Overview
Effective health systems need effective leaders. The IAP Young Physician Leaders (YPL) programme trains emerging leaders (under the age of 40) working in medicine and public health as clinicians, educators, researchers and health policy makers health systems around the world and links them together in a peer-support network to improve health in their countries and globally.
The issue of developing leadership qualities among health professionals is often neglected, with many young professionals having to learn their leadership skills almost by trial and error as they are handed positions of responsibility.
Although incorporating leadership training programmes into the medical curriculum is gaining in importance, in practice too few countries are actually providing such training (See, for example: Health Professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world)
To contribute to building capacity in this area, IAP launched its Young Physician Leaders (YPL) programme in 2011 in partnership with the World Health Summit (WHS) and the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres and Medical Universities.
Sessions have been held at each WHS since 2011. In addition, a regional event was organized at the Regional WHS in Singapore in 2013 and in Portugal in 2018. A 5th year event for alumni was organized in May 2016 at the World Health Assembly.
To date, the IAP YPL network of alumni includes more than 250 leading young professionals, under the age of 40, who were nominated by their national academies. Their details can be found in the dedicated YPL Directory on the second tab of this page.
The IAP YPL call for nominations is sent to IAP member academies and M8 Alliance members every year in May.
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Publications
Project
Updates
YPL Directory
2024
Public Health
Consultant Paediatrician/Specialist in Child Helath
Community Medicine
Health Research
General Doctor, palliative care, Gender and sexuality
Head of Department of Education and Research
Emergency Physician in Emergency and Trauma
Public Health, Clinical Research, Medical Education
Public Health
Preventive Medicine
Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases
Physician Affairs department, Medical Education
2023
Academic staff, Researcher at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)
Assistant professor at the University of Chile
Academic Head of Department, Surgery, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Wisen assistant Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and of Morphological and Functional
Mansoura Faculty of Medicine Lecturer of Nephrology. Phase Director and clinical placement academic lead- Mansoura-Manchester Program of Medical Education.
Public health expert, Director General's Office, World Health Organization (WHO)
Assistant Professor, Division of Consultation- Liaison Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University
Affiliation Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Physician and Researcher
degree in Medicine and Surgery from University of Florence and DrPH from University of Pavia, and he is currently attending a PhD programme at Maastricht University.
Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Internal Medicine Department
Consultant in Diabetology/Lecturer of Epidemiology and Nutrition
University Malaya Medical Centre Clinical Specialist
Colombo North Centre For Liver Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya & Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
2 diplomas (Immunology and medical education) from Harvard medical school.
Doctor of Medicine degree from UNIMAS (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak), MSc from UKM (National University of Malaysia) in Clinical Nutrition and PhD from UCSI University
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Anaesthesiology and Critical Care
Assistant professor, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
2022
Vascular Surgery, Health services research, healthcare artificial intelligence
Psychiatry
Clinical leadership (Surgeon) and Medical Education
Medical Education
Global and Public Health, health systems and policies, sexual and reproductive health , rights and advocacy, Evidence based influence , leadership in science, medical journalism, editing, reviewing and authorship for books and journals, health services
Public Health Management; Health Regulation; Maternal and Child Health, Immunization
Geriatric Medicine
Medicine, Tropical Medicine, General Surgery, Neurosurgery
Medical parasitology, Tropical diseases, Molecular diagnostics
Pediatrics, Medical education
Infectology with a focus in HIV, tropical medicine, tuberculosis, endemic diseases, viral hepatitis, and COVID-19.
Public Health
Medical education, infectious disease diagnostics, mycobacteriology/tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance and biosafety
Specialty in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Global Surgery
Neurology, Global Health
Infectious diseases / public health
Public Health Medicine
Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, healthcare and hospital management, health policy
2021
Public Health
Public Health
Internal Medicine
Surgical Care, Oncology, Health Policy, Digital Care
Public Health
Internal Medicine
General Internal Medicine (pre-subspecialty training)
Clinical Pharmacology and Translational Medicine
Neurological Surgery
Neurology
Mental health of children and adolescents in an educational context
Parasitology and Medical Entomology
Internal Medicine, Public Health
Regenerative Medicine
RESEACRH AREA: Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine (TERM)
ACADEMIC CORE FIELD: Molecular Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy
NICHE AREA: Neuro-Trauma Intervention
CROSS CUTTING INTERVENTION: Molecular Simulation and Image Processing
Medicine, epidemiology, health economics, public health, health technology assessment
Psychiatry
Neurosurgery
2019
General Medicine, Health Policy, Maternal and Child Health
Public Health Medicine
Critical Care, Oncology, Oxidative Stress, Translational Medicine
Public Health
Pharmaceutical Medicine, Medical Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Medical Governance
Respiratory physiology and psychopathology. Regenerative Medicine: bioengineering and stem cell therapy. Medical education.
Cardiovascular Medicine
General Ophthalmology, Cornea and External Eye Diseases. Advancing Eye-care through Artificial Intelligence.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery - sub-specialization, General surgery - specialization
Public Health and Infectious Diseases
Public Health
Pharmacovigilance
Cardiology: Diseases of the Heart and Vessels, epidemiology and Statistics, Medical Education
Neurology: headache disorders, cerebrovascular diseases,neurosonology; Neuroimaging
Radiology
Biomedical and health informatics; Health data science; Machine learning in health
General Surgery
Internal Medicine, Pulmonology and Critical Care, HIV and TB Research, Public Health
Ophthalmology, Anterior eye segment, Cornea-, Cataract and, Refractive Surgery, Imaging
Medical Genetics
2018
Public Health
Bone and calcium metabolism, Cell and molecular biology, pre-clinical animal models
Tuberculosis, antibiotic stewardship, pneumocystis pneumonia
Dr. Shuvra Dasgupta has worked as an Emergency Physician Consultant and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Kingston Jamaica since 2011. She is also the Director of the Pre-Hospital Medical Services Programme, which is an Educational Unit that teaches Emergency Medical Services (EMS). She has a wide range of clinical and research interests, but one of her main focuses has been to bring EMS to the forefront in her country through education, research and clinical intervention. Eventually she hopes that her initiatives will bring about policy change in a country where a centralized EMS system is non-existent. During this worldwide pandemic, she works on the frontline of one of the largest hospitals in the country and has been involved with the day to day ‘solution-oriented’ management of dealing with the CoVid-19 response in Jamaica.
Apart from her Doctor of Medicine in Emergency Medicine, she also holds an MPH from Johns Hopkins University majoring in Injury Control and Disaster Preparedness. Shuvra lives in Kingston. In her free time, she reads and loves going to the beach. She also enjoys spending time with family, friends and her black lab Lola.
2017
2016
Public Health, Health Systems, Health Financing
Public Health, Epidemiology, Clinical Trials
Pediatrics, Medical Physics Education, PhD student in childhood leukemia
Toxicology (Snake Envenoming), Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Medicine
Public Health, Epidemiology, Disaster Management & Climate Change, Medical Leadership
Public Health – Health Policy Planning and Management
Global Health and Clinical Researcher, Medical Doctor
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Coming Soon
PUBLIC HEALTH (HEALTH SERVICE MANAGEMENT), OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
Medicine
Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Coming Soon
Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
2015
Psychiatry: Novel Treatments for Mood Disorders
Internal medicine
Masters in Development Economics (candidate)
Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Family Physician / Anatomy and Embryology
Internal Medicine, Tropical and Infectious Diseases
Public Health Medicine
- Pediatrics, Neonatology, Neonatal Transport Medicine- Immunology, Flow Cytometry
Respiratory Medicine
cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
Infectious Diseases, Public Health
Microbiology with special interest in antibiotic resistance, molecular microbiology and molecular epidemiology
Cardiac surgery, cardiology, biomechanics
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine (Joint Accreditation)
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Epidemiology
Indegenous people's health, Local health systems development
AnaesthesiologyIntensive Care Medicine
Neurosurgery
2014
Diabetes and diabetic complications.
Medical Doctor _ General Surgeon Consultant specialization in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery as Senior Clinical Assistant Professor with clinical and laboratory experiences in translational/clinically oriented research in the field of liver surgery and liver transplantation.Head of Experimental Surgery and Training Center of 1st Department of Surgery, Semmelweis University
Stroke neurology, medical education, translational research
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, with special interest in feto-maternal medicine.
Infectious Diseases
HEALTH SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT/ PROJECT MANAGEMENT/HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Public Health
Clinical Epidemiology
Biochemistry Biogerontology
Cardiology/Clinical Epidemiology _ Large-Scale Clinical Trials
Cardiology, Cardiac imaging
Public Health and Health RegulationsSocial Health Insurance Policy and Benefit Development Pharmaceuticals Policy and Operational Management Pharmaceutical Access
Medicine _ Colorectal Surgery _ Rectal Cancer
Infectious Diseases, Global Health
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
2013
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE, GENERAL SURGERY
pediatrics, nephrology, diabetology, molecular biology
INTERNAL MEDICINE/ENDOCRINOLOGY
Economic Evaluation, Health Technology Assessment, Health Services & Policy, Health Outcomes Measurement, Population Health Intervention, Mobile Health, E-Health, HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, Obesity
Immunology of human infectious diseases with high impact on public health
Nephrology, Hemodialysis
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
Paediatrics and Child Health - Nephrology
Haematology
Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation
RESPIRATORY AND GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY, GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE AND ASTHMA
Urology, molecular biology and translational research for urologic oncology and infectious urologic diseases
Internal Medicine
Endocrinology
Infectious Diseases
General Paediatric and Paediatric Neurology with special interest in epilepsy
Public Health Research
Teaching
Medical education - Dermatology
Neuroscience and psychiatry
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Ophthalmology ñ Retina
Infectious Diseases
Nephrology
2012
Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Ophthalmology
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, General Pediatrics
Infectious Diseases
Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Cardiology
Clinical HIV medicine and research
Rehabilitation Medicine
Cardiology ñ Sleep Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Public Health and Preventive Community Medicine
HISTOPATHOLOGY (SUBSPECIALTY TRAINING IN RENAL PATHOLOGY)
DERMATOLOGY, DERMATOPATHOLOGY
Public Health / Community Medicine
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY (CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES)
Evidence based Health Care, Epidemiology and Public Health
Endocrinology and diabetes
Public Health
2011
Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Genetics of Cardiovascular Diseases
Primary Care Medicine, Family Medicine, Chronic Disease Management, Cardiovascular Risks Prevention
Haematology.Haemato-oncology and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
Internal Medicine and Neurology
Public health, epidemiology
Cardiology, Nuclear Medicine, Cardiovascular imaging, Atherosclerosis, Molecular imaging
Oncology, Chemotherapy
Neuroscience
Basic research : Vascular biology (atherosclerosis and aneuvrysm) and immuno-inflammatory response
Clinical research: Endothelial dysfunction and septic shock
Obstetric and Gynecology
Physician, Young Investigator
Psychiatry (field of special interest: Neuropsychiatry)
Neurology, Vascular Neurology, Neurorehabilitation, Genomic epidemiology
Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases, Clinical and Molecular Microbiologist
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Specialist physician in adult internal medicine - Lead physician for renal medicine.
Malaria transmission (Clinical epidemiology, Clinical trial, Diagnostic devices, Management and Care)
2: Field of specialization in Academic:
Teaching (Clinical epidemiology, Research methodology and Community health) subjects
Neurology (in particular, Parkinsonís Disease & Movement Disorders)
Haemato-oncology
Orthopaedic Surgery
General Medicine and diabetes