Wietse Anton Tol is a Professor of Global Mental Health at the Section of Global Health, Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen; Endowed Professor of Global Mental Health and Structural Injustice at the Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam; Adjunct Professor at the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Senior Advisor with HealthRight International. He holds an MA in Clinical and Health Psychology (Leiden University), a Ph.D. in Public Mental Health (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), and was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University. Dr Tol’s research and practice focus on mental health and psychosocial support interventions for adversity-affected populations in low- and middle-income countries. In particular, his work centers on (integrated) interventions that address mental health and the social determinants of mental health, and he is very interested in understanding how research can lead to improved practice (and vice versa). He regularly consults with UN agencies and (international) non-governmental organizations in the areas of mental health and psychosocial support needs assessment, intervention selection and development, monitoring, and evaluation.

Ezio Di Nucci is a philosophy professor with special responsibility in bioethics at the University of Copenhagen. 

Andrea Bidoli, a PhD fellow in reproductive ethics at the University of Copenhagen, is currently engaged in research as part of Prof. Ezio di Nucci's Velux-funded project, "The Future of Family Relationships." Their PhD project centers on exploring the value of pregnancy, delving into the ethics of ectogestation, and examining potential implications on gendered identities and parental roles.

Charlotte Thomsen is a Research Assistant at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Public Health within the Centre for Migration, Ethnicity and Health (MESU). Her academic background is in social sciences and her professional experience is wide-ranging within the humanitarian and human rights field. She has worked internationally on migration, health and mental health, protection, and prevention in roles with responsibilities for project implementation, strategic coordination and applied research.

Karin Norris is the coordinator of the EU post-award-team at the central EU unit at the University of Copenhagen. She is part of the UCPH management team in ADVANCE in close collaboration with the scientific project coordinator Wietse Tol and Project Manager Joyce Quinto. She supports the whole consortium with financial or administrative EU-related matters. 

Maria Marti Castaner is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor at the Center for Migration Ethnicity and Health, at the department of Public Health, Copenhagen University. Her research focuses on understanding how factors at the individual, family, and social level create inequalities in mental health and develop and evaluate mental health promotion and prevention interventions for vulnerable groups. She is very interested in the transmission of mental health across generations, particularly in the context of migration, and how public mental health interventions can reduce the effects of mental distress and illness from one generation to the next.  Currently, she is involved in several projects across Denmark, Spain, and the United States that take different approaches (from digital solutions to community-based social interventions) and methods to prevent mental distress and illness in young and adult populations.

Joyce Anne Quinto is a project and communications manager for ADVANCE at the School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen. She has years of experience in science communication and project management in public research environments within the EU and Southeast Asia. Her interest lies within the intersection of health, technology, and society. Prior to joining ADVANCE, Joyce is an EU coordinator and communications lead in an AI, Data, and Robotics for the common good institute where she contributed to project communication, dissemination, networking, and writing EU proposals, among others. She was also previously acting head of comms in a tropical and infectious diseases institute where she led research communications and health promotion and communication projects for marginalized communities, establishing connections within national and local governments and the academic sector. Joyce holds a BS in Development Communication (PH) and MA in Digital Communication Leadership (BE & AT).

Prasansa Subba is a postdoctoral fellow for ADVANCE at the Global Health Section, University of Copenhagen. She did her PhD is on Public Mental Health from the University of Liverpool, UK, MPhil in Public Mental Health from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and MA in Social Sciences from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. She holds a decade long experience working in mental health as a researcher and a development worker in different non-governmental organizations in Nepal. Her past research projects aimed at adapting, developing, testing, and integrating mental health care packages in the community health facilities. Recently, her interest has been focusing more on understanding the complexity of social determinants and its interplay on mental health. While continuing to contribute to treatment-focused studies, she is increasingly drawn to the areas of mental health prevention and promotion.

Morten Mechlenborg Nørulf is a project and communication manager at the School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen. Here, he has worked for the past 4.5 years managing various educational global health initiatives, as well as coordinating efforts within communicating global health research stories. He holds a BA in Chinese Studies, and a MSc in Digital Design and Communication. In his spare time, he has always been engaged in various culture productions with the focus of diversity, equality, community, and arts. He is a program curator for Roskilde Festival's Arts & Activism, and he runs a small event company with three friends, focusing on diversity, representation and safer spaces in Copenhagen night life.