Gabriella Abruzzo
Climate Projects Officer, Health Care Without Harm Europe (HCWH)
Niklas Blomberg is the Executive Director of Innovative Health Initiative JU (IHI.europa.eu).
Niklas joined IHI, the European public-private partnership for health research and innovation, in 2024. Prior to IHI he spend 10 years as the founding Director of for the European life science research data infrastructure ELIXIR (Cambridge UK) and 14 years with AstraZeneca, leading teams across Sweden and UK.
Niklas is a Swedish national, with undergraduate studies in biochemistry at University of Gothenburg, and a PhD in structural biology and bioinformatics from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Germany.
In the IHI Public-Private partnership Niklas enjoys the unique opportunity to bring together industry, academic and civil society across the healthcare sector - from pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to medical technology and big data – and drive projects that address public health needs, improve patients' lives, and boost the competitiveness of Europe's health industries.
Climate Projects Officer, Health Care Without Harm Europe (HCWH)
Capacity Building Officer & Patient Advocate, European Patients' Forum (EPF)
President, European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA)
President, Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
Secretary General, European Alcohol Policy Alliance
Executive Director, Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking
President & CEO, The Ehlers-Danlos Society
Director of Preference Research and Global Lead of the Patient-Centered Outcomes, OPEN Health
MD, Board Member, European Patients' Forum (EPF)
Senior Manager IVD, MedTech Europe
Executive Director, European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA)
Director of Operations, Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (CyFPA) and Board Treasurer, European Patients' Forum (EPF)
Researcher & Populariser, Vaccination et Lien Social (VLS)
Senior Research Officer, Swedish Research Council
Chair, Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO)
WHO Representative to the EU
Executive Director, EUPATI
Deputy Director-General, Austrian Ministry of Health
Movement Health, Executive Director
Deputy Administrator General, National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI)
President, European Patients' Forum (EPF)
Board Chair, Czech National Association of Patient Organizations (NAPO) & Board Member, European Patients' Forum (EPF)
Director for Executive Education in Government, Health and Non Profit Division, SDA Bocconi
Implementation Scientist & Qualitative Researcher, University of Antwerp
Policy Officer, DG SANTE, European Commission
Youth Group Member, European Patients' Forum (EPF)
President, European Liver Patient Association (ELPA)
Head of Government Affairs, EMEA MedTech, Johnson & Johnson
Professor, Sorbonne Université
Regional Director, WHO/Europe
Youth Group Member, European Patients' Forum (EPF)
Director, Digital, EU4Health and Health systems modernisation, DG SANTE, European Commission
IMMUcan scientific lead
Director, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations (EFA)
Senior Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Executive Director, Biomed Alliance
SVP International, Butterfly Network Inc
Director General, Association of the European Self-Care Industry (AESGP)
Vice President Corporate Affairs, Shionogi Europe
Public Affairs Director, OM Pharma
Chief Medical Officer, European Medicines Agency
Prof Dr, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Head of Unit, Policy and Coordination, HERA, European Commission
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