Huma Qureshi
MD
Pakistan Medical Research Council, Karachi, Pakistan
12th International Viral Hepatitis Elimination Meeting (IVHEM) 2026
Program Chairs
John Ward
MD
Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination, Task Force for Global Health / Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, United States
Local Chairs
Norihiro Kokudo
MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS
Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS), Japan
Tetsuo Takehara
MD, PhD
Kansai Rosai Hospital / Japan Society of Hepatology, Japan
Junko Tanaka
PhD
Hiroshima University, Japan
Organizing Committee
Maria Buti
MD, PhD
Hospital General Universitari Valle Hebron, Spain
Fuqiang Cui
MD, MPH, MPM, PhD
Peking University School of Public Health, China
Jordan Feld
MD, MPH
Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, Canada
Jessica Howell
MBBS, FRACP, PhD, MSc, PGDip, FGESA
University of Melbourne / Burnet Institute, Australia
Tatsuya Kanto
MD, PhD
The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS), Japan
Yoon Jun Kim
MD, PhD
Seoul National University Hospital / The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver (KASL), South Korea
Rosmawati Mohamed
MD, MRCP, MIntMed, MBBS
University Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia
Yvonne Ayerki Nartey
MBChB, MSc, MPhil, PhD, MGCP, MWACP
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana
Aya Sugiyama
MD, PhD
Hiroshima University, Japan
Masataka Tsuge
MD, PhD
Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
The members of the Organizing Committee are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They meet frequently to discuss the scientific program of the workshop, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.
Scientific Committee
- Danjuma K. Adda, MPH, FIMS, Dip-IMS - World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA), Nigeria
- Rakesh Aggarwal, MD (AIIMS), DM (PGIMER), FNASc, FAMS - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India
- Graham Cooke, MD, PhD - Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Gagandeep Singh Grover, MD - Health and Family Welfare, India
- Saeed Hamid, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPI, FACP, FACG, FAASLD - Aga Khan University, Pakistan
- Angelos Hatzakis, MD, PhD, MSc - Athens University Medical School, Greece
- Margaret Hellard, AM, MBBS, FRACP, FAFPHM, PhD - Burnet Institute, Australia
- Khin Pyone Kyi, MBBS, DBact, MMedSc, PhD, FRCP - Myanmar Liver Foundation, Myanmar
- Maud Lemoine, MD, PhD - Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Liudmyla Maistat - Medicines Patent Pool, Switzerland
- Hailemichael Desalegn Mekonnen, MD, PhD - St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
- Michael Ninburg, Hepatitis Education Project (HEP), United States
- Ponsiano Ocama, MD, PhD - Makerere University, Uganda
- Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, MD, PhD - Hôpital Henri Mondor, France
- Homie Razavi, PhD, MBA - Center for Disease Analysis (CDA), United States
- Shiv. K. Sarin, MD, DM, DSc. (Hony.), FNA, FNAS - Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), India
- Janvier Serumondo, MD - Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Rwanda
- Sonjelle Shilton, MPH - Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Switzerland
- Marcelo Silva, MD - Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver, Austral University Hospital, Argentina
- Mark Sonderup, B Pharm, MBChB, FCP(SA), MMed - University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Nasamon Wanlapakorn, MD, PhD - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
The members of Scientific Committee are hand-picked by the Organizing Committee and the workshop secretariat based on their significant contributions and commitment to the field. They assist the Organizing Committee by providing them with suggestions for speakers and topics. In addition, members of the Scientific Committee participate in reviewing submitted abstracts, and play an active role during the workshop as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.