Dr. Yodi Mahendradhata, Chair of INDOHUN, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)

Dr Yodi Mahendradhata is a Professor in Health Policy and Management and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. He leads the South East Asia Regional Training Center for Health Research, supported by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR). Dr Mahendradhata is a member of the Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Global Steering Group. He is Scientific Advisory Board member of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium and member of the WHO Technical Advisory Group of Experts on NCD-related Research and Innovation. Dr Mahendradhata currently serves as Chair of the Indonesia One Health University Network (INDOHUN) he is also a member of the Governing Board of the the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network (SEAMEO TROPMED). Dr Mahendradhata is also a member of the BMJ Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Board. His research interests are knowledge translation, implementation science, tropical medicine, global health, health policy and management. Dr Mahendradhata was a Humboldt scholar at Heidelberg University, Germany. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles published in high impact journals. Dr Mahendradhata serves as Editorial Board member for PLoS Global Public Health, Frontiers in Tropical Diseases and BMC Health Services Research.