Current membership (September 2025 - August 2026)
Photo: McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences Communications
Chair (and Host 2025): Dr Paul O’Byrne, McMaster University
Deputy Chair/Chair Elect (and Host 2026): Professor Ying-Shing Chan, University of Hong Kong
Past Chair (and Host 2024): Professor Yvo Roos, University of Amsterdam
Host of Secretariat: Professor Ying-Shing Chan, University of Hong Kong (From December 2022)
Representative from Biomedical Sciences: Dr Rachelle Singleton, University of Auckland
Representative from Dentistry: Dr Joanna Batt, University of Birmingham
Representative from Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Dr Ignacio Villagrán Gutiérrez, UC Chile
Representative from Medicine: Professor Claire Stewart, University of Nottingham
Representative from Nursing & Midwifery: Dr Marcela González Agüero, UC Chile
Representative from Pharmacy: Dr Carl Schneider, University of Sydney
Representative from Public Health: Dr David Bishai, University of Hong Kong
U21 HSG Operations Manager: Alicia Lui, University of Hong Kong (From December 2022)
The role of the Executive Committee
To initiate and implement policy relating to the U21 Health Sciences group.
To oversee funding and expenditure relating to the U21 HS group's Secretariat.
To monitor progress on projects and initiatives identified for action at U21 HS annual meetings.
In consultation with U21 HS Faculty, to develop a program for each of the group's annual meetings.
To consider and determine applications by member universities to host U21 HS annual meetings.
Composition
Chair of the U21 Health Sciences Group (The Dean of the Faculty (or equivalent) acting as previous host of the Annual Meeting (1 year) (followed by one year term as Past Chair) or The Dean of the Faculty (or equivalent) hosting the group’s Secretariat as agreed by the Executive.
Chair Elect/Deputy Chair of the U21 Health Sciences Group (The Dean of the Faculty (or equivalent) hosting the forthcoming Annual Meeting (1 year) (followed by one year term as Chair, and one year term as Past Chair)
Past Chair of the U21 Health Sciences Group (1 year)
The Dean of the Faculty (or equivalent) hosting the Annual Meeting in the following year (1 year then moves to Chair Elect/Deputy Chair)
The Dean of the Faculty (or equivalent) hosting the group's Secretariat (as long as host of Secretariat)
A representative from Dentistry (3 years)
A representative from Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (3 years)
A representative from Medicine (3 years)
A representative from Nursing and Midwifery (3 years)
A representative from Pharmacy (3 years)
A representative from Public Health (3 years)
U21 Health Sciences Group Operations Manager (ongoing)
