Given the multidimensional approach laid out by the Adolescent Well-being Framework, and the complexity of the domains, a time-bound Expert Consultative Group with specific technical expertise has been established. The role of the Expert Consultative Group is to strengthen the scientific basis for the development of the measurement approach through:

  • supporting synthesis of the latest research related to adolescent well-being measurement;
  • reviewing available indicators; and
  • providing recommendations on indicator prioritization

The first meeting of the Expert Consultative Group was held in October 2022, and another meeting is planned to take place in mid-2023.

Contact

adolescent@who.int

Group members

Members of the Adolescent Well-being Measurement Expert Consultative Group have been selected through an open call circulated through a range of channels related to adolescent health and well-being. The group consists of 28 members, including several young experts, representing a diversity of professional backgrounds from across all WHO Regions.

Experts

Parviz Abduvahobov

Monitoring and Evaluation Lead, Education Sector, UNESCO, France

Emmanuel Adebayo

Institute of Child Health, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Rima Afifi

College of Public Health, University of Iowa, USA (primary) and Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon (adjunct)

Karen Austrian

GIRL Center, Population Council, Nairobi, Kenya

Peter Azzopardi

Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research institute, Melbourne, Australia

Sarah Baird

Department of Global Health in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, United States of America

Robert Blum

Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , United States of America

Donald Bundy

Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Julianna Deardorff

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America

Danielle Engel

Technical Division, UNFPA, New York, United States of America

Tania Gaspar

School of Psychology and Life Sciences/HEI-LAB, Lusofona University, Portugal

Grace Gatera

My Mind Our Humanity, Kigali, Rwanda

Ann Hagell

Association for Young People's Health, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Tamrat Haile Gebremichael

Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Unit, Plan International, Canada

Jonathan Klein

Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University; Palo Alto; United States of America

Anne Luterek

Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO Paris, France

Constance Mackworth-Young

Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Zimbabwe

Kerry MacQuarrie

The Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS Program), ICF, Virginia, United States of America

Abdullah Mamun

Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland, Australia

Jose Marquez

Research Fellow, University of Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Sunil Mehra

MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi, India

Saoirse Gabhainn

College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, Ireland

Niall O'Higgins

Employment Policy Department, International Labour Organization (ILO), Switzerland

Gwyther Rees

UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Italy

Jennifer Requejo

Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Global Financing Facility, World Bank, United States of America

Leanne Riley

Unit Head

Elizabeth Saewyc

School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Saad Uakkas

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center Youth Advisory Board, Morocco

Coordinating team

WHO

Regina Guthold

Scientist, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department, WHO

Sarah Keogh

Consultant, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department, WHO

Holly Newby

Consultant, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing Department, WHO

PMNCH

Sophie Kostelecky

Consutlant, Women, Children and Adolescent Health Knowledge, PMNCH

Anshu Mohan

Team Lead, Partner Engagement, PMNCH

David Ross

Consultant to the Child Health Initiative of the FIA Foundation