Standing Committee: List of Members

Delegates

Austria
Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung:  Markus Müller, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaft:  Hans Lassmann, Brain Research Institute, Vienna

Belgium
Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique: Pierre Gianello, Université Catholique de Louvain, Woluwe-St-Lambert
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek:  Roger Bouillon*, Lab. Of Exp. Medicine Endocrinology, Leuven

Bulgaria
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences:  Bogdan Petrunov, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia

Croatia
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Art:  Kresimir Pavelic, "Rudjer Boskovic" Institute, Zagreb

Cyprus
Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation:  awaiting nomination 

Czech Republic
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic:  Josef Syka*, Charles University, Prague

Denmark
Danish Medical Research Council:  Niels Frimodt-Møller, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre

Estonia
Estonian Academy of Sciences and Estonian Science Foundation:  Raivo Uibo, University of Tartu, Tartu

Finland
Academy of Finland:  Tuula Tamminen, University of Tampere, Tampere

France
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique:  Emmanuelle Wollman, CNRS, Paris
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale:  Anne Bisagni*, Inserm, Paris

Germany
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft:  Martin Röllinghoff*, Nuremberg University, Nuremberg

Greece
National Hellenic Research Foundation:  Andrew Margioris, School of Medicine, Heraklion

Hungary
Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Hungarian Scientific Research Fund:  János Réthelyi, Semmelweis University, Budapest

Iceland
Icelandic Research Council:  Jona Freysdottir, University Research Hospital, Reykjavik

Ireland
Health Research Board:  Catherine Godson, University College Dublin, Dublin

Italy
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche:  Giovanni Pacini*, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Padova

Lithuania
Research Council of Lithuania:  Limas Kupčinskas, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences 

Luxembourg
Fonds National de la Recherche:  awaiting new nomination

Netherlands
Nederlandse organisatie voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek  (NWO)/ Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW): Marcel Levi, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam,

Norway
The Research Council of Norway:  Stig Slørdahl*, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Poland
Polish Academy of Sciences:  Anna Członkowska, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw

Portugal
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)and Gabinete de Relações Internacionais Da Ciência e do Ensino Superior (GRICES):  Isabel Palmeirim, Department of Medicine, University of Algarve, Faro

Romania
National University Research Council (NURC):  Simona-Maria Ruta, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine, Bucharest

Slovakia
Slovak Academy of Sciences:  Richard Imrich, Center for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

Slovenia
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts:  Uros Skaleric

Spain
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC):  Isabel Varela-Nieto*, Instituto Investigaciones Biomedicas "Alberto Sols", Madrid
Ministerio de Cienca e Innovaçion (MICINN):  Miguel Angel Piris Pinilla, Fundacion Centro Nacional Investigation, Madrid

Sweden
Vetenskapsrådet: Mats Ulfendahl, Swedish Research Council, Stockholm

Switzerland
Swiss National Science Foundation:  Stéphanie Clarke, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne

Turkey
The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK):  Haluk Aydın Topaloglu, Hacettepe Children’s Hospital, Ankara

United Kingdom
Medical Research Council:  Mark Palmer*, MRC, London

*The delegate is also a Core Group member

Observers

Permanent Observers

EU representative
European Commission:  Dr. Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, DG Research

LESC representative
Salamanca University:  Maria Pilar Perez, ES

Observers

Canada
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR):  Alain Beaudet, Ottawa

Denmark
World Health Organisation:  pending

France
Institut Pasteur: Nadia Khelef, Paris

Israel
The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities:  Arnon Nagler, Jerusalem

Moldova
The Academy of Sciences of Moldova: Stanislav Groppa, Chisinau

New Zealand
Health Research Council of New Zealand:  Robin Olds, Auckland

Netherlands
Nederlandse organisatie voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek (NWO):  Edvard Beem, The Hague

United Kingdom
The Wellcome Trust:  Nicola Perrin, London

United States
Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH):  Roger Glass, Maryland