International Advisory Group and Collaboration Group

International advisory group

The Director General Pekka Puska appointed a new international advisory group for the WHO Collaboration Group for Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Policy on March 10th 2010 for the term lasting until 2013. The tasks of the advisory group is to work as an advisory board, to follow and support the activities of the WHO CC  and to promote the networking and collaboration of the WHO CC in its area of operation.  The advisory group meets every other year.

Members of the international advisory group

  • Marina Erhola, Assistant Director General, THL, chair
  • Margaret Barry, Professor, University of Galway, Ireland
  • Clemens Hosman, Professor, Radboud University & Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  • Karl Kuhn, Senior policy advisor, BAuA, Dortmund, Germany
  • Jouko Lönnqvist, Professor, THL
  • Matt Muijen, Regional advisor, WHO EURO
  • Eija Stengård, Director of WHO CC, THL
  • Vappu Taipale, Senior Advisor, WHO CC, THL
  • Kristian Wahlbeck, Research professor, THL
  • Marianna Virtanen, Team leader, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
  • Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki, Director, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Collaboration group

WHO CC activities are supported and coordinated by a collaboration group with members from the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and the Finnish Institute for Occupational Health (FIOH). The group meets 2-4 times a year.

Members of the collaboration group

  • Kirsi Ahola, Senior Researcher, FIOH
  • Teija Honkonen, Chief Medical Officer, FIOH
  • Jaana Lerssi-Uskelin, Development Manager, FIOH
  • Mauri Marttunen, Professor, THL
  • Pia Solin, Deputy Director of WHO CC, THL
  • Eija Stengård, Director of WHO CC, THL
  • Nina Tamminen, Project Coordinator, THL
  • Marianna Virtanen, Team Manager, FIOH
  • Jukka Vuori, Research Professor, FIOH