Population Health and Policy Council

Dr Noel C Barengo USA

Chair Population Health and Policy Council

Noel Barengo is a globally recognized physician and public health leader, ...

Dr Noel C Barengo USA

Chair Population Health and Policy Council

Noel Barengo is a globally recognized physician and public health leader, currently serving as Professor of Public Health at Florida International University (FIU), USA. He specializes in diabetes prevention, cardiometabolic risk reduction, and population health, focusing on epidemiology and implementation science. Dr. Barengo is renowned for his contributions to large-scale, evidence-based lifestyle intervention programs, particularly their adaptation for diverse cultural and economic settings, including low- and middle-income countries. With a career spanning Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas, he has collaborated with governments and international organizations to design and evaluate prevention-focused public health policies. His work is driven by a philosophy emphasizing equity, scalability, and sustainability in integrated metabolic health strategies.

Dr Shagun Bindlish USA

President Golden State Obesity Society

Shagun Bindlish, MD is an Internal Medicine physician, Diabetologist, and Diplomate of Obesity ...

Dr Shagun Bindlish USA

President Golden State Obesity Society

Shagun Bindlish, MD is an Internal Medicine physician, Diabetologist, and Diplomate of Obesity and Lifestyle Medicine based in California. She is the President and Founder of the Golden State Obesity Society (GSOS), a nonprofit dedicated to breaking silos across obesity, diabetes, lifestyle medicine, and metabolic health through education, advocacy, and community engagement. Dr. Bindlish serves as Scientific & Medical Chair for the American Diabetes Association (Northern California) and is an Associate Editor for Obesity Pillars and Clinical Diabetes. She is adjunct faculty at Touro University California and a sought-after national and international speaker on metabolic health, obesity care, GLP-1–based therapies, lifestyle medicine, and health equity. A passionate advocate for patient-centered, stigma-free care, Dr. Bindlish is actively engaged in policy and legislative advocacy to improve access to evidence-based obesity and diabetes treatments, reduce systemic barriers, and advance equitable metabolic care. Her work spans clinical practice, academic scholarship, youth education programs, and community partnerships in the U.S. and India.

Dr Neelesh Kapoor India

Director Operations - Population Health and Policy Council

Senior Consultant Physician, Diabetologist, Lawyer, and Healthtech Enterpreneur...

Dr Neelesh Kapoor India

Director Operations - Population Health and Policy Council

Dr Neelesh Kapoor Noida RSSDI nan: Dr Neelesh Kapoor, MBBS, MD, FDI, FIDF, FICCMD, FUPDA, LLB Senior Consultant Physician, Diabetologist, Lawyer, and Healthtech Enterpreneur Dr. Neelesh Kapoor is a senior consultant physician and diabetologist with a unique multidisciplinary profile spanning clinical medicine, public health policy, law, and health technology. He is Director of the Advanced Center for Diabetes, Thyroid and Obesity, Noida, and a founding secretary of the Noida Extension Medical Association. Dr. Kapoor is a founding team member of Ekacare and a Member of the Technical Expert Group on Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes under the National Programme for NCDs at Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. He serves on the Advisory Councils of the American College of Physicians and the Indian College of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, and currently chairs Public Health, Diabetes Education and Advocacy at Diabetes India.

Sana Ajmal Pakistan

Founder and executive director of Meethi Zindagi

Sana has been active in diabetes advocacy and community building, both in Pakistan and globally. ...

Sana Ajmal Pakistan

Founder and executive director of Meethi Zindagi

Sana has been active in diabetes advocacy and community building, both in Pakistan and globally. She is the founder and executive director of Meethi Zindagi, a community based, community led non profit working at national scale in Pakistan, to improve lives of people living with type 1 diabetes. Sana is also the Core Commissioner for the Lancet Commission on Type 1 Diabetes and the Secretary General for Parliamentarians for Diabetes Global Network. With her lived experience and passion for type 1 diabetes, she took up transforming healthcare by innovative solutions rooted in digital governance & distributed care delivery models, and advocating for policies to improve diabetes care globally. She was honored with prestigious inaugural Leonard Thompson Award on Insulin Centenary and co-authored ISPAD Guidelines for diabetes management in limited resource settings (2022) which is an indispensable resource used worldwide.

Dr Zoltan PATAKY Switzerland

Head of the Therapeutic Patient Education

Zoltan Pataky is Professor of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva (UNIGE),..

Dr Zoltan PATAKY Switzerland

Head of the Therapeutic Patient Education

Zoltan Pataky is Professor of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Head of the Therapeutic Patient Education (TPE) Unit at the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), Deputy Head of the Primary Care Medicine Department at HUG, and Director of the Certificate and Diploma of Advanced Studies in TPE at UNIGE. His research focuses on obesity, diabetes, the prevention of lower limb amputations in people living with diabetes, and therapeutic education, and he is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at UNIGE. Professor Pataky is Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research in the Field of Education and Long-Term Follow-up Strategies for Chronic Diseases.

Dr Nadia Ait Aissa

Founder of Affect Health and a strategic advisor

Dr Nadia Ait Aissa is the Founder of Affect Health and a strategic advisor specializing in medical strategy, ...

Dr Nadia Ait Aissa

Founder of Affect Health and a strategic advisor

Dr Nadia Ait Aissa is the Founder of Affect Health and a strategic advisor specializing in medical strategy, clinical evidence translation, and innovation in metabolic and chronic disease care. With over 25 years of global experience in pharma, biotech, and health system collaboration, she focuses on strengthening clinical decision making and advancing scalable models that improve diagnosis, treatment, and long term management of chronic conditions. A former global medical leader at Sanofi, she has led international medical strategies integrating novel therapies, real-world evidence, emerging scientific insights, and large-scale medical education programs to support effective clinical implementation across diverse care settings. Trained in public affairs at Sciences Po, she has contributed to stakeholder engagement and policy-relevant initiatives that connect scientific innovation with broader health system priorities. She is committed to improving outcomes for people living with diabetes and metabolic diseases by advancing approaches that bridge clinical practice, evidence-based education, and system-level collaboration.