GAN Symposium Speakers

Professor Emeritus Innes Asher

BSc, MBChB, FRACP

Professor Emeritus Innes Asher FRACP ONZM, University of Auckland, was Respiratory Paediatrician, Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland until her retirement in 2020. In 2007 she was awarded the Health Research Council of NZ Liley Medal for her research leadership. She has been the chair of worldwide asthma research studies for 30 years: since 1992 - 2012 of ISAAC - the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood - and 2012 - 2022 of the Global Asthma Network (GAN). She is passionate to see policies which enable all children to reach their potential wherever they live in the world.

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GAN gratefully acknowledges funding from the University of Auckland and Wellcome (Grant number 203919/Z/16/Z) as well as sponsorship from AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline that has helped to make the GAN Symposium 2024 possible. We thank the speakers and the organisations they represent for their contributions including securing their own funding to enable their participation. The Symposium programme was developed independently by the GAN Steering Group.

Professor Emeritus Innes Asher University of Auckland New Zealand
Dr Karen Bissell University of Auckland New Zealand
Dr Sainimere Boladuadua University of Auckland New Zealand
Professor Cass Byrnes University of Auckland New Zealand
Professor Chen-Yuan Chiang International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Taiwan
Professor Asma El Sony Epidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab) for Public Health, Research and Development Sudan
Dr Sunia Foliaki Massey University New Zealand
Professor Luis Garcia-Marcos Universidad de Murcia Spain
Dr Shami Jayasooriya University of Sheffield United Kingdom
Professor Refiloe Masekela University of Kwazulu-Natal South Africa
Professor Eva Morales Universidad de Murcia Spain
Professor Kevin Mortimer University of Kwazulu-Natal South Africa
Professor Neil Pearce London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine United Kingdom
Professor Helen Reddel Global Initiative for Asthma Australia
Dr Sarah Rylance World Health Organization
Dr Sabrina Sapsford University of Auckland New Zealand
Dr Nishtha Singh Asthma Bhawan India
Dr Marie Stolbrink Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine United Kingdom