Conference speakers

In alphabetical order

Keynote speakers

Giovanna Campello

Chief, UNODC Prevention, & Section. Ms. Giovanna Campello has more than 25 years of experience with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in supporting Member States and stakeholders at all levels in improving their drug prevention response applying and contributing to scientific evidence.

Michael Farrell

Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at the University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW Faculty Theme Lead of Mental Health, Neuroscience, Ageing and Addictions, UNSW Medicine

Diana H. Fishbein

Director of Translational Neuro-Prevention Research in the FPG Child Development Institute at University of North Carolina

Patrick J. Kennedy

Former U.S. Representative Co-chair of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention National Response to COVID-19 (National Response) and co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Behavioral Health Integration Task Force

Vladimir B. Poznyak

Unit Head, Alcohol, Drugs and Behaviours, Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization (WHO)

Zili Sloboda

Zili Sloboda, ScD. is the founder and President of Applied Prevention Science International, a not-for-profit focused on training and supporting prevention professionals worldwide. She was trained in medical sociology at New York University and in mental health and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Harry Sumnall

Professor in Substance Use at the Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Peer van der Kreeft

President European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR)

Nora D. Volkow

Director of the National Institute on (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health

Norkumala Abdul

Currently the Head of International Unit at National Anti-Drugs Agency of Malaysia.

Junjun Abella

Junjun Abella MAC RGC ICRC ICAPIII has 50 years in the Field of Substance Use Disorder, broken down into 22 years of research and experiment in the world of active

Anthony Abi Zeid

Anthony Abi Zeid is the Head of Programs – Youth & Capacity Development at Mentor Arabia. He holds a Master’s in Political Science – Planning and Management and BA in Law Studies.

Samir Mohamed Foad Abouelmagd

Professor of Psychiatry

Lameze Abrahams

Health Professions of South Africa registered clinical psychologist

Sophia Achab

Medical Director of the Swiss pioneering Centre ReConnecte specialized in behaviors (Internet, Gambling, Gaming..) at University Hospitals of Geneva in Switzerland active since 2007.

Martin O. Agwogie

Dr. Agwogie is the Founder/Executive Director, Global Initiative on (GISA), an NGO with primary focus in promoting evidence-based substance use prevention, and policy through practice, capacity building, research and publications. He is the National President of the International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals (ISSUP Nigeria Chapter) and a member of the Board of Directors of ISSUP.

Amar Ahmad

Research Scientist at the Public Health Research Centre at New York University Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates

Lydia Adza Ajayi

Director/Registrar at the Federal School of Occupational Therapy (FSOT), Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos

Raghda Algamil

Director of department in General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Ministry of Health and Population in Egypt

Majed Mohammad Alloush

Psychological counselor

P.N. Amarabandu

Dr. (Mrs.) P.N. Amarabandu is the Chairperson of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) of Sri Lanka and is the Chief Executive Officer of the institution which is the principal national institution and the National Focal point for prevention and control of in Sri Lanka.

Gidien Ryaan Amri

Clinical Counsellor of Substance Use Disorder Therapy and / Media Developer, KAPETA Foundation

Rowan Anderson

Rowan has worked in the drug and alcohol sector for 15 years, specialising in children and families affected by alcohol and drugs, and currently works for a charitable funder.

Lubega Andrew

I am a professional result oriented Youth worker and activist with a proven track record in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of children and youth focused programmes on alcohol- prevention HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and human rights.

Jacqueline A. Anundo

Jacqueline Anundo is a registered Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience in mental health , training, and research. She is the Clinical Director at Kisiwa Wellness & Psychosocial Support Services; which offers the following services: screening, placement and treatment, Mental Health Assessment and Treatment, Mental Health Talks/training, Mentorship, Career Coaching Programs, and Research.

Fredy Anzueto

Licenciado Fredy Anzueto Villatoro, Secretario Ejecutivo SECCATID Guatemala.

Hajer Aounallah-Skhiri

Hajer Aounallah-Skhiri is Professor of preventive medicine (Faculty of medicine of Tunis, University Tunis El-Manar, PhD of Public health-Epidemiology-Biomedical-Information Sciences (U.Paris-VI).

Saima Asghar

Saima Asghar Director ISSUP Pakistan Chapter, Social Worker, Executive Director New Life Rehab Center, (For Drug Use Prevention, and ), Senior Advisor Youth Forum Pakistan (for Drug use Prevention).

Asia Ashraf

Ms. Asia Ashraf, from Pakistan, holds a master’s degree in applied psychology (2003) from Punjab University, and she completed a one-year fellowship in , Education, , Policy and Prevention from Virginia Commonwealth University, USA (2015-2016).

Dereje Assefa

Over the last couple of decades, I have been serving as a clinician in the capacity of a general practitioner and as a Psychiatrist.

Mariana Azcárraga-Quiza

Dr. Mariana Azcárraga is a Mexican psychiatrist who has her private practice in Mexico City. She is a faculty member and the head of the Health and Wellness Center at Universidad Panamerica.

Rawand Azeem

My Name is Rawand Azeem, from Sudan, and I have a background in Public Health.

Yatan Pal Singh Balhara

Dr Yatan Pal Singh Balhara is currently serving as an Additional Professor of Psychiatry at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. At AIIMS, he runs the Dual Diagnosis Clinic and Behavioral Addictions Clinic.

Obot Uduak Bassey

State Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Akwa Ibom State

Abel Basutu

Abel Basutu (Ph.D), Senior Drug Control Programme Officer at the African Union Commission where he has been coordinating continental drug policy development and programme implementation since 2010.

Adyl Bechir

Dr Adyl Béchir Point Focal réduction de la consommation de la drogue.

Asu Obasse Benedict

Obasse, Asu Benedict - Senior Psychologist, Department of Psychology, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. I obtained a B.Sc in General and Applied Psychology (2006), and an M.Sc in Organizational Psychology 2012 from the University of Jos, Plateau State. Am an internationally certified professional (ICAP 1).

Ada Beselia

Ada Beselia is an Addictologist, working in the research field for almost five years. She has participated in several national and international conferences, forums, and drug summer school and has published research papers and annual drug reports as an author and co-author.

Samuel Tiburi Bettiol

Operational Manager of Freemind and ISSUP Brazil

Roshan Bhad

Associate Professor of Psychiatry at National Drug Dependence Centre (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi

Drusilla Blinker

I am a youth leader and agent of change. I have a bachelor's degree in Social Human Studies with a major in Psychology. I work at Foundation Liefdevolle Handen as the Quality Assurance Manager and peer educator.

Anna Blyum

Ms Blyum is originally from Kazakhstan. She is currently obtaining her PhD degree at SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Interdisciplinary Research on Substance Use, CA, the USA following successful completion of Doctoral Candidacy defence in December 2020. Her dissertation focuses on resilience to alcohol use disorders in transitional-age youth.

Marcela Ortiz Bonilla

Máster en Criminología de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), Licenciada en Derecho de la Universidad Federada de Costa Rica, Diplomada en Investigación Criminalística del Colegio Universitario de Cartago (CUC) y Especialista en Administración de Proyectos graduada del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC),

Eloisa Évora Borges

Técnico Sénior da Comissão de Coordenação do Álcool e outras Drogas/Ministério da Saúde de Cabo Verde; Licenciada em Sociologia e Mestre em Ciências da Educação; Comissária da Comissão Nacional para os Direitos Humanos e Cidadania – 2012 a 2021;

Eric C. Brown

Associate Professor in the University of Miami’s Department of Public Health Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine

Gregory Bunt

Immediate Past President, International Society of Medicine

Anja Busse

Programme Officer at the Prevention, and Section of the UNODC Drugs, Laboratory and Scientific Services Branch - has been involved since 2005 in the implementation of UNODC’s global projects on drug dependence treatment and care in different functions.

Carmen Fernández Cáceres

Bachelor´s Degree in Psychology, Master´s Degree in Family Therapy, PhD in Family and Couple Therapy, and doctorate in Psychoanalysis. General Director of Centros de Integración Juvenil, author and compiler of several scientific articles and books. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal Journal of Substance Use and executive editor of the International Journal of Research.

Roberto Canay

Doctor in Psychology (Ph.D.), Master in Community Mental Health from the University of Cagliari, Italy and Specialist in Community from the University of Paraíba, Brazil.

Joanne Capozzi

Counsel and former Prosecutor for over 30 years in Toronto, Canada

Yuri Cutipé Cárdenas

Yuri L. Cutipé Cárdenas es médico psiquiatra. Egresado de la Maestría de Políticas Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos y del Doctorado en Salud Pública de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.

Pablo Antonio Carvacho

Director of Research and Development of the Justice and Society Center of the Catholic University of Chile

Teresita C. Castillo

Teresita C. Castillo , RPsy, ICAP II, ICAP-RS, CGAC is a licensed Psychologist, with certifications as International Professional, Level II and Specialist from GCCC, and as Gambling Addiction Counselor from APSAC, Singapore. A Global Master Trainer of CP DAP and Global Trainer of UNODC.

Mohamed Chakali

Professor of psychiatry and deputy-director of mental health promotion in the Ministry of Health, I manage the program of prevention and offer of care to addicts through 42 outpatient centers and two residential centers the country since 2012.

Jac A. Charlier

Jac Charlier is the Executive Director of TASC’s Center for Health and Justice (CHJ) and Executive Director and co-founder of the Police, , and Community Collaborative (PTACC). He is a co-founder of the international deflection movement, and works to grow and develop the global field of deflection from research to legislation to policy to practice.

Cecilia Chau

Director of the master's degree in addictions and behaviors at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) and a full-time principal professor in the Academic Department of Psychology of the PUCP

Nazish Idrees Chaudhary

She is pursuing her doctoral degree in clinical psychology and also serving as a senior lecturer, Allied Health Sciences at the University of Lahore in Pakistan. She works as an prevention coordinator.

Nadezhda Cherchenko

MD, ISSUP Kazakhstan Coordinator, National Coordinator of Opioid Substitution Therapy, Opioid Overdoses and New Psychoactive Substances, Republican scientific and practical center of mental health, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Fabian Chiosso

Soy licenciado en sociología y psicologo social. Actualmente realizo mi tesis final para mi doctorado en salud mental comunitaria sobre el impacto de las nuevas tecnologías en la salud mental de niños y adolescentes.

Supodjanee Chutidamrong

Supodjanee Chutidamrong is the Director of Drug and Social Reintegration Coordination Division. She is now working for Bureau, Office of the Narcotic Control Board, Ministry of Justice, Thailand.

Carmel Clancy

Dr. Carmel Clancy earned her doctorate from St Georges Medical School, University of London, UK, and is currently registered with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) as a mental health and adult nurse.

Eugeniu Cotelea

Eugeniu Cotelea is an psychiatrist from Chisinau, the Republic of Moldova. He completed his medical and residency training in psychiatry at the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemițanu” in Chisinau.

William Crano

Distinguished Professorship in Psychology: CGU Division of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences. MS and PhD from Northwestern University.

Miriam Cue

Registered psychologist and psychometrician, Philippines First working chairperson of the Professional Regulatory Board of Psychology of the Professional Regulation Commission

Nfally Daffeh

My name is Nfally Daffeh, the focal point for the African union epidemiology drug network for the Gambia and commanding officer, data entry crime scene investigation of the drug law enforcement agency, the Gambia.

Annette Dale-Perera

Annette Dale-Perera has worked in the area of substance use disorder (SUD) for over 40 years. She is currently CEO of Naufar Centre in Qatar and Director of a management consultancy company specialising in working with International Organisations on SUD treatment and prevention.

Nima Damdul

Chief Program Officer, Demand Reduction Division, Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority.

Achmad Djatmiko

Mr. Achmad Djatmiko, Director of Cooperation, National Narcotics Board of the Republic of Indonesia.

Rachele Donini

Since 2007 Rachele Donini is at the head of the Drug Prevention Unit in the local health agency in Savona-Italy. Her current work is about drug prevention planning and implementation, project management, and European project planning.

Nady el-Guebaly

Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary, Canada Past Medical Director of the Calgary Health Region Centre and Program

Aala El-Khani

Dr Aala El-Khani develops and researches innovative ways to reach families that have experienced conflict with family skills support and training. She has conducted field research with families in refugee contexts and conflict zones, exploring their parenting challenges and the positive impact parenting support can provide to improve and child and caregiver wellbeing.

Her work has significantly contributed to an agenda of producing materials, which together form psychological first aid for families affected by conflict and displacement.

Ziad El-Khatib

Dr. Ziad El-Khatib is a Public Health Expert.

Hisham Elarabi

Two decades of experience in , prevention, research, policy development and training

Antonio J Molina Fernández

Antonio Jesús Molina Fernández, Ph. D. in Psychology, MSC (Social Anthropology), assistant professor of ·Social, clinical and epidemiological Aspects of Behaviours", "Evaluation of Social Programs", "Social Intervention", "Criminality & Urban gangs" and "Social Psychology of Health" in the Social, Work and Differential Psychology Department in Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Gudrun Sif Fridriksdottir

Dr. Gudrun Sif Fridriksdottir is a researcher and project manager at RIKK – Institute of Gender, Equality and Difference at the University of Iceland.

Grace Froese

Community Director of Provincial Drug Court Development and Training Edmonton John Howard Society(EJHS) in partnership with Alberta Justice & Solicitor General(AJSG)

Diana Astocondor Fuertes

Teacher with 15 years of experience working with young students, specializing in academic coordinator

Balqees Gaber

Balqees Gaber is a health educator at the National Center in Abu Dhabi.

Giovanna Garofalo

I have a degree in Biology and specialize in Medical Genetics. I work at the Casa Rosetta Association where I have been responsible for the Medical Genetics Laboratory and the Genetic Counseling Center, since 1992.

Carl M. Gaspar

Experimental Psychologist

Ioan Dan Gheorghita

ISSUP Chapter Ecuador /” Instituto Prevén” Foundation / Secular University “Eloy Alfaro” Manta, Ecuador/Hemisferios University

Le Minh Giang

Le Minh Giang, MD, PhD, V-ITTC Principal Investigator

Richard Goncalves

Medical doctor currently undergoing Psychiatry specialist training at the University of Cape Town, South Africa

Rodrigo Goycolea Martinic

Academic Director of the Drug Program of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Central University of Chile

Damian Eisenghower Greaves

Damian Eisenghower Greaves is a Professor of Social Sciences in the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences and Associate Dean in the School of Arts & Sciences, with responsibilities for strategic initiatives & administration.

Rahul Gupta

Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, is the first medical doctor to serve as the Director of National Drug Control Policy and lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a component of the Executive Office of the President. ONDCP coordinates the nation’s $40 billion drug budget and federal policies, including prevention, , , support, and supply reduction.

Karin Haar

Dr. Karin Haar, MMed, MPH works as international consultant in the prevention, , and section (PTRS) at the UNODC headquarter in Vienna. She joined the team three and a half years ago and has since supported the implementation of family skills programmes worldwide.

Mariam Al Hadhrami

Research Assistant, National Center Abu Dhabi

Michael Ghirmai Haile

Head, inspection unit, National Medicines and Food Administration, Ministry of Health Eritrea.

Carlton Hall

Carlton Hall is the president and CEO of Carlton Hall Consulting LLC, a multi-faceted, full-service consulting organization designed to provide customized solutions and enable measurable change for communities, organizations, families and individuals.

Rasha Abi Hana

Scientific Support Coordinator at the International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Professionals (ISSUP) Researcher at Vrije University Amsterdam in the Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology Department

Walid Hassan

Dr Hassan is an Egyptian psychiatrist with a special interest in psychiatry. He has graduated, trained and completed a psychiatry residency at Ain Shams University in Cairo.

Melody Heaps

President Emeritus, TASC INC; President, MMH & Associates; Chair, ISSUP; Secretary Treasurer, ICUDDR

Evelyn Higgins

Doctor with 34 years in clinical practice and Diplomate in American College of Addictionology and Compulsive Disorders

Nam Cao Hoang

Founder and Chief Coordinator of the Vietnam Program for Internet & Society (VPIS),University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Sng Chern Hong

Mr Sng Chern Hong is the Deputy Director, Central Narcotics Bureau (Policy and Administration). He has been in service for more than 20 years and has held various appointments in both Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Cary Hopkins Eyles

Cary is the Deputy Director for ICUDDR. She is a certified addictions professional and has a Masters degree in Criminology.

Helena Horálek

Psychologist working in the prevention of risk behaviour in cooperation with the Department of Addictology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University (CUNI)

Mattie Hunter

State Senator in the Illinois General Assembly

Yamien Ibrahim

Je suis actuellement point focal WENDU depuis 2016 et point focal ISSUP au Niger.

Vlahopoulou Melpomeni Ioanna

Prevention Worker, SEIRIOS Centres for the Prevention of Addictions and the Promotion of Psychosocial Health

Mamudou Jallow

Mamudou Jallow is both a writer and an educator. He has worked as a reporter covering the local beat in the Gambia as well as on other international online publications. He is also a Computer Science Teacher with over a decade of academic instruction experience focused on technology use and application.

Bawo James

psychiatrist, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Benin City Director of the Nigeria International Technology Transfer Centre (Nigeria ITTC)

Azucena de Aleli Avalos Jara

15 years of experience in the field of demand reduction. Implementation coordinator of the School Prevention Program of the Use of Psychoactive Substances.

Diego Fernando Riofrío Jaramillo

Actualmente preside ISSUP Capítulo Ecuador, es creador de la Fundación Instituto Prevén

Djatche Miafo Joël

Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor, Mental Health Programs Coordinator, Researcher in Mental Health and Psychology and UNIPSY's Top Manager.

Joel Johnson

Joel Johnson serves as President and CEO of TASC ( Alternatives for Safe Communities), a nonprofit organization in the U.S. that specializes in care coordination and case management for people with substance use and mental health disorders.

Adrian Jugdoyal

Adrian Jugdoyal, PG Dip, PGCAP, BSc (Hons), BSc (Hons), Dip HE (Adult Nursing), Dip HE (Mental Health Nursing), RGN, RMN, NMP, TCH, FHEA

Caroline Kahiu

Caroline Kahiu is a Communication Officer at the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and , (NACADA), Kenya.

Laleh Ashrafi Kakhki

Laleh Ashrafi Kakhki is a member of UNODC Geneva Liaison Officer team and she supports the team in the field of communication and .

Jimena Kalawski

Since 1997, Jimena Kalawski has worked in the field of consumption in different contexts. As director of several programs, she later developed and implemented outreach programs, as well as individual and family psychotherapy.

Phaedon Kaloterakis

Phaedon Kaloterakis (BRE,MWS), is the Director of KETHEA ITHAKI, KETHEA being one of the largest drug organizations in Europe. Phaedon has been involved with the field since 1980 and is a much sought after speaker worldwide at international conferences on addiction and has published many articles and scientific papers.

Geraldine Kanyinga

I am Geraldine Kanyinga, Program manager of substance use, drug control and rehabilitations.

Abdul Sheku Kargbo

Executive Director National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

Beatrice Kathungu

Dr. Beatrice Kathungu is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Kenyatta University, Kenya. She is a practicing Psychologist and Clinical supervisor in the field of Counseling Psychology and in Kenya.

Patrick J. Kennedy

Zall Kepli

Director of Supreme Training & Consultancy Malaysia

Jason Kew

As a police officer, Jason came to understand the unintended consequences and subsequent damage caused by marginalisation and inequality within the justice system and became a passionate advocate for challenging and diverting people away from the criminal justice system.

Nazila Bano Khalid

Psychiatrist, public health professional. ICAPIII. Work with a passion to serve the underprivileged segment of society by Community outreach services.

J. Randy Koch

Associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University

Sylvester E. N. Koomson

Mr Sylvester Ebenezer Nana Koomson, from Accra, Ghana obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science in 2001 from the University of Ghana where he also earned his MA in Adult Education in 2005.

Matej Košir

Director of the Institute for Research and Development »Utrip« (UTRIP)

Igor Koutsenok

Igor Koutsenok, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, Director of the UCSD Center for Criminality and Research, Training and Application, Director of the International Addiction Technology Transfer Center-Ukraine.

Olajumoke M. Koyejo

I am a Hubert Humphrey 2016/2017 alumni, universal course coordinator, consultant psychiatrist and a public health physician that works at the Centre for Addiction Treatment, Education, Research, and of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, from 2013 till date. The centre is a co-occurring substance use treatment 60 bedded male and 30 bedded female wards

Manish Kumar

Team Leader, Technical Support Unit, National AIDS Control Organisation, Government of India

Adam Kurilla

Mr. Adam Kurilla is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. Since 2016, he has worked as a psychologist at the Center for of Drug Dependencies in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Sherry Larkins

Friends Research Institute and UCLA’s Integrated Programs

Jeff Lee

Senior Consultant, ISSUP

Antonio Lomba

Antonio Lomba serves as Chief of the Institutional Strengthening Unit at the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Control Commission (CICAD), Secretariat for Multidimensional Security of the Organization of the American States (OAS).

Errol Longsworth

Currently am the Outreach Case worker at the National Control Council for over 11 years and I also act as the and Unit Coordinator where am in charge of over seeing the unit.

Winnie Low-Wah

Medical doctor and Acting Chief Liaison Officer at the Division for Prevention, and (DSAPTR).

Hafsa Lukwata

Hafsa Lukwata Sentongo, is a Medical Doctor MBChB (Mbarara Univ. of Science and Technology; MUST), with a Post Graduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine (Nagasaki University), and Masters in Public Health (Makerere University).

Wadih Maalouf

Dr. Wadih Maalouf coordinates the drug prevention response globally for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, he has more than 20 years of experience with supporting health responses to drugs and disseminating good practices in the prevention of drug use.

Dirceu Mabunda

Psychiatrist, Head of Psychiatry and Mental Health Services at Mavalane General Hospital- Mozambique; Master in Health Sciences (Neurosciences); PhDc in Psychiatry and Medical Psychology (University Federal of São Paulo); Professional ICAP-1.

Ngozi Anthonia Madubuike

Dr Ngozi Anthonia Madubuike ,Ph.D hails from the South Eastern Region of Nigeria. Born on 13th September 1965. She graduated from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) in 1986, obtained a Master's Degree in 1991 and in 2002 a Doctorate Degree from the Department of Guidance and Counselling, University of Ibadan.

Nellie Mafa

Mental Health Practitioner (Child & Adolescent Mental Health), Child Psychology, Psychiatric Mental Health nursing. National coordinator for Mental Health Program (Botswana, Ministry of Health & Wellness): Country focal person for Project (African Union Commission epidemiology network on Drug Use).

Deokie Sintra Maharaj

Deputy Permanent Secretary responsible for policy implementation, research and programme management in the Ministry of National Security, Trinidad and Tobago

Pierluigi Mancini

President of the Multicultural Development Institute, Inc

Blessing Mandima

Blessing Tavonga Mandima is a member of the UNODC Geneva Liason Officer Team and she is working on the topic of plastic waste trafficking.

David Sidney Mangwegape

David Sidney Mangwegape is Nurse Educator within the Department of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing at Institute of Health Sciences-Lobatse. He is a licensed Advanced Psychiatric Nurse specialist and an International Accredited Professional (ICAP II).

Ahmad Irshad Mansoor

President of ISSUP Afghanistan National Chapter.

Nour Mardam

Nour Mardam led a seasoned career in the realm of media and advertising at multinational organizations, handling client portfolios across the MENA region. At Universal Media based in Abu Dhabi, and OMD based in Beirut, Nour managed accounts and developed award-winning strategies for corporate and consumer clients to support them in gaining maximal exposure.

Fernanda Marques

Clinical Psychologist and Counsellor in the Addictions Area and trainer in the area of and prevention of to psychoactive substances.

Paulo Martelli

Director, ISSUP Brazil

Isaac Masiye

Dr. Isaac Masiye holds a Bachelor's of Arts with Education Degree, a Masters in Educational Psychology and PhD in Educational Psychology with bias to drug and alcohol use prevention education and counselling.

Iqbal Masud

Mr. Iqbal Masud is working more than two decades on drug prevention and program. He is heading the Health and WASH Sector as Director of Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM).

Bohm, Mawouéna K

I am a clinical psychologist by training, President of ISSUP Togo, and Deputy Permanent Secretary of the "Comité National Anti-Drogue" state agency that coordinates the highest level of drug supply and demand in Togo.

Juliana Mejia

Director of Prevention at Corporación Nuevos Rumbos, Bogota Colombia

Nick C. Mellos

Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Voluntary) at University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the site director for the UCSD Psychiatry Fellowship at the Veteran Affairs San Diego (VASD) Healthcare System

Samya Al Memari

Dr Samya Al Memari obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Sharjah University in 2003 and in 2007 her Master’s in Quality Management from the University of Wollongong. In 2011 she completed her second Master’s degree in Public Health in Leadership and management of Health Care Systems in the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH). In 2018 she competed her Doctoral Degree in Public Health from the same University.

Michal Miovsky

Michal Miovský is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. In January 2012 he became the head of the Department of Addictology, an independent institution created by the merger of the Centre for Addictology and the Unit of the General University Hospital (“U Apolináře”).

Daniel Ikenna Molobe

Daniel Ikenna Molobe is a social development consultant with functional expertise that spanned over a decade in programs and research. He has spent a major part of his career in social interventions and public health activities having worked with both local and international organizations.

He holds M.Sc in Public Health from University of Lagos; B.Sc in Applied Microbiology from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka; and a National Diploma in Science Laboratory Technology from Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu.

Abdus Sabur Mondal

Mr. Md. Abdus Sabur Mondal PAA is the Additional Secretary to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. In his capacity, he assumed the responsibility of the Director General of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) under the Security Services Division (SSD), Ministry of Home Affairs on 16 September, 2021.

Mariano Montenegro

Dr. Mariano Montenegro is a medical doctor and psychiatrist of University of Chile with an MSc in Substance (University Miguel Hernández Alicante, Valencia España y OEA/CICAD), and more than 29 years of experience in public policy and training in demand reduction, as well as clinical of people with problems of drug use.

Ivan D. Montoya

Clinical Director of the Division of Therapeutics and Medical Consequences (DTMC) of the National Institute on (NIDA) and Chair of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) HEAL Initiative in Therapeutics Development for Opioid and Stimulant Use Disorders

Francis Moothedan

Thirty years as professional, serves MOSC Medical College Hospital, Kolenchery, Kerala, India as Project Director and Chief Trainer. ICAP-111, Global Master Trainer-CPDAP & UNODC. UTC and CHILD Trainer.

Brian Morales

Chief of the Counternarcotics Branch for the U.S. Department of State, working within the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Global Programs and Policy (INL/GPP)

Nirvana Morgan

Chairperson of the international Network of Early Career Medicine Professionals working in the area of Addiction Medicine (NECPAM)

Doaa Mormesh

I am Libyan female ,Specialist psychiatrist , I had Arab board in psychiatry since 2017 ,more than 10 years in the career.

Dana Murphy-Parker

Dana Murphy-Parker, MS, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP, FIAAN Ms Murphy-Parker is an ANCC Certified Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and a Certified Addictions Registered Nurse – AP (Advanced Practice). Ms. Murphy-Parker is the Past President of the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) serving in that role from October 2014 – 2016. As a Fellow in the International Academy of Addictions Nursing (IAAN), she is currently President of the FIAANs, and has been in that position since February 2019.

Fabian Musoro

I am a mental health nurse who have specialized in mental health epidemiology and biostatistics.

Violet D. Mwanjali

I am a medical specialist in mental health and psychiatry, based at the national psychiatric referral hospital in manzini. I have been working as a medical specialist for more than ten years.

Olha Myshakivska

MD Psychiatrist, Institute of Psychiatry of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine National Chapters Coordinator in Asian region, ISSUP

National Drug Council from Uruguay

In Uruguay’s 2021-2025 National Drug Strategy, the issue of drugs is deemed as a complex and dynamic phenomenon that involves various areas and parameters regarding the nature, causes, development and approach associated with it. It requires the design of customized answers to sufficiently cover the needs of society as a whole.

Harrieth P Ndumwa

Research Fellow at the directorate of research and publications and the department of haematology and blood transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS)

Léna Ngnogue

Léna works at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Headquarter in Vienna. On the national level, she works in two cooperative and participatory, whose aim is to upgrade, publish and enhance data sets of regions, and propose a legal analysis of the political speeches of political actors.

Diep Nguyen

Dr. Nguyen Bich Diep is a researcher and lecturer at Hanoi Medical University, holding both a medical degree and a PhD in epidemiology. Specializing in medicine, she actively engages in research, training, and clinical supervision in Vietnam.

Mulka Nisic

Mulka Nisic is a Research Officer at the Centre for Hate Studies, University of Leicester, Secretary General of RUN- Recovered Users Network; and a founding member of the Global Gender Committee within the World Federation Against Drugs.

Aborlo Kennedy Nkporbu

Dr. Nkporbu, Aborlo Kennedy is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Port Harcourt. He is also a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians and Consultant Nueropsychiatrist/ Mental Health Physician. He also sub-specialises in Public Mental Health, Neuropharmacology and Medicine.

Radolf Nortey

Radolf Ansbert Nortey is a pharmacist by profession with varied experiences in medicine access, clinical practice, research, marketing, drug control, and regulatory systems.

Chiamaka R. Nwaoru

Chiamaka Rose Nwaoru holds BSc and MSc in psychology and clinical psychology from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom and Imo State University, Owerri respectively, both in Nigeria.

Oluseyi Odewale

Dr Oluseyi Odewale holds a PhD in Guidance and Counselling. She is a national trainer in the Universal Prevention Curriculum for Substance Use (UPC) in Nigeria.

Elizabeth Ogunbiyi

President, IntNSA-Nigeria

Lambert Onderi Oigra

Clinical Psychologist, the founder, and director of CBT-Kenya based in Nairobi, East Africa

Yvonne Olando

Director Public Education, and at the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drugs Abuse.

Evans Oloo

President ISSUP Kenya chapter. Consultant Psychologist with over 15 years of experience in the field of .

Matilda Mghoi Omollo

Dr Matilda Mghoi, Deputy Director of Nursing Services at the Ministry of Health, Certification Council Member for Professionals, ICAP III, Global Master Trainer, Awardee of the best Mental Health Worker in 2012.

Carmen Orte

BSc in Psychology and PhD in Educational Sciences at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). Director of the Official University Master's Degree in Socio-educational Intervention in Childhood, Adolescence and Family (MIS2). Director of the Master's Degree in Addictions (EUPC-UTC).

Amr Osman

Assistant Minister of Social Solidarity and Manager of the National Fund for Drug Control and of

Ignacia Páez

Clinical psychologist, National Drug Commissioner of Ecuador and Manager of the Mental Health and Drugs Project of the Ministry of Public Health. Dr. Paez has extensive experience in the generation of support devices for vulnerable groups.

Mauro Patti

Coordinator of the international relations and cooperation of the Villa Maraini Foundation

Roger Peters

Peters is a licensed clinical psychologist and a Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, Florida.

Marina Piazza

Dr. Marina Piazza is the International Technology Transfer Center Director of Peru and has significant research, consulting, and clinical experience in the development and implementation of alcohol, drugs, and mental health prevention, intervention, and promotion programs at the local and national level.

Iryna Pinchuk

Director of the Institute of Psychiatry of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Marc Potenza

Professor of Psychiatry, Child Study and Neuroscience at the Yale University School of Medicine

Barbora Povysilova

I have a master's degree in Addictology from Charles University in Prague. Initially, I focused on the primary prevention of risky behaviour, I worked with children at schools.

Vladimir B. Poznyak

Unit Head, Alcohol, Drugs and Behaviours, Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization (WHO)

Gui Qihui

Qihui is a member of UNODC Geneva Liaison Officer Team assisting in topics of digitalization and addressing healthcare needs of victims of trafficking in persons.

Augustus Garlet Quiah

Prof. Augustus Garlet Quiah is an epidemiologist for Liberia substance used disorders data analysis at MOH; Liberia Rep and Member, Africa Association of child and adolescent mental health professionals - coordinating Child and adolescent mental health activity within Liberia.

Adeline Raharivelo

Titular Professor of Advanced Education and Research at the Faculty of Medicine of Antananarivo Madagascar.

Moelo Ramahlele

I am a Psychologist trained and interested in attentional bias to drugs and drug . I am currently the Director of mental health services in Lesotho and more interested in policy development on drug use,prevention and rehabilitation and monitoring and evaluation of drug related programmes in Lesotho.

Sana Ullah Rathore

Master in Sociology, ICAP , Director ISSUP Pakistan Chapter, Chairman & Executive Director, Mian Afzal Trust Hospital, Global UNODC, UTC Trainer, Colombo Plan GCCC.

Richard A. Rawson

Professor Emeritus at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and a Research Professor at the Vermont Center for Behavior and Health at the University of Vermont

Curt Richards

My Name is Curt Richards, I am a member of the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit Guyana which is headed by Mr. James Singh, who is also a CICAD Commissioner as well as the Head of the National Drug Oversighting Committee.

Pall Rikhardsson

Chief Executive Officer of Planet Youth

Kasirye Rogers

Executive Director, Uganda Youth Development Link, board member WFAD, Chairperson ISSUP-Uganda Chapter. BA in Social work and Social administration and an MA in Human Rights from Makerere University, Kampala.

Camilo Andres Rojas

"A lawyer from the Catholic University, he is a specialist in Public Law from the Autonomous University, has a Master's degree in Law from the Sergio Arboleda University and is a doctoral candidate from the University of Salamanca (Spain).

Much of his professional career has been developed in State entities, highlighting his work in the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), the disciplinary chamber of the Superior Council of the Judiciary and the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Cundinamarca (CAR).

Amy Ronshausen

Amy Ronshausen is the Executive Director of both America Foundation, Inc. and Save Our Society From Drugs (S.O.S.), national nonprofit organizations that work prevent , increase access to evidence-based , and promote sustained .

Patricia Ros

Regional Director for Spain and Latin America in Planet Youth ehf.

Elisa Rubini

Elisa Rubini is a consultant with the Institutional Strengthening Unit at the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission of the Organization of the American States (ES-CICAD/OAS).

Maria Sabir

Professeur de Psychiatrie à la Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Rabat. Médecin psychiatre et addictologue. Membre du comité de rédaction de l'Observatoire Marocain des Drogues et Addictions.

Aisha Saddiqua

Global Master Trainer GDDR (UNODC-ISSUP- 2019)

Elizabeth Saenz

Elizabeth is a paediatrician, MSc PHDC (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, MSc MCH, ICH, University College London, UK) and workeds with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - Prevention, and Section/Drug Prevention and Health Branch since 2007 as an expert on drug dependence treatment, and since between 2010 and 2019 as project coordinator at the same branch.

Orlando Scoppetta

Analyst, consultant/advisor for the design, development, and evaluation of policies, programs and projects in social and public health areas, statistical and qualitative analysis, construction and adaptation of measurement and evaluation instruments. Psychologist, postgraduate in data analysis, master and doctorate in psychology.

Paulo Seabra

Paulo Seabra, PhD, MHRN, Nursing School of Lisbon, Portugal is a specialist mental health nurse. I've been working on addictions for 20 years. I am currently a professor at the Lisbon School of Nursing, teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Adam Searby

Adam Searby, RN, PhD, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia; President (DANA)

Sekayombya Brian

Dr. Sekayombya Brian is a Pharmacist, a professional with vast experience at engaging communities and developing behaviour change models.

Morekwe Selemogwe-Matsetse

Dr Morekwe Selemogwe-Matsetse is the founding chairperson of the Botswana Association of Professionals, an NGO formed specifically to host the ISSUP Botswana Chapter.

Muhammad Shafique

Muhammad Shafique - CEO Subhan Medical Centre Trust, M.phill Psychology, Clinical Psychologist, PGDAS, Malaysia, ICAP-1 Certified

Barak Shapira

Pharmacist, researcher, and policy coordinator at the Israel Ministry of Health pharmaceutical crime unit

Salman Shazad

Professor Dr. Salman Shahzad is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and working as Professor of Clinical Psychology, at the Institute of Clinical Psychology, the University of Karachi, Pakistan. He is currently leading as Clinical Incharge, and Incharge “Research and Training Unit for prevention and of SUD” at the Institute of Clinical Psychology (ICP).

Yusuf Abdallah Shikanda

Yusuf Abdallah Shikanda (Kenya) is a Principal Magistrate based at Shanzu Law Court in Mombasa, Kenya. He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Shariah (LLB) from Zanzibar University in Tanzania in 2005.

Fernando Salazar

Fernando Salazar is a Principal Professor at the Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University. Fernando started his involvement with substance use and people’s well-being when he directed two national studies for DEVIDA, the National Secretariat of Peru that deals with .

Charlotte Sisson

Charlotte A. Sisson, M.A. is a Senior Foreign Affairs Officer within the Office of Global Programs and Policies in the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

Kristiana Siste

Dr. Kristiana Siste, Sp.KJ, Subsp. Ad (K) is an psychiatrist and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia – dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (RSCM).

Zili Sloboda

Natia Stepanishvili

Center of Georgia – The goal of the organization is to conduct training and research in the addiction field - Founder and trainer;

Emmanuel Stip

Emmanuel Stip, MD is professor of psychiatry and Chair of the department since Summer 2019. Previously he was a professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Montreal (UdeM). He has been practicing psychiatry in Montreal, Abitibi, Vancouver (UBC), and Caen (Normandy) and was a clinician-researcher at the Centre Hospitalier of the University of Montreal (CHUM) and at the Institute (IUSMM).

Eva Suryani

Dr. Eva Suryani, Sp.KJ is a lecturer and psychiatrist at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia and Atma Jaya Hospital, Jakarta. She also practices at Siloam Lippo Village and EMC Alam Sutera Hospitals.

Pascale Tannoury

Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Co-founder Of Social Reset, Lebanese NGO specialized in and Mental Health.

Jerónimo Henrique Té

Jerónimo Henrique Té, medico com pós-graduação em políticas e serviços de saúde mental, mestrando em saúde pública pela escola nacional de saúde da universidade nova de Lisboa, Diretor do centro de saúde mental "Osvaldo Máximo Vieira", Ponto focal da Guiné-Bissau, para WENDU e UA sobre as drogas, Novembro 2018 Formação em Tratamento de Adolescentes com Transtornos por Consumo de Drogas Nairoby, Kenya por ISSUP.

Matias Garcia Teran

Psychologist - General Director of Human Development and President of the Janus Foundation, center for prevention and care in mental health and addictions.

Lyra Thompson-Hollingsworth

Ms. Lyra Thompson-Hollingsworth, Coordinator, National Alcohol and Prevention Programme (N.A.D.A.P.P.), Ministry of Health, is a professional, with over a decade worth of experience in the areas of research, project planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation, particularly as it relates to prevention.

Jean Augustin Diegane Tine

Jean Augustin Diégane TINE (MD, PhD) est un médecin psychiatre, expert en santé publique, Maitre de Conférences Titulaire en Santé Publique à l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD).

Gabriela Torres

She is a psychologist, with the specialty in Training of Trainers (CREFAL), Master in Education Sciences (ISIDM). Doctorate in Education (ITESO and Universidad Iberoamericana; Jesuit University Network)

Jallal Toufiq

Professor of Psychiatry, Rabat Faculty of Medicine, University Mohamed V, Morocco. President of the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board, Vienna, Austria. Professor of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco. Director of the Arrazi University Psychiatric Hospital of Salé, Morocco.

Rima Saade Turk

Passionate for humanitarian activities, social services and charitable works, 20 years of experience in the service of drug users and prisoners, being a co-founder member and Manager of Drug Center for Male and Female and co-founder and Manager of Rehab Center for Juveniles referred by the Ministry of Justice.

Michael Udedi

A public mental health specialist and an Assistant Director of Curative and Medical Services Directorate in the Ministry of Health (Malawi) responsible for mental health.

Alice UHL

Alice works at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Headquarter in Vienna. On the national level, she worked within the framework of the Austrian Development Cooperation, including the Austrian Development Bank and a local women’s rigths organization in the Global South.

Peer van der Kreeft

President European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR)

Divane de Vargas

Divane de Vargas, Ph.D. MsN, BsN, FIAAN, Professor, Graduate. Associate Dean São Paulo University School of Nursing.

Vu Thi Tuong Vi

HIV- Technology Transfer Center at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City

Wendy Gaya Waithaka

Drug Use Prevention Advocate working in Kenya with 21 years experience in prevention. Passionate National UPC Trainer and coordinator for schools, families and workplaces.

Terrence Walton

Terrence D. Walton is executive director of NAADAC, the Association for Professionals, a United States-based non-governmental organization (NGO). He has provided addiction-related consultation and training to governments, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, and others in the United States, Canada, Vietnam, Colombia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bolivia, Barbados, Mexico, Bermuda, and elsewhere.

Shamil Wanigaratne

Dr Shamil Wanigaratne D.Clin.Psych., FBPsS., FBABCP. is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Senior Advisor to H.E. Director General at the National Centre, Abu Dhabi. He is also the Head of the NRC Training Institute and Acting Head of Research. He is Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University and Visiting Associate, King’s College London.

Jacqueline Wilcott

Her Honour Ms. Jacqueline Wilcott is Senior Parish Court Judge (Ag). Called to the Bar of England and Wales and Jamaica, appointed to the bench in October 2015 to present

Geraldine G. Willim

Geraldine G. Willim is the coordinator of the prevention and of the SUD program for children at the NGO "Proyectos de Vida" and, in her Private Practice, a Psychotherapist for adults with substance use disorders.

Yuliia Yachnik

Yulia Yachnik is Research Associate of the institute of Psychiatry of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Project Coordinator of the International Technology Transfer Center (ITTC) Ukraine.

Fan Yang

Ms. Fan Yang is a Foreign Affairs Officer within the Office of Global Programs & Policy in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

Natalia Zachartzi

Natalia Zachartzi graduated from the University of Lincolnshire & Humberside Hull Campus in 2004 receiving her BA(Hons) in Social Work. Since 2008 she has been the Scientific Director of the Centers for the Prevention of Addictions and the Promotion of Psychosocial Health SEIRIOS (Municipality of Thessaloniki in collaboration with OKANA – Organisation Against Drugs). As of 2020, she is a member of the Board and the coordinator for ISSUP Greece.

Faith Izibenua Zibs-Godwin

Chairman, Bayelsa State Prevention and Committee