Virchow Prize

for global health

Honouring Lifetime Achievements Towards Health for All

VIRCHOW PRIZE COMMITTEE

The Virchow Prize Committee is the jury that oversees the annual laureate selection of the Virchow Prize for Global Health, awarded annually by the Virchow Foundation for Global Health.

Members of the Virchow Prize Committee were nominated and elected by the Virchow Foundation for Global Health Council. The Virchow Prize Committee can be comprised of up to 15 international members with diverse expertise and competencies.

Winnie Byanyima

Executive Director
UNAIDS
Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Awa Marie Coll-Seck

Minister of State to the President
Former Minister of Health
Senegal

Dr. Tim Evans

Director and Associate Dean
School of Population & Global Health, McGill University
Canada

Dr. Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin

Former Minister of Health
Ethiopia

Prof. Dr. Johanna Hanefeld

Director & Head of Dept
Centre for International Health Protection
Robert Koch Institute
Germany

Prof. Dr. Gerald Haug (Chair)

President
National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Germany

Prof. Dr. Ilona Kickbusch

Founding Director, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva
Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Jemilah Mahmood

Director
Sunway Centre for Planetary Health
Malaysia

Dr. Omnia El-Omrani

Climate and Health Junior Policy Fellow
Institute of Global Health Innovation
Imperial College London

Prof. Dr. Ole Petter Ottersen

Professor, University of Oslo
Former President, Karolinska Institutet
Sweden

Dr. Amadou Sall

Chief Executive Officer
Institut Pasteur Dakar
Senegal

Dr. Viroj Tangcharoensathien

Senior Advisor
International Health Policy Program (IHPP)
Thailand