Catalysing Change: Elevating Liver Health on the European Public Health Policy Agenda

Catalysing Change: Elevating Liver Health on the European Public Health Policy Agenda

ELPA organised a high-level policy event hosted by MEP Tomislav Sokol on October 12, 2023, in the European Parliament.

The event brought together experts, policymakers, patients, and other stakeholders active in the field of liver cancer to explore what we can all do to ensure that no patient in Europe is left behind.

List of speakers:

  • MEP Tomislav Sokol, EPP, Croatia.
  • MEP Ljudmila Novak, EPP, Slovenia.
  • Marko Korenjak, President of the European Liver Patients’ Association (ELPA), Belgium.
  • Julianne Williams PhD, Technical Officer Special Initiative for Innovation and NCDs (SNI), World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.
  • Dr. Jordi Bruix, MD, PhD, Advocacy leader, International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA), Spain.
  • Dr. Pierre Nahon, MD, PhD, Hepatology Department, APHP Avicenne Hospital, France.
  • Isabel Graupera, MD, PhD, Hepatologist Senior Specialist, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain.
  • Anca Toma, Executive Director of the European Patients’ Forum (EPF), Belgium.
  • Milka Sokolović, PhD, General Director of the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) Belgium.
  • Giacomo Donnini, Program Director, Liver Health is Public Health, Global Liver Institute (GLI).
  • Lili Anna Gundelach, Medical and Scientific Project Coordinator, Digestive Cancers Europe (DiCE) Belgium.