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With a broad background as cancer rehabilitation specialist through exercise referral,
Natacha is an EUPATI fellow with significant experience in patient advocacy and
patient education in the field of cancer. Before joining Lymphoma Coalition in 2017,
she had successfully held Patient and Public affairs roles in cancer charities in Spain
since 2011. Natacha was appointed Board Member of ECPC from 2016 to 2017 and is
currently Chair of EBMT Patient Advocacy Committee, and member of EHA´s European
Affairs Committee, ESMO Patient Advocacy Working Group, GoCART Coalition and
contributes to other projects at European level, as Harmony Alliance, T2EVOLVE, and
RESILIENCE.
Natacha is a true believer in the power of cooperation. She has worked at a national
and European level with multi-stakeholders’ partnerships, educational groups, and she
is deeply interested remove barriers to access to care for patients with lymphoma and
to improving the quality of life for patients. Natacha has contributed to Health
Technology Appraisal processes and is frequently invited to provide the patient
perspective in different scenarios. In addition to the role at EU level, she is currently
member of the Institutional Working Group on the Plan to Access Advanced Therapies
in the National Health System in Spain.

Davey’s railway career began in 1978 as a Traction Trainee, qualifying as a train driver by 1981 and becoming a trainer from the late 80’s. By the early-90’s he progressed into management where he has held various roles covering safety, standards, audit and assurance along with senior traincrew line management. Notably, Davey kept his train driving competence for many years after becoming a manager, helping him keep touch with the job at the “sharp end” whilst now being involved with decisions being made that had impact on that part of the operation.

GC is an “Open Access” train operator that commenced operating in 2007, providing direct high-speed passenger trains connecting parts of Northeast England and the West Riding of Yorkshire not directly served by other (franchise) operators, with London Kings Cross.

Davey joined GC in 2009 and has held several senior leadership posts. More recently he has worked part-time and from early 2020 took on the role as GC’s Business Change Manager for the East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP). This will bring about the introduction (in stages) of ETCS over the East Coast Mainline south by the mid-2020’s and whilst Network Rail led, requires involvement and collaboration with all parties that provide trains over this route (train operators, designers, maintainers, etc).

Aside from all the above, Davey is a tutor for the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators (CIRO) education programme, tutoring diploma and degree students on modules dealing with Safety Law and Management and Whole System Thinking in Rail. He has been tutoring for almost 15 years.

With more time away from work these days and his family now grown up, Davey often spends his spare hours out and about cycling the coast and countryside of North-East England. He is also a long-suffering season ticket holder at Newcastle United Football Club.

Zvezda Lauric comes from a journalism background with multiple appearances on various television channels across Latin America. Her passion for educating people in medical cannabis comes from a personal connection with her mother being ill – she quickly understood that the cannabis plant can be used as a powerful medicine. Today, she is working on removing the stigmas around cannabis and also supporting women in the industry, hoping that more women will have the courage to break barriers in the cannabis industry

Ian Greenfield helped transform Oregon’s healthcare delivery system while serving in Governor John A. Kitzhaber, MD’s administration. He has held leadership positions in numerous companies and non-profit organizations, including the world’s leading death with dignity advocacy group, Compassion & Choices. His marketing work has earned both an International Association of Business Communicators’ Bronze Beacon Award and a Public Relations Society of America Award of Excellence.

Uber Health provides a modern, tech-enabled logistics platform that is designed to expand access to reliable transportation, deliveries, and meals. Our mission is to enable patients from all demographics to have equal access to healthcare, and to reduce work for staff by giving them tools that optimize their time. Our partnerships arm focuses on engaging organizations that are looking to improve recruitment, retention, and overall experience for both patients & medical staff.

Dr. Greene is a seasoned pharmaceutical research professional with success both in large pharmaceutical companies and in CROs.  He has a PhD and post-doctoral training in psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on the neuroanatomical and neurochemical bases of learning and memory.  His career has spanned the full range of clinical development from preclinical pharmacology through late-stage clinical development, successful NDA and MAA submissions, and post approval commitments and label extensions.   Dr. Greene has published numerous manuscripts and over thirty abstracts, all focused in CNS research from the bench to clinical work.

With over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, first as a Lilly Fellow at the Universitè Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, Paul has obtained roles of progressing responsibility at major pharmaceutical companies and CROs.   He has experience across a range of CNS disease states with very deep concentrations in mood disorders and schizophrenia. He has worked extensively in pediatric and elderly populations including special institutional environments. At GlaxoSmithKline Dr. Greene led the clinical team through the creation and execution of a clinical development plan for a major marketed product for bipolar disorder.  He also led the submission team for a successful NDA and MAA for that product and wrote the Integrated Summary of Efficacy and the Integrated Summary of Benefits and Risks.

Having led global project management teams, a rater training enterprise, and  large customer relationships at Syneos Health, Dr. Greene brings scientific, operational, and partnership expertise to the relationships in his remit.  Paul is Senior Vice President, Global Client Solutions at Syneos Health.