Thien Le Cong

Dr. Le Cong Thien is Deputy Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Hanoi Medical University, Head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health, and Vice General Secretary of the Vietnam Psychiatric Association. Dr. Thien has experience in training and clinical psychiatry for more than 20 years. His research focuses on child psychiatry, substance abuse, psychopharmacology, and community psychiatry.

Rachana Parikh

Dr. Rachana Parikh works as a mental health specialist in PATH’s India country program. She is also a consultant with the World Bank. Her work primarily focuses on developing scalable mental health interventions for low-resource settings for young people, including technology-driven interventions and promoting integration of mental health in the public health and primary health care programs in India, in partnership with national and state governments.

Mikiko Kanda

Dr. Mikiko Kanda is a Technical Lead for the Healthy Ageing Unit, Division of Healthy Environments and Populations in the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO-WPRO) since March 2023.

Working with internal and external stakeholders, she is leading technical support and advocacy to promote health and social system transformation and early action to the Member States in the region in addressing the needs of an ageing population.

Si Thu Win Tin

Dr. Si is the Team Leader for NCD prevention and control program in the Pacific Community (SPC), the intergovernmental organisation that provides technical support for the development in the Pacific region. He is a medical doctor (MBBS) with MPH and PhD from the University of Sydney, Australia. In his current role, he provides leadership and technical oversight of SPC’s NCD program support for 22 Pacific Island countries.