TELL ME External Advisory Board
An External Advisory Board has been established.
The External Advisory Board (EAB) is expected to play an important role in this project, contributing in a number of ways. Issues related to population behaviour and communication in response to major epidemic outbreaks are highly complex to approach, having multi‐dimensional extensions for the general public, health care professionals, national authorities and supranational organisations. For the duration of the project, the EAB shall provide overarching advice regarding scientific results of the project, and to assist in establishing strong communicational channels between TELL ME and relevant international agencies and organisations.
In specific, the diverse professional backgrounds, experiences and perspectives of members in the EAB will ensure the comprehensiveness of approach made to issues related to the project and the overall validity of results, reflected on the project’s deliverables. Most importantly, the role of the EAB will be facilitate communication and the exchange of information outside TELL ME, and create those necessary links between the project and relevant international agencies and organisations.
Composition of the External Advisory Board
Pier Luigi Lopalco
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Head of Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme
Karl Ekdahl
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Head of Public Health Capacity and Communication Unit
Bernardino Fantini
Institut d'Histoire de la Médecine et de la Santé – Université de Genève
Professeur Ordinaire / Directeur
Jean‐Claude Desenclos
Institute de Veille Sanitaire
Director of Infectious Diseases Unit
Dirk Glaesser
World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)
Coordinator ‐ Risk and crisis management
Moya Wood‐Heath
British Red Cross Society & Red Cross European Union Office
Emergency Planning and Civil Protection Advisor
Virginia Barbour
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Medicine Editorial Director, Chief Editor, PLoS Medicine (UK)
Mark Heywood
Barclays Capital ‐ Barclays Continuity Management (BCM)
Global Head of BCM, Premises Risk and Health & Safety
Diane Goldstein
Indiana University – Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Professor and Chair of the Department
