The following high-profile experts form the ProGReSS network’s privileged external collaborators

Prof. Fatima Alvarez-Castillo
Professor of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines, Manila, the Philippines
Founding president, Philippine Health Social Science Association
Founding President, Panay Self-Reliance Institute

Dr Dafna Feinholz-Klip
UNESCO, Chief of Bioethics
2007-2009 Director of National Commission of Bioethics, Mexico

Prof. Klaus Leisinger
Director, Global Values Alliance
Awarded the first-ever Outstanding Contribution to Global Health Award by South-South Awards, 2011

Dr Tom MacMillan
Soil Association, Director of Research and Innovation
2003-2011, Executive Director of UK Food Ethics Council

Prof. Shunzo Majima
Director, Centre for Applied Ethics and Philosophy, Sapporo, Japan
Leads research into ethics at Hokkaido University, the first modern academic institute in Japan

Dr Jasper Roodenburg
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Program Leader
Guided the successful implementation of highly innovative RRI program

Mr. Robert Terry
World Health Organization (WHO) Programme Manager Research, Development and Policy
Responsible for innovation and technology transfer to enable local production and greater access to medical products

Mr. Paul Woodgate
Wellcome Trust, Acting Head of Medical Humanities and Engagement Grants
Responsible for ethics at the world’s second largest independent medical charity funding research

Dr Siobhán Yeats
European Patent Office (EPO), Director of Biotechnology
Previously geneticist at Max Planck Institute, at EPO in charge of genomics, proteomics, immunology, plants and cell lines