Ms. Marie Hauerslev
Vice President for External Affairs, International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA)
Marie Hauerslev is a Danish 6th year medical student with longstanding interest in global health. As Vice-President for External affairs of IFMSA, Marie is the global leader of IFMSA’s advocacy work and external representation. In her role as IFMSA’s primary focal point to the UN, Marie organized and moderated the SDG3 session in the ECOSOC Youth Forum, and recently attended the SDG3 Expert Group Meeting. Last year, Marie was the IFMSA Liaison Officer to the World Health Organization and worked closely with the WHO on behalf of IFMSA’s members, 1.3 million medical students. Marie has worked as an intern at WHO HQ, and is a member of the steering group of the WHO GCM/NCD community of practice on “NCDs and the next generation”. Over the years, Marie has attended many high level meetings in WHO and the UN, of which she has prepared and led several student delegations. At the national level, Marie has held several leadership positions, worked on capacity building as Training Director, and she was the founder and chair of the organising committee of NorWHO - the first ever Nordic WHO simulation.