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YULIYA LYAMZINA | PhD • MBA
Senior International Programme Manager • Health Systems & Global Development • UN • EU • Multilateral
& Multilingual

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• Czech Nationality • Open to relocation & travel

$4M+ 53 10+ Lancet 5 langs
Programme budget Countries covered in Countries in active Publication citation Fluent/working: EN, CZ,
managed (single project) WHO research multi-country (Oncology, 2020) RU, DE, ES
programmes

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior international programme and project manager with 15+ years driving complex, multi-country health and development
initiatives for WHO, IAEA and UNODC. Delivered a USD 4M IsDB-WHO oncology programme across Uzbekistan to scope, budget
and timeline; led WHO EURO research spanning 53 countries; and designed an IAEA tool cited in Lancet Oncology. Consistently
operates at the intersection of science, policy and donor management — translating evidence into national programmes,
mobilising third-party funding and building institutional capacity across Central & Eastern Europe and Central Asia. PhD in
Public Health (Masaryk University); five languages including UN-certified English and Russian.

CORE COMPETENCIES

▪ Programme & Project Management ▪ Stakeholder Engagement & High-Level ▪ Health Systems Strengthening & Policy
(PMD Pro / PM4DEV) Negotiation
▪ Results-Based Management (RBM) & ▪ Third-Party Funding Acquisition & Donor ▪ Cancer Control & Oncology Programme
M&E Frameworks Compliance Design
▪ Strategic Planning & International ▪ Risk Communication & Behaviour ▪ Policy Research, Analysis & Evidence
Partnership Dev. Change Synthesis
▪ Multi-Million Budget Development & ▪ Capacity Building & Adult Learning ▪ Scientific Publication & Technical
Fiscal Oversight Design Reporting
▪ Change Management & Organisational ▪ Inter-Agency Coordination: UN, EU, IFIs, ▪ International Relations & Protocol
Development Ministries Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Head of International Relations Department Jul 2025 – Dec 2025
Practical Medical Center of Oncology and Radiology, Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan • Tashkent, Uzbekistan
▪ Spearheaded operational launch of a national Republican Oncology and Radiology Center — coordinating 8+ international
partners, synchronising MoH and MoFA communications and aligning all incoming technical support with national health
strategy from Day 1.
▪ Co-Authored Uzbekistan's first National Cancer Control Programme, establishing the definitive policy and quality
framework for oncology services nationally, including clinical SOPs, service standards and referral guidelines — a
document now guiding ministerial investment decisions.
▪ Managed concurrent multi-year project portfolios across identification, design, implementation and closure phases,
maintaining full financial oversight and improving donor-report submission timeliness by establishing a standardised
reporting pipeline.
▪ Built a Central Asia stakeholder network spanning 5 countries, connecting ministries, bilateral donors and international
organisations to reduce duplication and unlock coordinated resource allocation across national programmes.
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Technical Officer / Programme Manager Apr 2021 – Jun 2025
World Health Organization (WHO) — Regional Office for Europe • Copenhagen, Denmark • Tashkent, Uzbekistan
▪ Delivered a USD 4 million IsDB-funded oncology programme ('Sustainable Oncology System Development in Uzbekistan,
Phase II') across full lifecycle — on scope, on budget, on time — coordinating national counterparts, 15+ technical experts
and complex procurement chains across a 4-year period.
▪ Directed WHO EURO childhood cancer initiative across 10+ countries, engaging health ministries, specialised oncology
institutions and civil society partners in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to harmonise approaches and strengthen regional
equity in paediatric cancer care.
▪ Produced evidence for 53-country research study on childhood cancer inequalities in the WHO European Region —
generating policy recommendations adopted at the regional committee level and cited by national-level decision-makers
and advocacy organisations.
▪ Aligned 3+ regional programmes with WHO's Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer, translating global strategy into
country-level workplans and preparing evidence-based inputs for WHO Regional Committee sessions and high-level fora.
▪ Served as bilateral liaison for Central Asian multi-country projects, driving cross-country learning exchanges and
harmonisation of cancer control protocols across 4 countries simultaneously.

Programme Manager / International Consultant Dec 2019 – Dec 2020
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) • Vienna, Austria
▪ Designed and built the global imPACT Review Database from concept to deployment, a tracking tool used by IAEA
Member States to manage and leverage cancer mission results — subsequently cited in Lancet Oncology as an institutional
capacity-strengthening innovation.
▪ Delivered actionable system-strengthening recommendations to 15+ IAEA Member States, synthesising complex
multidisciplinary evidence into concise policy briefs and advisory outputs that guided national investment in cancer
infrastructure.
▪ Developed a suite of capacity-building tools adapted to 5+ distinct healthcare contexts, enabling rapid uptake of imPACT
Review recommendations across geographically and institutionally diverse Member States.

International Project Manager / Senior Scientific Researcher Mar 2019 – Dec 2024
Louis Pasteur Medical Research Centre • Kyoto, Japan (concurrent / part-time online research appointment)
Note: concurrent research and project management role held alongside IAEA (2019–2020) and WHO (2021–2024) positions.
▪ Managed multi-year, six-figure international research programmes on risk communication and health disinformation,
coordinating 20+ partners across Europe and Asia, maintaining full financial governance and delivering audit-ready donor
reports across all grant cycles.
▪ Organised 30+ virtual consultations, expert workshops and partner meetings annually, sustaining high engagement
across a network of 20+ international collaborators over a 5-year period.
▪ Contributed peer-reviewed research on risk communication methodologies, generating tools with direct application to
public health emergencies and disaster communication planning.

International Project Manager / Assistant Professor Mar 2017 – Mar 2019
Fukushima Medical University — International Relations & Department of Mental Health • Fukushima City, Japan
▪ Served as Principal Investigator on the IPARSC project, developing and validating a methodology for assessing risk
perception in communities exposed to radiation and chemical hazards — producing transferable tools now used in post-
disaster communication planning.
▪ Coordinated international education and risk communication programmes in formal partnership with IAEA and Japan's
Ministry of Health, managing bilateral agreements, partner deliverables and cross-institutional reporting.
▪ Published 3+ peer-reviewed articles on risk communication and disaster psychosocial impacts, contributing to the
evidence base for evidence-based approaches in public communication after radiological and environmental disasters.
▪ Designed and delivered risk communication curriculum for high-school, Master's and PhD students, training 100+
students annually and coordinating community engagement projects with Japanese schools.

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Project Manager Aug 2014 – Jan 2017
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) • Vienna, Austria
▪ Managed the CGULS multi-country programme across 4 Central Asian and Eastern European nations, coordinating safe
remediation of uranium legacy sites through joint planning, resource mobilisation and multi-stakeholder governance
across national authorities, bilateral donors and technical bodies.
▪ Facilitated 20+ expert missions and international coordination meetings, driving information exchange and joint
decision-making across government, donor and technical organisation stakeholders in 4 countries.
▪ Built and maintained a cross-border stakeholder network spanning ministries, national regulators and multilateral
technical organisations, reducing coordination friction and accelerating joint planning timelines across the CGULS
programme.

Project Manager Feb 2012 – Feb 2014
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) • Vienna, Austria
▪ Authored chapters of the UNODC World Drug Report (2012, 2013, 2014), producing analysis that directly informed global
drug policy debates at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and in national legislatures worldwide.
▪ Managed the Southeast Asia Opium Survey programme, overseeing field data collection, quality assurance and analytical
reporting across a complex multi-country methodology with high geopolitical sensitivity.
▪ Served as CIS and Central Asia regional liaison, strengthening inter-governmental data-sharing frameworks and regional
cooperation structures across 5+ national counterpart agencies.

Project Manager May 2010 – Nov 2011
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine • Kyiv, Ukraine
▪ Led multi-year risk perception studies generating evidence that informed national environmental and health policy
decisions, coordinated with international partners including the European Commission, IAEA and UNDP.
▪ Established and managed international scientific cooperation frameworks between Ukraine and 3 major multilateral
organisations, structuring joint work programmes and ensuring deliverable compliance across all partners.

Volunteer — Psychosocial Support & Field Research Oct 2009 – May 2010
Fundacion FUNDAC • Bogota, Colombia
▪ Delivered psychosocial support to internally displaced women and children in conflict-affected communities; conducted
qualitative and quantitative field research among vulnerable populations to inform policy advocacy.

SELECTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

▪ USD 4M Programme: Full-lifecycle delivery of the IsDB-WHO 'Sustainable Oncology System Development in Uzbekistan,
Phase II' — managing national ministries, 15+ technical experts, procurement and donor reporting over 4 years to scope,
budget and timeline.
▪ National Policy Authorship: sole technical lead for Uzbekistan's first National Cancer Control Programme and associated
service quality standards and clinical guidelines — now the definitive national framework guiding ministerial cancer
investment.
▪ Lancet Oncology Citation: designed the global IAEA imPACT Review Database, cited in Lancet Oncology (2020) —
enhancing institutional capacity for cancer mission tracking and strategic decision-making across IAEA Member States.
▪ 53-Country WHO Research Study: directed WHO EURO childhood cancer inequalities research covering the entire
European Region — producing evidence adopted at regional committee level and cited by national policy advocates.
▪ UNODC World Drug Reports 2012–2014: authored global policy-shaping chapters and managed the Southeast Asia Opium
Survey, producing data that directly informed decisions at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
▪ Multi-country uranium remediation (IAEA CGULS): coordinated a 4-country multi-stakeholder programme for safe
uranium legacy site remediation across Central Asia and Eastern Europe, securing joint planning and resource alignment.

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EDUCATION

PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology and Hygiene 2007 – 2011 Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
MA in International Relations and European Studies 2013 – 2014 Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic
MA in Political Science 2005 – 2007 Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
MBA in Business Administration 2003 – 2005 ESMA Barcelona / Czech Management Institute, Prague
BA in Political Science and International Relations 2001 – 2005 Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

▪ Certified Development Project Manager — Expert Level ▪ Certified Development Project Manager — Advanced Level
(PM4DEV, 2025) (PM4DEV, 2025)
▪ Project Business Professional (Project Business Foundation, ▪ Strategic Planning & Leadership (International Academy of
Munich, 2025) Public Health, 2025)
▪ Results-Based, Adaptive & Leadership Project Management ▪ UN Language Proficiency Examination — English & Russian
(PM4DEV, 2025) (2016)

LANGUAGES

English Czech Russian German Spanish
Fluent — UN LPE Fluent Fluent — UN LPE Working B2 Working B2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Geographic footprint: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Japan, Colombia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine + field missions across Central
& Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Publications: Peer-reviewed publications on risk communication and psychosocial consequences of disasters; contributor to
UNODC World Drug Reports 2012–2014; IAEA imPACT database cited in Lancet Oncology. Full list available on request.

Availability: Open to relocation, international travel, and remote/hybrid arrangements. Immediate availability.

In Vienna, Austria
29 April 2026

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