Leadership and Management

Chairperson for the Specialty Committee of Leadership and Management
Specialty Committees Members
Lara Kufouf
Lara Kufoof is the Director of the Project Management Office (PMO) at GHD|EMPHNET, where she leads a diverse portfolio of multi-country public health programs across stable and emergency settings. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) with a master’s degree in International Health Management from Imperial College London, Lara brings over a decade of experience in project leadership, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and organizational performance management. She has successfully overseen major donor-funded initiatives with partners. Lara is also a skilled mentor and contributor to institutional growth through her roles in proposal development, policy design, and health workforce capacity building.

Prof. Mohammad Al-Yahya
A professor in Health Management and Policy, Faculty of Medicine/Jordan University of Science and Technology. He has a PhD in healthcare management from The University of York, England. His research interests include Health policy, NCDs, health systems evaluation, program and project management, and Health informatics. Professor Alyahya served as a Secretary-General at Jordan Center for Disease Control (JCDC) from July 2022 until February 2024. Professor Alyahya has been involved in numerous research projects that span a wide range of healthcare topics including Mental Health, Impact of Covid-19 on Jordanian Health System, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child health (RNMCH) services, Health Promoting Schools, Psychosocial Support for Children and Adolescents, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and its intersection with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), Type 2 Diabetes, Perinatal Deaths, Surveillance Systems, and Digital Health Solutions. He has published several articles in international scientific journals on how to integrate the principles of Evidence Based Medicine and Evidence Based Public Health, Isomorphism change, clinical decision support systems (CDSS), coding systems, type 2 diabetes, cancer among children, Healthcare quality, Covid-19, and maternal and neonatal health services in Jordan.