The HealthAI Global Governance Forum – Scaling Responsible AI in Health: From Trust to Implementation

Ahmed leads the Health Foundation’s research exploring public and staff attitudes towards AI, technology and data use in health care, with a broader interest in how existing and emerging technologies can be implemented responsibly and effectively to improve care, support patients and staff, and inform health policy and wider system transformation. Prior to joining the Health Foundation, Ahmed was a Senior Policy Adviser at the British Medical Association, where he developed costed policy proposals aimed at influencing government policy and supporting doctor-led health policy initiatives, including modelling the cost of pay restoration for doctors. His wider research and analysis have also contributed to policy work across digital infrastructure, pensions, public health, general practice, and long COVID.

Bogi Eliasen is the CEO of Movement Health Foundation and a Fellow at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. An award-winning futurist and global health advisor, he has spent two decades bridging health, policy, and technology, with recognized thought leadership in genomics, data, and digital health. He initiated FarGen, the first population genome-sequencing project in the Faroe Islands, and led the Nordic Health 2030 process. He is Co-Chair of the WHO Strategic Partners’ Initiative for Data and Digital Health, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy, and strategic advisor to the World Economic Forum and the World Bank.

Bruce Mellado PhD (Columbia University) has been recognized with prestigious awards, including the TW Kambule-NSTF Prize for Research (2021) and Innovation (2026), the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Research (2022) and innovation (2025), the ODESS2025 Prize from the Pierre Fabre Foundation (2025). He is a Fellow of both the African and South African Academies of Sciences. He was an advisor to Gauteng Premier during the Covid-19 pandemic. He is the Co-Executive Director of the Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence Data Modelling Consortium, the Executive Director of the South African Consortium for Air Quality Monitoring and the inventor of the AI_r technology.

Christoph Benn is currently serving as Executive Director of the Center for Global Health Diplomacy in Geneva, working at the intersection of global health, development, economics, finance, politics and the climate change.

He has been a member of the founding board at the creation of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2002. Under his leadership the Global Fund has mobilized pledges and contributions of more than USD 50 billion.

Christoph has served as advisor to many international organizations including WHO, UNDP, The Green Climate Fund, the World Bank, CEPI and FIND.
Prior to joining the Global Fund, Christoph worked as a clinician and public health specialist in the United Kingdom, Germany and as Doctor-in-Charge of a rural hospital in Tanzania. He has more than 30 years of experience in global health with a special focus on infectious diseases, having worked as an advisor to many public health programs in eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.

Christoph currently serves as Special Advisor to Africa CDC, Chair of the Board of HealthAI, Chair of the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA), Co-Chair of the steering committee of the Global Health Hub Germany, President of the Transform Health coalition and as board member of Friends of the Global Fund Europe.

David J. Lowe is Clinical Director of Innovation at the University of Glasgow, Emergency Consultant at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, and Clinical Lead for Innovation for the Scottish Government. With extensive experience fostering innovation in healthcare, he collaborates with academic and industry partners globally to develop cutting-edge devices, services, and solutions. He has led AI-focused initiatives as lead for the Digital Health Validation Lab, including applications in COVID-19, osteoporosis, and the development of AI solutions across a range of imaging modalities including echo, CT and X-Ray. David directs programmes implementing and evaluation technologies within clinical pathways focused on system redesign focusing on diagnostics and long term condition management. He is a founding member of the Centre of Excellence for Regulatory Science- AI, part of UK Commission for AI Regulation in Heath and on the board for MHRA Airlock. Areas of focus are COPD, HF and lung cancer embedding new medtech and specifically AI solutions to support case-finding, diagnosis and prioritisation.

Eric is a Senior Health Economist leading the OECD’s work in Digitalisation of Health, bringing together policy guidance for digital security, integrated data, and responsible analytics including artificial intelligence. In that role, he is accountable for measuring and evolving the OECD’s Recommendation on Health Data Governance (2016) and supporting policy for digitalisation of health that provides data protection (e.g. security and privacy) and timely access to quality data to optimize the use of data for information, insights, and impact among individuals, health workers, policy makers, researchers, and innovators.

Estela Bastos is CEO of Visual Thinking and President of CIIASM – Centre for Research and AI applied in Mental Health. Her work focuses on the responsible adoption of AI in healthcare, bridging technology, clinical practice, data governance, regulatory requirements and real-world implementation. She leads and contributes to initiatives involving the development, deployment and clinical evaluation of AI-enabled solutions in healthcare settings, with a particular focus on responsible AI, human oversight, privacy, safety and scalable implementation within public healthcare systems.

Innocent Chiboma is a seasoned Digital Health Expert with over 20 years of transformative work in Zambia’s digital health landscape. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Computing and an MBA in Technology Management, seamlessly blending technical know-how with strategic foresight. At the Ministry of Health, Innocent has played a pivotal role in implementing systems like the National Electronic Health Record System (SmartCare), the Laboratory Information System (DISALAB*), and the Electronic Logistics Information System (eLMIS), significantly advancing data management and patient care across the country.

In addition to leading the development of Zambia’s 2022-2026 Digital Health Strategy and the Health Data Governance Framework, he spearheaded the reorganization of the Digital Health Technical Working Group. As Principal ICT Officer for Digital Health, has unwavering commitment to innovation and his global contributions position him as a transformative figure in digital health.

Iran Cartaxo is a Mechanical engineer, Master in public health from FIOCRUZ with the dissertation “Applications as medical devices: Is there risk at your fingertips?”. He has 25 years of experience in the health area and 12 years in the area of regulation of health equipment with ANVISA. He was mainly responsible for the process that led to the publication of the resolution of 2022 which provides for the regularization of software as a medical device in Brazil. Specialist in Regulation and Health Surveillance – Equipment Technology Management – GQUIP/GGTPS/ANVISA.

Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran (Jai) is the Executive Director of the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN), with over 20 years of experience in digital health, including hospital information systems, telemedicine, and chronic disease management platforms. He serves on the Board of the Global Digital Health Network (GDHN) and contributes to several international and national standards bodies, including ISO and the Bureau of Indian Standards. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India.

Jai regularly supports convening digital health convergence workshops across South and South-East Asia and has contributed to various publications on digital health standards and practices.

Joseline Carías-Galeano is Executive Director of RECAINSA, a regional non-profit network advancing equitable digital health transformation across Latin America and the Caribbean. She leads regional and global initiatives in digital health governance, responsible artificial intelligence, workforce development, gender equity and multi-stakeholder collaboration. Her work connects governments, academia, civil society, professional communities, development partners and the private sector to translate global commitments into practical, country-led action. She has contributed to high-level forums including the World Health Assembly, World Health Summit, United Nations World Data Forum and Global Digital Health Forum, bringing a pragmatic, implementation-focused perspective from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Kicky van Leeuwen is an expert in the practical and responsible deployment of AI in healthcare. She earned her PhD cum laude in radiology on the implementation of AI, then built extensive experience validating, procuring, and implementing commercial AI solutions in clinical practice, first at Radboudumc and later across various healthcare organisations. As co-founder of Romion Health, she advises healthcare organisations across Europe on strategic AI questions, from governance and regulation to product selection and practical implementation. She is also the initiator of the Health AI Register, an internationally used platform providing insight into medical CE-marked AI software.

Kieu Quang Tuan is a Specialist at the National Health Information Center (Ministry of Health of Vietnam), where he is responsible for AI in health research, health data, international cooperation, the Health Open Data Portal, and activities related to digital health transformation research and consultancy. Previously, he worked at the Center for IT Application in Health, under the Administration of Information Technology, Ministry of Health (2020–2023), and served as Head of the Research and Development Department from June 2023 to December 2024. He also held positions at the Health Insurance Appraisal and Payment Center of Vietnam Social Security (2017–2019) and the Health Insurance Department (2015–2017). Mr. Tuan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Economics–Finance (Academy of Finance), a Master’s degree in Health Financing Security & Management (Naresuan University, Thailand), and an Engineer’s degree in Information Technology (Hanoi University of Science and Technology). He has presented at forums such as ISPOR/HTAsiaLink and Digital Health, and has authored articles on HTA/health policy and digital health.

Konrad is a Trainee Affiliate at the Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Education in Medicine and a PhD Student at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto (Canada). His work focuses on the development, implementation, and governance of AI in healthcare, with interests in patient engagement, health equity, and health system transformation. He also serves as an Expert-in-Residence for the AMS-Fitzgerald Program, supporting Canadian health system leaders undertaking digital transformation projects. He works closely with health organizations and has overseen nine quality improvement and patient safety projects across Toronto’s hospital system.

Lars Münter is a Nordic public health strategist and NGO executive with more than two decades of experience shaping health policy across Europe. As Founder and International Director of Nordic Wellbeing Academy and Network Director of the European Health Futures Forum, he leads EU-funded initiatives spanning health literacy, digital health, and citizen empowerment. As advisor and ambassador for a number of European organisations and projects, Lars combines academic rigour with the practical credibility of someone who has built organisations, secured millions in European funding, and delivered programmes across 15+ countries.

Lawrence Tallon is the Chief Executive of the
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory
Agency (MHRA). He was previously Deputy Chief
Executive at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation
Trust, where he led the Trust’s approach to strategy,
technology, innovation and improvement. He has
extensive experience across the healthcare sector in
strategy and leadership roles, including within the
Department of Health and Social Care alongside
ministers and NHS leaders.

Lawrence is committed to patient safety and
healthcare innovation, as well as life sciences and
risk-proportionate regulation.

Professor Mazeda Hossain is Professor of Global Health and Director of the Eastern Africa Centre at Nottingham Trent University. She leads interdisciplinary research at the intersection of global health, equity, gender, and data-driven policy. She has developed innovative measurement frameworks, including the Global Wellbeing & Resilience Index. Her current health-AI work focuses on ethical and inclusive AI governance, health-data privacy, and responsible AI for marginalised populations. She collaborates with governments, UN agencies, academia, and industry to advance equitable, trustworthy, and socially responsive AI in global health.

Dr Mona Duggal is a distinguished public health researcher and currently serves as Scientist-G & Director of the ICMR–National Institute for Research in Digital Health and Data Science (NIRDHDS), New Delhi. With extensive expertise in digital health, epidemiology, biomedical research, and maternal and child health, she has led pioneering initiatives to strengthen India’s capacity in data systems, clinical trial analytics, disease surveillance, and evidence-based policy translation.

At NIRDHDS, Dr Duggal spearheads the institute’s vision “to drive impact on
health by innovating, facilitating, and evaluating digital health solutions and
ensuring responsible and inclusive/equitable health delivery for all”. The institute’s mission is built on a continuous adaptive learning framework where digital solutions and AI models are validated, monitored, and refined through real-world deployment. Its core priorities include building of data infrastructure, interdisciplinary collaboration, development of ethical AI protocols, innovation pilots, and actionable policy recommendations. Under Dr Duggal’s leadership, NIRDHDS is moving forward in patient-centred digital health innovation, fostering responsible AI adoption and positioning India at the forefront of global digital health transformation.

Dr Ned Naylor leads TBI’s health advisory work, helping governments across five continents deliver on their health priorities. His work focuses on health system reform, digital innovation and the application of AI in healthcare. Before joining TBI, Ned led strategy for England’s Covid-19 vaccination programme, supporting the delivery of tens of millions of vaccinations. He has held roles at McKinsey & Company and the UK NHS, and co-leads the Reimagining Health course at UCL Global Business School for Health. Ned holds a Master’s in Public Health and has practised as a doctor in the UK and South Africa.

Nishtha Mahendru is Technical Consultant, AI Innovation at Project Concern International India, where she develops AI-enabled tools for infectious disease control. She holds an M.Tech in Biomedical Engineering from IIT Delhi. Previously, as Assistant Manager for Responsible AI & Strategy at MicroSave Consulting, she co-authored India’s National Responsible AI Development Framework and led the national RAI Working Group in coordination with ICMR-NIRDH. Earlier, she worked as an innovation consultant at Capgemini, focused on AI-driven sustainable supply chain solutions.

Dr. Priya Balasubramaniam is a public health scientist with 20 years’ experience strengthening health systems in Asia and Africa. She is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Health Innovations and Senior Scientist at the Public Health Foundation of India. She leads south-south collaboratives applying AI to primary care in mixed health systems, grounded in user-design research with communities, and works on how these tools are evaluated, governed and stewarded so they narrow rather than widen inequities. A founding member of the LEAD (Leadership in Enhancing Antimicrobial Discovery) coalition, she co-leads OASIS, the MIT Trinity Challenge-winning One Health antibiotic stewardship consortium.

Rado Andrian spearheads global initiatives at HealthAI to advance AI governance, regulation, and ethical deployment in healthcare.
With over 20 years of experience driving transformative digital health and AI innovations in the Healthcare and Life Sciences sectors, Rado is renowned for his hands-on expertise in digital strategy, solution-building, and forging impactful partnerships. His work fosters collaboration, creates pragmatic toolkits, and ensures AI’s safe, compliant, and responsible integration into healthcare systems.
Beyond HealthAI, Rado is a recognized thought leader in the Swiss and international Digital Health Innovation ecosystem, championing Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) and the “5Ps of Medicine”—Personalized, Predictive, Preventive, Participatory, and Populational—through strategic cooperation between patients, providers, pharma, payers, and policymakers.

Adjunct Professor (Dr) Raymond Chua is the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Sciences Authority of Singapore, responsible for safeguarding and advancing public health through securing the national blood supply, administering national justice through its forensic medicine and scientific testing capabilities, and regulating health products. He is also the Deputy Director-General of Health (Health Regulation) at the Ministry of Health, overseeing the regulations of healthcare services and information. Raymond Chua holds adjunct professorships at the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, and the Centre of Regulatory Excellence in Duke-NUS. He also holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, a Master of Science in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Nottingham.

Rebecca K. Ivic, Ph.D., is a Professor of Health Communication, Executive Editor and incoming Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Health Communication, and Commissioner for the Nature Medicine Commission on Quality Health Information for All. Her research bridges public health and computational social science, with a focus on health information quality, information integrity and health literacy, digital media and health literate AI. She leads the development of global quality health indicators to guide policy and governance with attention to under resourced and low-income countries and works with global organizations, governments, and community health to strengthen trustworthy, usable, and equitable health information.

Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite is a Portuguese-Canadian medical doctor trained in infectious diseases with extensive experience in global health, health systems and science-based policymaking. Prior to his current role as CEO of ‘HealthAI – The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health’ in Geneva, Dr. Ricardo served four terms as a Member of Parliament in Portugal on both health and foreign affairs committees. Ricardo is a city councillor in Sintra and previously served as Deputy Mayor of Cascais.
He is the founder and President of the ‘UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health’, a network of current and former policymakers from 110 countries. With more than 15 years of academic experience, he is Chair of the Board of the Harvard-Charité Global Health Policy Lab, based in Berlin, and Chair of the Centre for Global Health at NOVA University Information Management and Data Science School in Lisbon. He completed postgraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Medical School. Previously, Dr Baptista Leite worked as a practising physician in the Portuguese National Health Service for several years, including an internship at the World Health Organization.
More recently, he served as a medical volunteer both during the COVID pandemic in his hometown hospital in Portugal for over a year and as part of a humanitarian mission at the Lviv Regional Hospital in Ukraine during the first summer after the beginning of the war.

Dr. Rose Nakasi is an AI researcher, Lecturer at Makerere University, and Head of the Makerere AI Health Lab. She leads research applying AI to affordable healthcare solutions in low- and middle-income countries. She contributes to Uganda’s national AI strategy and the WHO Global Initiative on Artificial Intelligence for Health.

Roxana Salehi, PhD, is a strategic advisor for complex health initiatives, an author, and founder of Vitus Consulting, with over 15 years of global experience addressing complex global health challenges. She has led multi-country initiatives across hospital, community health, and global health settings in Canada, Ghana, Malawi, Pakistan, Spain, and the Caribbean. Her expertise includes health systems research, implementation science, AI-enabled healthcare, and program evaluation, including economic evaluation. She works across disciplines to align clinicians, patients, policymakers, funders, and technologists around shared goals. She is Co-Chair of HealthAI’s Working Group on AI Evaluation and Validation in Healthcare.

Simona Dobre, PhD, is an AI strategy and governance professional at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), with a multidisciplinary background spanning artificial intelligence, automatic control, computer science, and health. Her work focuses on the responsible and practical adoption of AI in global health, including digital health and health-financing systems. She has contributed to initiatives such as openIMIS, including AI-based health insurance claims adjudication, and helped develop digital health solutions, while facilitating training and dialogue on responsible and ethical AI. Her work bridges technical AI expertise with questions of governance, equity, accountability, and implementation.

Ummi Musa Umar is a Public Health and Radiotherapy professional based in Nigeria, with over ten years of experience in frontline healthcare delivery, cancer and NCD prevention, and digital health innovation. She is Founder and Executive Director of Call Off Cancer Initiative and Uhealth Africa, and serves on Nigeria’s National Technical Working Group on NCDs and National Taskforce for Cervical Cancer Elimination. A recognized voice in global AI-in-health governance, she hosts the Uhealth Digital Health and AI Series, convening intercontinental dialogue on responsible AI adoption for low- and middle-income countries.

Shri G. Veerapandian, IAS, a 2009-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre officer, currently serves as Secretary to Government, Health, Medical & Family Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
With extensive experience in public administration, he has held key leadership positions including Commissioner, Health & Family Welfare & Mission Director, NHM; Commissioner of Civil Supplies & Ex-Officio Secretary to Government; Vice Chairman & Managing Director, AP State Civil Supplies Corporation; CEO, SERP; and Special Secretary, Agriculture & Marketing.