Members

Bahargul Agayeva, Turkmenistan
(Retired) Chief, Department of Medical Statistics and Information, Ministry of Health and Medical Industry

Jeny Aguilera Cruz, Netherlands
Research Assistant at Málaga and Granada Universities

Malin Ahrne, Sweden
Program Officer, Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Nitsan Almog, Israel
Senior Lecturer and Head of the Disability and Accessibility Program at Ono Academic College

Eléonore Bayen, France
Professor of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at Sorbonne Université and Head of the clinical Neuro-Rehabilitation department at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, France)

Lidia Best, Poland
President, European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH); Member of World Hearing Forum Steering Committee on behalf of EFHOH; and Chair, National Association of Deafened People (NADP) in UK

Jim Blair, United Kingdom
Consultant Nurse on Learning Disabilities working with West London NHS Trust; Associate Professor Intellectual (Learning) Disabilities at Kingston University and St Georges’ University of London; Global Health Advisor Special Olympics, Learning Disability Nurse Advisor Labour Party; Chair/Clinical Advisor Learning Disabilities NHS England for Care Treatment Reviews; Panel Member of the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Fitness to Practice Panel; Member of the Learning Disability Nursing National Shared Decision-Making Council; and Chair of the Royal College of Nursing London Board

Orly Bouni, Israel
National Director of Occupational Therapy Services, Ministry of Health

Kiera Byland BEM, United Kingdom
Special Olympics Global Athlete Congress Chair, Board Member SOI and SOGB and Centennial 100 Champions Lions Club

Stefano Capolongo, Italy
Full Professor and Department Head, Department of Architecture Built environment Construction engineering

Sabina Ciconne, Spain
Senior Disability Advisor at United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Dorica Dan, Romania
President, Romanian Prader Willi Association (RPWA); President, Romanian National Alliance for Rare Diseases (RONARD; President, Romanian Association for Rare Cancers (ARCrare); and Vice-president of EURORDIS – Rare Diseases Europe

Ivelina Gadzheva, Bulgaria
Design thinking expert and consultant at Bulgarian Association for Personalized Medicine (BAPEMED); Project coordinator at “For Our Children” Foundation

Priscille Geiser, France
Independent consultant with expertise in disability rights and disability-inclusive development

Carolina Pereira Gonçalves, Portugal
Assistant teacher in the Faculty of Medicine in Lisbon, and Medical Advisor at Shared Services of Ministry of Health

Helen Grech, Malta
Full Professor at the University of Malta; Honoured Member of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP)

Mushegh Hovsepyan, Armenia
President, Disability Rights Agenda NGO

Vitalii Klymchuk, Ukraine
Researcher at the University of Luxembourg

Kornelija Krutulytė, Lithuania
Chairperson of the Committee of the Lithuanian Forum of Women with Disabilities

Mac MacLachlan, Ireland
Professor of Psychology and Social Inclusion, and Co-director of the ALL (Assisting Living & Learning) Institute at Maynooth University

Vugar Mammadov, Azerbaijan
Deputy Chairman of the Board, State Disability Agency

Aida Pilav, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Head of the Department of Social Medicine and Health Organization with Health Economics at the Institute for Public Health of Sarajevo Canton and Full Professor at the Faculty of Health Studies, University of Sarajevo

Joseph Renjith, Ireland
Physiotherapy Manager and Interim Director of Clinical support and services at Ability West (Community Based Disability Services for Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities)

Minerva Rivas, Switzerland
Associate Professor at the Geneva School of Health Science; Editorial board member of Bioetica Forum, the Swiss Society for Biomedical Ethics

Sara Rocha, Portugal
Data Manager for the Public Health and Primary Care Department of the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge; Vice-chair of the Women’s Committee of the European Disability Forum (EDF); Vice-President of the European Council of Autistic People (EUCAP)

Piotr Rodak, Poland
Director, International Relations Center; and Lecturer at the Academy of Physical Education

Florian Sanden, Belgium
Responsible for policy work at a European disability rights organization; Board member of Neurodiversity Belgium; Member of the advisory board of Interessenvertretung Selbstbestimmt Leben in Deutschland e. V. (ISL); Volunteer with the European Council of Autistic People (EUCAP); and Member of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bipolare Störungen e. V.

Mark Shamis, Israel
Director, Division for Assessment, Eligibility and Programs, Disabilities Administration, Ministry of Welfare and Social Services

Dimitra Varvarezou, Greece
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, Panteion University

Asadullo Zikrikhudoev, Tajikistan
Chairman, National Union of People with Disabilities of Tajikistan