The background of Jaleh Lackner-Gohari is as an international medical professional. She is a graduate of the Medical Faculty, Vienna University in Vienna, Austria. After training as an internist, with emphasis in immunology and some years of academic medical work including teaching and research, she later joined the medical service of the United Nations in New York. Returning to her home in Vienna, she was offered a position in the medical services of Vienna-Based UN Organizations (IAEA, UNIDO, UNOV, UNRWA and CTBTO) in the Vienna International Center. Years of field work followed as a United Nations Medical Officer, in UN Peacekeeping Missions in the Balkans: In Slavonia and in Bosnia & Herzegovina (BIH) where she served as the medical coordinator to the respective UN Mission, for some years.

The experience of working many years with a multicultural and expatriate community, of men and women across cultures, strongly shaped the outlook and focus of Dr. Lackner-Gohari toward existing specificities of the presentation of diversity in international organizations. The delicate situation of women in this population was noteworthy. To learn to practice medicine, with the gender

Jaleh Lackner-Gohari
Vice Presdient, Vienna Office