Board of Directors
Henry J. Silverman, M.D., M.A.
Henry J. Silverman, M.D., M.A., Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Chair of the Clinical Ethics Committee, University of Maryland Medical Center, email: hsilverm@medicine.umaryland.edu
Nina Urban, M.D., M.sc., F.A.P.A.
Nina B.L. Urban, M.D., M.sc., F.A.P.A. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, NYU Langone medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, email: nina.urban09@gmail.com
Esma Paljevic, BS.N., M.A., Ed.D., C.P.N.P.
Esma Paljevic, BS.N., M.A., Ed.D., C.P.N.P, is an assistant professor at Pace University.
Jay Seaver, C.P.A.
Jay Seaver, C.P.A., Founding Partner of Seaver & Forck, CPAs, Jefferson, MO, email: jay@seaverandforckcpa.com
Ira Bedzow, M.A., Ph.D
Ira Bedzow, M.A., Ph.D., is assistant professor of medicine in the School of Medicine and director of the Medical Ethics Program at the New York Medical College.
Phaik Yeong Cheah
Dr Phaik Yeong Cheah, an Associate Professor of Oxford University is based in Bangkok at the Wellcome Programme. She is currently the head of a new department, called the Department of Bioethics and Engagement. The department works on ethical issues arising from conducting research and working with vulnerable populations such as children, pregnant women, migrants as well as other disadvantaged and hard-to-reach populations. In addition, the department’s remit also includes developing and managing the programme’s community and public engagement work either programme-wide (e.g. the artist-in-residence programme), location-specific (e.g. supporting the long running Tak Province Community Ethics Advisory Board) or study specific. She is particularly interested in ethical issues in community engagement and paediatric research.
Phaik Yeong was the head of the Clinical Trials Support Group within the Programme which is a group that helps researchers run clinical trials for seven years. Before moving to Bangkok, she worked in the Clinical Trials & Research Governance office in Oxford where her responsibilities included advising, reviewing and approving research protocols, providing research ethics and Good Clinical Practice training for researchers, and monitoring and auditing clinical trials on behalf of the University. Phaik Yeong started working in clinical trials in 1998 when she started her PhD work on chronic prostatitis in Penang, Malaysia.
Shirin Karsan, M.B.E.
Shirin Karsan, M.B.E., Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, ConKerr Cancer, email: shirinkarsan@gmail.com
Bruce Elliot Gelb, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Bruce Elliot Gelb, M.D., F.A.C.S, Assistant Professor and Director of Renal Transplantation, Department of Transplant Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, School of Medicine, New York, NY, email: bruce.gelb@nyumc.org
Tim House, M.A.
Tim House, M.A., Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations, former Director of Plans, U.S. Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan, former Divisional Lt. Colonel, HQ Infantry, The Rifles, former Team Leader Force Generation – UNAMID (Darfur, Sudan), United Nations, email: house@un.org
Anitha Moorthy
Anitha Moorthy is an international development specialist who thinks creatively and thrives working in multi-disciplinary teams drawing insights from peoples’ experiences to find thoughtful and sustainable solutions to complex challenges. She has diverse professional experience that include designing and implementing health programs in resource-poor settings, monitoring and evaluation, conducting interviews and documenting stories/experiences, and more recently designing and building solutions using human-centered design and systems thinking. She has deep understanding of non-profit and civil society sector, and has worked with regional and national governments, UN agencies, and private industry from startups to multi-national consortiums. Anitha finds that the nexus of design thinking and technology offers unique opportunities to develop solutions for the public good. She is currently exploring ways where she can bring her experience in international development, design, and research to organizations interested in global health and development and addressing needs of the poor.