Dr Manica Balasegaram Email & Phone Number

• Summary: medical & public health practitioner, low and middle income country work experience (East, Central Africa and South Asia regions), clinical research, project and general management, drug development (phase II-IV, registration, pharmacovigilance), drug regulatory issues, Access to Medicines and Essential Health Technologies• Management and Representation experience: At Executive Director level; high level representation (to CEO / Director level of major international agencies or MNCs); HR management.• Project management and implementation in L&MICS: managing large teams of people and resources involving multiple international partners.• Research: Clinical trials, Pharmacovigilence, Implementation research, Cost Effectiveness studies, grant proposals.• Drug Regulation: at international and country level; responsible for successful application for drug registration. • Health Policy: in medical and pharmaceutical policy in various L&MICs and at international level. Includes changing guidelines and recommendations for various public health issues at country level.• Access to medicines: wide general experience including in innovation policy, intellectual property and TRIPS, private sector and global health actor policies. • Teaching: in clinical, programme and institution level; both one to one and large group/ lecture settings.• Fundraising and budget management: Applied for and coordinated large grants; has successfully managed large budgets.• Working in unusual and stressful environments: including in conflict and resource limited settings.• Training & Capacity Building: in numerous L&MICs including with local academic/ public institutions. • Post Graduate Academic teaching (University of Geneva, LSH&TM).• Over 40 scientific and policy publications; numerous conference presentations • Management ETHOS: Strongly believe in communication, interpersonal skills, initiative, teamwork and trust as key components of successful management.

Listed skills include Public Health, Global Health, Clinical Research, Medicine, and 20 others.