Program Area Committees 2025-2027
| Maternal, Newborn Health & Perinatal Medicine | Nutrition & Breastfeeding & Food Safety | NCDs, Adolescent Health & Mental Health |
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Coordinators: Joseph Haddad IPA, Micheal Visisck USA Sub coordinators: • Maternal care: Mehmet Vural, Turkey • Care of the newborn: Sara Berkelhamer, USA • NRP+: Vineet Saxena, India • Neonatal Neurology Aspazija Sofijanova, North Macedonia • Follow up: Lama Charafeddine, Lebanon |
Coordinators : Berthold Koletzko IPA, Flavia Indrio Italy Sub coordinators: • Breastfeeding: Barbara Nalubanga, Uganda • Neonatal and Child nutrition: Patrick Tounian, France • Food safety: Mary Fewtrell, UK • Allergy and Nutrition: Roberto Berni Canani, Italy • Macro, Micronutrients and Biotic: Parminder S. Suchdev, USA |
Coordinators: Jonathan Klein IPA, Maria Carmen Del Carmen Calle Devilla Peru Sub coordinators: • DOHAD: Marcela Maria Fama, Columbia • Obesity: Russel Vinner, UK • Metabolic syndrome: Abdulsalam Abu Libdeh, Palestine • Neonatal screening: Anju Virmani, India • Adolescent: Warren Siegel, USA • Mental Health: Hilary Hoey, Ireland |
| Immunization and Infectious Diseases | ECD, Children disabilities and Primary care | Genetics & Neglected diseases |
| Coordinators: Naveen Thacker IPA, Ayebo Sado Nigeria Sub coordinators: • Vaccines and Vaccinology Training: Dr Noni MacDonald, Canada • Polio, Measles, and Rubella: Dr Khalid Shafi, Pakistan • Tuberculosis: Dr Rajeshwar Dayal, India • Antibiotic, New Drugs, and AMR: Dr Zoi Dorothea Pana, Cyprus • HPV: Dr Jessica Kahn, USA |
Coordinators: Niroshini Kennedy IPA, Antonio Rizzoli Mexico Sub coordinators: • Child development: Susan Wamithi, Kenya • Disabilities and rehabilitation: Julie Linton, USA • Primary Care: Stefano Del Torso, Italy |
Coordinators: Kimihiko Oishi IPA, Agnes Linglart France Sub coordinators: • Genetics : Agustini Utari, Indonesia • Neglected Disease : Andoni Urtizberia, France • Sickle cell and Thalassemia : Miguel Abboud, Lebanon |
| Quality, Better and Essential Medicines, Artificial Intelligence | Pediatric Oncology | Education School Age |
| Coordinators : Erkin Rahimov IPA , Peter Lachman UK Sub coordinators : • Essential and better medicine: Maya Suzuki, Japan • quality and safety: Rajesh Meta, India • AI: Nitin Kapur, Australia |
Coordinators : Ekanem Ekure IPA, Nita Radakrishnan India Sub coordinators : • Bone Marrow transplants: Sima Ester Ferman, Brazil • new therapies and Protocols: Isabelle Pelier, France |
Coordinators : Leyla Namazova IPA Libby Milkovich USA |
| Environment and Climate Change | Child Survival, Under 5 Mortality | Pediatrician in Development: The Youth Club |
| Coordinators: Selva Kumar Sivapunniam, IPA, Camilla Kingdon UK Sub coordinators: • Environment and childhood diseases: Ruth Etzel, USA • Advocacy and Regulations: Massimo Pettoello Mantovani, Italy |
Coordinators : Amy Gray IPA , Manuel Ángel Correa Flores Mexico Sub coordinators : • Neonatal Mortality: Renu Srivastava, India • Child Mortality: John Adabie Appiah, Ghana |
Coordinators: Catherine Farell IPA, Carmen Villaizán Pérez Spain |
| Social Pediatrics, Child Rights & Child in Humanitarian Crisis | ||
| Coordinators: Barbara Rubio IPA Jeffrey Goldhagen USA |
