Iranian professor Joins Strategic Committee of Lancet

Amir Hossein Takian, the founder of the Center of Excellence for Global Health and professor of health policy at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, serves as a member of the Lancet’s strategic committee of the European Commission on Health, Migration and Climate Change and the leader of the Working Group 2 of the Commission.

In collaboration with Lancet Migration and the World Health Organization (WHO), the Commission has a mission to examine the dimensions of the health, migration and climate change nexus in Europe with a scientific approach and to provide effective policy solutions.

At present, members of this institution are compiling a special issue of Lancet focused on ‘Climate Change and Migration’.

The Strategic Committee, consisting of the most prominent experts from the World Health Organization and prestigious international universities, is responsible for the scientific guidance and determination of the Commission’s broad strategies.

The Lancet began as an independent, international weekly general medical journal founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley. Since its first issue (Oct 5, 1823), the journal has strived to make science widely available so that medicine can serve and transform society as well as positively impact the lives of people.

For more than two centuries, The Lancet has sought to address urgent topics in the society, initiate debate, put science into context, and influence decision makers around the world. The Lancet Group has evolved as a family of journals but retains at its core the belief that medicine must serve society, knowledge must transform society, and the best science must lead to better lives.

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