and Delivery, World Health Organisation

Junior Independent Advisory Committee Members

Hannah Brown Amoakoh, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana and Assistant Professor, Utrecht University
Cynthia Chen, Assistant Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and Fellow, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
Faith Nekabari Nfii, Programme Coordinator, Public Health Workforce Development, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Independent Advisory Committee

Peter Piot

IAC Chair; Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK

Irene Agyepong

University of Ghana School of Public Health, Ghana

Hannah Brown Amoakoh

Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana and Assistant Professor, Utrecht University

Maria de Fatima Marinho de Souza

Professor, University of Minas Gerais and Senior Advisor, Vital Strategies

Isabel de la Mata

Principal Adviser for Health and Crisis Management, European Commission

Patricia Garcia

Professor Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru

Gary King

Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Director, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, USA

Michael Klag

Dean, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, US

Marie Lynn Miranda

Professor, University of Notre Dame; Director, Children’s Environmental Health Initiative; Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University and Indiana University