HTAi IS A GLOBAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (HTA) SOCIETY
A Global Society Championing Equitable, Responsive, And Cutting-Edge
Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
HTAi IS THE WORLD'S ONLY GLOBAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (HTA) SOCIETY.
A Global Society Championing Equitable, Responsive, And Cutting-Edge Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

Founded in 2003 in Canmore, Alberta, Canada, HTAi is a vibrant and growing community of multidisciplinary advisors, academics, scientists, professionals, public & private organizations, students, patient and citizen members who are dedicated to better health for all people and the future of HTA worldwide.
Through our premier events, key networking opportunities, and member-driven HTA advocacy.
HTAi shapes, champions, innovates, bridges, and networks the future global HTA.

Founded in 2003 in Canmore, Alberta, Canada, HTAi is a vibrant and growing community of multidisciplinary advisors, academics, scientists, professionals, public & private organizations, students, and citizen members who are dedicated to better health for all people and the future
of HTA worldwide.
Through our premier events, key networking opportunities,
and member-driven HTA advocacy:
HTAi shapes, champions, innovates, bridges, and networks the future global HTA.
What is Health Technology Assessment (HTA)?
HTA is a multidisciplinary process that uses explicit methods to determine the value of a health technology at different points in its lifecycle. The purpose is to inform decision-making in order to promote an equitable, efficient, and high-quality health system.
A health technology is an intervention developed to prevent, diagnose, or treat medical conditions; promote health; provide rehabilitation; or organize healthcare delivery.
The intervention can be a test, device, medicine, vaccine, procedure, program, or system.
What is Health Technology Assessment (HTA)?
Informing decision-making to promote an equitable, efficient, and high-quality health system, HTA is a multidisciplinary process that uses explicit methods to determine the value of a health technology at different points in its lifecycle.
A health technology is an intervention developed to prevent, diagnose, or treat medical conditions; promote health; provide rehabilitation; or organize healthcare delivery,
The intervention can be a test, device, medicine, vaccine, procedure, program, or system.

HTAi’s MEMBERS ARE THE VANGUARD OF GLOBAL HTA.
HTAi is governed by an elected International Board of Directors, supported by an Executive Committee, several Advisory Committees, Working Groups, and a Secretariat. We drive global HTA advocacy through our three Policy Forums, our Annual Meeting, the HTAi Interest Groups, and support and recognize HTA innovation through the David Banta Award and the IJTAHC Egon Jonsson Award.
The Board of Directors appoints and delegates some of its work to committees, sub committees and working groups.

HTAi’s MEMBERS ARE THE VANGUARD OF GLOBAL HTA.
HTAi is governed by an elected International Board of Directors, supported by an Executive Committee, several Advisory Committees, Working Groups, and a Secretariat. We drive global HTA advocacy through our three Policy Forums, our Annual Meeting, the HTAi Interest Groups, and support and recognize HTA innovation through the David Banta Award and the IJTAHC Egon Jonsson Award.
Board of Directors

WIJA OORTWIJN
2021-23 | NETHERLANDS

RABIA SUCU
2021-23 | UKRAINE

JO CAROL HIATT
2021-24 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AMERICO CICCHETTI
2021-24 | ITALY

IÑAKI GUTIERREZ-IBARLUZEA
2021-23 | SPAIN

VANIA CANUTO
2020-23 | BRAZIL

WIM GOETTSCH
2022-25 | NETHERLANDS

DIMITRA LINGRI
2022-25 | GREECE

LI YING (GRACE) HUANG
2020-23 | TAIWAN

DEBJANI (JANI) MUELLER
2022-25 | SOUTH AFRICA

MARCO MARCHETTI
2022-2025 | ITALY

FRANZ WAIBEL
2020-23 | SWITZERLAND
Board of Directors
OBSERVERS

TRACY MERLIN
INAHTA AUSTRALIA

WENDY BABIDGE
IJTAHC EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AUSTRALIA
POLICY FORUM CHAIRS

DAN OLLENDORF
HTAi GLOBAL POLICY FORUM CHAIR | 2020-2022 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MANUEL ANTONIO ESPINOSA
LATIN AMERICA POLICY FORUM CHAIR | 2022-2024 | CHILE

GUY MADDERN
HTAi ASIA POLICY FORUM CHAIR | 2022-2024 | AUSTRALIA
OBSERVERS
POLICY FORUM CHAIRS
HTAi SECRETARIAT

MARLENE HANKE
MANAGER, CORPORATE SERVICES

ALICIA POWERS
MANAGER, POLICY FORUMS & EVENTS

MELISSA DONECZ
HTAi ACCOUNTING MANAGER

DENISE JARRETT
MANAGER, PROGRAM

ANTONIO MIGLIORE
MANAGER, SCIENTIFIC INITIATIVES

HANA PRICE
SENIOR COORDINATOR, EVENTS

NICOLA VICARI
COORDINATOR, SCIENTIFIC INITIATIVES

AMREN THAKUR
SENIOR COORDINATOR, SCIENTIFIC INITIATIVES

TATIANA HAGERTY
SENIOR COORDINATOR, GOVERNANCE & EXECUTIVE PROJECTS

NAOMI SUWINSKI
LEAD, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

BREANNE DICKHOUT
PROJECT COORDINATOR, EVENTS

GERARDO CEA
COORDINATOR, TECHNOLOGY

ELISE PENNY
PROJECT COORDINATOR, ANNUAL MEETNG
HTAi SECRETARIAT
HTAi COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS
CHAIR:
- Wija Oortwijn, President (Netherlands)
MEMBERS:
- Rabia Sucu, Vice-President (Ukraine)
- Americo Cicchetti, Treasurer (Italy)
- Jo Carol Hiatt, Secretary (United States of America)
HTAi SECRETARIAT SUPPORT
- Tatiana Hagerty, HTAi Senior Coordinator, Governance and Executive Projects (Canada)
CHAIR:
- Americo Cicchetti, Treasurer (Italy)
MEMBERS:
- Marco Marchetti (Italy)
- Franz Waibel (Switzerland)
- Jo Carol Hiatt (United States of America)
- Wim Goettsch (Netherlands)
HTAi SECRETARIAT SUPPORT
- Melissa Donecz, HTAi Manager, Accounting (Canada)
CHAIR:
- Iñaki Gutierrez-Ibarluzea (Spain)
MEMBERS:
- Jo Carol Hiatt (United States of America)
- Rabia Sucu (Ukraine/Turkey)
HTAi SECRETARIAT SUPPORT
- Tatiana Hagerty, Coordinator, Governance & Executive Projects (Canada)
CHAIR:
- Franz Waibel (Switzerland)
MEMBERS:
- Marco Marchetti (Italy)
- Jani Mueller (South Africa)
- Neil Bertelsen (Germany)
- Dimitra Lingri (Greece)
- Parashar Patel (United States of America)
- Anke-Peggy Holtorf (Switzerland)
- Jeanette Kusel (United Kingdom)
CHAIR:
- Jani Mueller (South Africa)
MEMBERS:
- Alric Rüther (Germany)
- Americo Cicchetti (Italy)
- Andre Pichon-Riviere (Argentina)
- Elena Petelos (Netherlands)
- Gert Jan van der Wilt (Netherlands)
- Wija Oortwijn (Netherlands)
- Yingyao Chen (China)
- Maoling Wei (China)
- Sharmila Alina de Sousa (Brazil)
- Franz Waibel (Switzerland)
HTAi SECRETARIAT SUPPORT:
- Antonio Migliore, HTAi Manager, Scientific Initiatives (Italy)
- Nicola Vicari, HTAi Coordinator, Scientific Initiatives (Italy)
CHAIR:
- Wim Goettsch (Netherlands)
MEMBERS:
- Jeonghoon Ahn (South Korea)
- Ken Bond (Canada)
- Yingyao Chen (China)
- Dalia Dawoud (United Kingdom)
- Cliff Goodman (United States of America)
- Iñaki Gutierrez Ibarluzea (Spain)
- Tracy Merlin (Australia)
- Ana Perez Galan (Uruguay)
- Oresta Piniazkho (Ukraine)
- Keng Ho Pwee (Singapore)
- Alric Ruther (Germany)
HTAi SECRETARIAT SUPPORT:
- Denise Jarrett, HTAi Manager, Program (United Kingdom)
- Amren Thakur, HTAi Senior Coordinator, Scientific Initiatives (Canada)
CHAIR:
- Alicia Granados (Spain)
MEMBERS:
- Clifford Goodman (United States of America)
- Wija Oortwijn (Netherlands)
- Adrian Griffin (United Kingdom)
- Christopher Henshall (United Kingdom)
- Jasmine Pwu (Taiwan)
- Andres Pichon-Riviere (Argentina)
- Dan Ollendorf (United States of America)
- Suzanne McGurn (Canada)
- Guy Maddern (Australia)
- Manuel Antonio Espinoza (Chile)
- Joice Valentim (Switzerland)
HTAi SECRETARIAT SUPPORT:
- Alicia Powers, HTAi Manager, Events (Canada)
CHAIR:
- Rabia Sucu (Ukraine)
MEMBERS:
- Rosmin Esmail, Disinvestment and Early Awareness, Co-Chair (Canada)
- Nora Ibargoyen Roteta, Disinvestment and Early Awareness, Co-Chair (Spain)
- Denny John, Early Career Network, Co-Chair (India)
- Maoling Wei, Early Career Network,Co-Chair (China)
- Pietro Refolo, Ethics, Co-chair (Italy)
- Bart Bloemen, Ethics, Co-chair (Netherlands)
- Jani Mueller, HTA in Developing Countries, Chair (South Africa)
- Richard Charter, Medical Devices, Chair (Switzerland)
- Anastasia Chalkidou, Medical Devices, Co-Chair (United Kingdom)
- Rossella Di Bidino, Hospital-Based HTA, Co-chair (Italy)
- Iga Lipska, Hospital-Based HTA, Co-chair (Poland)
- Maarten Postma, Public Health, Chair (Netherlands)
- Cornelis Boersma, Public Health, Vice-Chair (Netherlands)
- Ingrid Harboe, Information Retrieval Group, Chair (Norway)
- Amanda Hodgson, Information Retrieval Group, Co-Chair (Canada)
- Ann Single, Patient and Citizen Involvement, Chair (Australia)
- Massoud Toussi, Real World Evidence and Artificial Intelligence, Chair (France)
- Elena Petelos, Real World Evidence and Artificial Intelligence, Co-Chair (Netherlands)
- Dimitra Lingri, Real World Evidence and Artificial Intelligence, Co-Chair (Greece)
HTAi SECRETARIAT SUPPORT:
- Antonio Migliore, HTAi Manager, Scientific Initiatives (Italy)
- Nicola Vicari, HTAi Coordinator, Scientific Initiatives (Italy)
CHAIR:
- Dan Ollendorf (United States of America)
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY:
- Rebecca Trowman (Australia)
MEMBERS:
- James Ryan (United Kingdom)
- Mohit Jain (United Kingdom)
- Nicole Mittmann (Canada)
- Nick Crabb (United Kingdom)
- Wim Goettsch (Netherlands)
- Iñaki Gutierrez Ibarluzea (Spain)
- Wija Oortwijn (Netherlands)
- Alric Ruether (Germany)
- Lindsay Bockstedt (United States of America)
HTAi SECRETARIAT SUPPORT:
- Ali Powers, HTAi Manager, Events (Canada)
- Antonio Migliore, HTAi Manager, Scientific Initiatives (Italy)
Chair:
- Meindert Boyson (United Kingdom)
- Andrew Bruce, Co-Chair (Australia)
- Nicole Mittman, Co-Chair (Canada)
Members:
- Mohit Jain (United Kingdom)
- Sheela Upadhyaya (United Kingdom)
- Ramiro Gilardino (Switzerland)
- Dan Ollendorf (United States of America)
- Nathalie Largeron (France)
- Rick Vreman (Netherlands)
- Judit Banhazi (Switzerland)
- Wim Goettsch (Netherlands)
- Ken Bond (Canada)
CHAIR:
- Guy Maddern (Australia)
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY:
- Linda Mundy (Australia)
MEMBERS:
- Yan Ma (Viva) (Singapore)
- Virginia Priest (New Zealand)
- Sang-Soo (SS) Lee (Korea)
- Vanessa Xavier (Australia)
- Izzuna Mudla Mohamed Ghazali (Malaysia)
- Li-Ying (Grace) Huang (Taiwan)
- Julie Van Bavel (Australia)
- Hong Ju (Singapore)
- Yingyao Chen (China)
- Alex Best (Singapore)
HTAi SECRETARIAT SUPPORT:
- Ali Powers, HTAi Manager, Events (Canada)
- Antonio Migliore, HTAi Manager, Scientific Initiatives (Italy)
CHAIR:
- Manuel Antonio Espinoza (Chile)
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY:
- Andres Pichon-Riviere (Argentina)
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT:
- Valentina Stacco (Argentina)
MEMBERS:
- Adriana Maria Robayo (Colombia)
- Alicia Granados (Spain)
- Fernanda Laranjeira (Brazil)
- Graciela Fernandez (Brazil)
- William Dorling (United States of America)
- Luciene Bonan (Brazil)
- Diego Guarin (United States of America)
Felipe Vera (Chile)
HTAi SECRETARIAT SUPPORT:
- Ali Powers, HTAi Manager, Events (Canada)