Local Support Committee 

In organising the annual conference, EPH Conference Foundation works together with a local partner in the host country. This is usually the national public health association but can also be the national institute for public health or a university. The local partner establishes a Local Support Committee (LSC) which consists of national stakeholders and leading experts in public health. The LSC has the task to gather support for the conference, to market and advertise the conference in the host country and to encourage national and regional participation and involvement. The Chair of the Conference is also the chair of the LSC and the contact for the EPH-CO and the EPH-EB. 

Local Support Committee 2024:

Ricardo Mexia

Chair of the 17th European Public Health Conference

Ricardo Mexia (MD, MPH, EPIET) is a public health physician and epidemiologist. He works primarily in communicable diseases, epidemiological surveillance, public health emergencies and mass gatherings, having been involved in the investigation and control of several outbreaks, and providing training in field epidemiology. He is also a science communicator and collaborates regularly on health issues, in various media (TV, radio, online, written press). Currently part of the Department of Epidemiology of the National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, he is a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Algarve, and at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon. He is currently the President of the EUPHA Infectious disease control section, and the President of the General Assembly of the National Association of Public Health Physicians (ANMSP). He is also the President of the Lumiar Parish Council in Lisbon.
  • Sonia Dias, National School of Public Health, NOVA University, Lisbon
  • Nuno Rodrigues, West Local Health Unit, EPE
  • Carina Silva, Gaia Espinho Local Health Unit, EPE
  • Francisco Pavão, General Secretariat of Ministry of Health - Health Cooperation
  • Gustavo Tato Borges, Santo António Local Health Unit, EPE
  • Ana Beatriz Nunes, National School of Public Health, NOVA University Lisbon
  • Duarte Vital Brito, Western Lisbon Local Health Unit, EPE
  • José Durão, Almada-Seixal Local Health Unit, EPE
  • Patrícia Pita Ferreira, West Local Health Unit, EPE
  • Ana Margarida Alho, Santa Maria Local Health Unit, EPE
  • Lina Guarda, Arco Ribeirinho Local Health Unit, EPE
  • Guilherme Quinaz Romana, Santa Maria Local Health Unit, EPE
  • Patricia Ribeiro Martins, Arco Ribeirinho Local Health Unit, EPE
  • Susana Cunha Gonçalves, Health Service of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (SESARAM), EPERAM
  • Rui Clemencio, Douro Sul Local Health Unit, EPE