Prof. Kirsten McCaffery
President
Location: Australia
Kirsten McCaffery is a Professor of Behavioural Science and holds a Principal Research Fellowship at the Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney. She has developed and evaluated patient decision aids across a range of clinical areas and has a special interest in supporting shared decision making in populations with lower health literacy and among those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged.
Prof. Anik Giguère
Vice-President
Location: Canada
Anik Giguère is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Laval University in Québec city. She studies the design and implementation of decision aids and educational programs to enable older adults to make health decisions based on evidence and on their experiences and values.
Prof. Paulina Bravo
Secretary
Location: Chile
Paulina Bravo is an Associate Professor and the Director of Research and Doctoral Studies at the School of Nursing at the Pontificia Universidad Católica, in Santiago, Chile. She leads the Health Participation Research group at her school. Her research focuses on the development and implementation of patient decision aids and patient-centered care interventions.
Prof. Martin Härter
Board Member
Location: Germany
Martin Härter holds a chair at the Department of Medical Psychology of the University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf. He is also scientific director of the Agency for Quality in Medicine in Berlin, Germany. He is an experienced healthcare researcher with specific focus on chronic conditions and mental health, patient-centred care and shared decision making.
Prof. Pola Hahlweg
Treasurer
Location: Germany
Pola Hahlweg is the deputy head of the research group “Patient Centered Care: Evaluation and Implementation” and a clinical psychologist at the Department of Medical Psychology of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. She does research on patient-centered care and shared decision making, mostly in oncology and in the realm of implementation science.
Prof. Glyn Elwyn
Board Member
Location: United States
Glyn Elwyn holds a chair at the Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice. He has evaluated interventions to facilitate shared decision making, developed patient-reported and observer-based measures.
Dr Eman Abukmail
ECR Representative
Location: Australia
Eman is a PhD researcher at Bond University (IEBH). Her research focuses on improving the communication of natural history and prognosis of diseases. She is involved in projects where SDM is a potential solution. For example, proper use of healthcare services in LMICs, and prognosis expectations. Her vision is to improve the uptake of SDM and expand its outreach of it to communities with low resources.
- Outreach to attract members of underrepresented groups
- Encouraging our members to approach people of underrepresented groups and encourage them to apply to become members.
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