Tanja Kuchenmüller, M.A., M.Sc, heads the Evidence to Policy and Impact unit in the Research for Health Department/Science Division at WHO. Her unit has a dual mandate: (1) to build country capacity in generating, translating, and applying research evidence in policies and practices, and (2) to provide strategic leadership on research policies that promote access and support scale-up.

Previously, she led knowledge translation work at the WHO Regional Office for Europe and coordinated a unit on Knowledge Management, Evidence and Research for Policy-Making. Before joining WHO, she worked in the HIV/AIDS field for the United Nations Development Programme and the German Development Service.