Chairs

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Dr. Dra. Retna Siwi Padmawati, MA 
Director of CBMH UGM

Academic and researcher specializing in health policy and bioethics at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia. She currently serves as the Director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, UGM.  With an academic background in anthropology and health policy, Dr. Dra. Retna Siwi Padmawati, MA has been extensively involved in research on health behavior, bioethics, and public health. She has contributed to numerous national and international research projects, and her expertise is frequently sought in academic forums, policy discussions, and collaborative initiatives related to ethical issues in healthcare and health systems.

Advisory Board

Prof. Dr.dr. Soenarto Sastrowijoto, SpTHT-KL(K)

Prof. Soenarto was the Dean of School of Medicine, UGM (1991 – 1997), as well as Head of the Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, UGM from 1999 to 2003. He was Vice-Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC), UNESCO, Paris (2003-2005), and a Member of IBC (International Bioethics Committee), UNESCO, Paris, 2006-2011
and Member of Indonesian National Bioethics Commission, 2004 – 2008; 2008-2013. He was Chair for Asia Pacific Bioethics Education Consortium, 2014 – 2018. He served as the Director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities (CBMH), School Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, 1998 – 2018, and is now member of the Advisory Board. 

Prof. dr. Yati Soenarto S, SpA(K)., Ph.D.

Prof. Yati Soenarto has been called the mother of modern paediatrics in Indonesia. Since graduating in Medicine from Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Indonesia, she has pursued a quest to improve the health of the nation’s children and build paediatric capacity in the country’s medical workforce. Yati Soenarto has been actively involved in the field of Bioethics and Humanities since the mid-1990s when she studied at Harvard Medical School as a Freeman fellow. Yati Soenarto has made valuable contributions to the work of a wide range of boards, committees and organisations the world over but most particularly throughout Indonesia and Asia. Her expertise is sought frequently for presentations at conferences and symposia.

Prof. dr. Sofia Mubarika Haryana, M.Med.Sc, Ph.D

Prof. Sofia was a renowned scientist with prominent contributions in translational research. Her research specified on biomolecular chemistry, and she had authored numerous publications in that area. Recently, she and her team just launched RI-GHA, a tool used for COVID-19 screening which was fully devised in Indonesia. In the moment, she acted as a member of Advisory Board of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities.