Members and Alternates

According to Article 18 of the Founding Regulation, the Advisory Forum shall be composed of members from technically competent bodies in the Member States which undertake tasks similar to those of the Centre, on the basis of one representative designated by each Member State recognised for his/her scientific competence, as well as three members without the right to vote nominated by the Commission and representing interested parties at European level, such as non-governmental organisations representing patients, professional bodies or academia. Representatives may be replaced by alternates, appointed at the same time.​​​

Austria

Bernhard Benka

  • Austria
  • member
  • Head of Division Public Health
  • AGES- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety

Declaration of interest

English (667.58 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.4 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (68.67 KB - PDF)

Dirk Werber

  • Austria
  • alternate
  • Head of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety

Declaration of interest

English (669.46 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (566.97 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (42.87 KB - PDF)

Belgium

Koen Blot

  • Belgium
  • member
  • Head of Service, Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
  • Sciensano

Declaration of interest

English (666.17 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568.76 KB - PDF)

Steven Van Gucht

  • Belgium
  • alternate
  • Head of Viral Diseases
  • Sciensano

Declaration of interest

English (70.26 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (53.02 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (144.56 KB - PDF)

Bulgaria

Member Confirmation Pending

  • Bulgaria
  • member

Radosveta Filipova

  • Bulgaria
  • alternate
  • Head
  • Department for Surveillance of Communicable Diseases
  • Ministry of Health

Declaration of interest

English (57.75 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (53.08 KB - PDF)

Croatia

Vesna Višekruna Vučina

  • Croatia
  • member
  • Head of Department for Immunization
  • Croatian Institute of Public Health

Declaration of interest

English (681.97 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (571.65 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (53.19 KB - PDF)

Barbara Bekavac

  • Croatia
  • alternate
  • Specialist in epidemiology
  • Division for Environmental Health, Department for General Environmental Health
  • Croatian Institute of Public Health

Declaration of interest

English (665.71 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.4 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (89.4 KB - PDF)

Cyprus

Linos Hadjihannas

  • Cyprus
  • member
  • 1st Class Medical Officer
  • Directorate of Medical and Public Health Services

Declaration of interest

English (680.7 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (569.24 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (62.15 KB - PDF)

Costas Constantinou

  • Cyprus
  • alternate
  • Ministry of Health of Cyprus

Declaration of interest

English (668.79 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (569.79 KB - PDF)

Czechia

Jan Kyncl

Jan Kynčl

  • Czechia
  • member
  • Head
  • National Institute of Public Health

Declaration of interest

English (610.26 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (566.79 KB - PDF)

Kateřina Fabiánová

  • Czechia
  • alternate
  • National Institute of Public Health

Declaration of interest

English (672.66 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (54.12 KB - PDF)

Denmark

Tyra Grove Krause

  • Denmark
  • member
  • Senior Consultant
  • Statens Serum Institut

Declaration of interest

English (679.23 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (569.24 KB - PDF)

Bolette Søborg

  • Denmark
  • alternate
  • Deputy Director, Head of Vaccine Preventable Disease unit
  • Statens Serum Institute

Declaration of interest

English (666.71 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (571.85 KB - PDF)

Estonia

Kärt Sõber

  • Estonia
  • member
  • Head of Department
  • Department of Communicable Diseases Epidemiology
  • Health Board of Estonia

Declaration of interest

English (672.01 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568 KB - PDF)

Olga Sadikova

  • Estonia
  • alternate
  • Chief Specialist
  • Influenza Centre, Communicable Diseases Epidemiology Department
  • Health Board of Estonia

Declaration of interest

English (665.92 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.27 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (128.24 KB - PDF)

Finland

Otto Helve

  • Finland
  • member
  • Director
  • Department of Health Security
  • Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Declaration of interest

English (674.3 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.61 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (377.14 KB - PDF)

Carita Savolainen-Kopra

  • Finland
  • alternate
  • Head of Unit for Expert Microbiology
  • National Institute for Health and Welfare

Declaration of interest

English (675.43 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568.21 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (99.82 KB - PDF)

France

Bruno Coignard

Bruno Coignard

  • France
  • member
  • Institute for Public Health Surveillance

Declaration of interest

English (673.83 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (566.44 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (19.21 KB - PDF)

Harold Noel

  • France
  • alternate
  • Deputy Director
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Santé Publique France

Declaration of interest

English (678.45 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (569.13 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (171.11 KB - PDF)

Germany

Ute Rexroth

  • Germany
  • member
  • Deputy Head of Department for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Head of unit for crisis management, outbreak investigations and training programmes
  • Robert Koch Institute

Declaration of interest

English (692.29 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (572.14 KB - PDF)

Viviane Bremer

  • Germany
  • alternate
  • Head of Divison for HIV/AIDS, STI and Blood-borne Infections
  • Robert Koch Institute

Declaration of interest

English (684.19 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (566.92 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (119.12 KB - PDF)

Greece

Sotirios Tsiodras

  • Greece
  • member
  • Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases
  • Athens University Medical School- Advisor to the Government - Member of the national COVID-19 committee

Declaration of interest

English (667.21 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (569.83 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (60.15 KB - PDF)

Dimitrios Hatzigeorgiou

  • Greece
  • alternate
  • Member of the Board of the Directors
  • National Public Health Organization

Declaration of interest

English (568.37 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (665.63 KB - PDF)

Hungary

Zsuzsanna Molnár

  • Hungary
  • member
  • Head of Unit
  • Department for Hospital Hygiene and Epidemiology Surveillance
  • Ministry of Human Capacities

Declaration of interest

English (670.88 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.03 KB - PDF)

Ágnes Hajdu

  • Hungary
  • alternate
  • Desk Officer
  • Department for Hospital Hygiene and Epidemiology Surveillance
  • Ministry of Human Capacities

Declaration of interest

English (610.16 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.23 KB - PDF)

Ireland

Victor Aiyedun

  • Ireland
  • member
  • Clinical Lead for Surveillance
  • Health Protection Surveillance Centre

Declaration of interest

English (667.54 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568.23 KB - PDF)

Éamonn O’Moore

  • Ireland
  • alternate
  • Director
  • National Health Protection
  • Health Protection Surveillance Centre

Declaration of interest

English (674.77 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (54.09 KB - PDF)

Italy

Member confirmation pending

  • Italy
  • member

Alternate confirmation pending

  • Italy
  • alternate

Latvia

Jurijs Perevoščikovs

  • Latvia
  • member
  • Director of Department
  • Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Declaration of interest

English (672 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (569.27 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (146.2 KB - PDF)

Alternate Confirmation Pending

  • Latvia
  • alternate

Lithuania

Jurgita Pakalniškienė

  • Lithuania
  • member
  • Chief Specialist of Health Promotion Division
  • Public Health Department
  • Ministry of Health

Declaration of interest

English (670.2 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (571.7 KB - PDF)

Nerija Kuprevičienė

  • Lithuania
  • alternate
  • Advisor
  • Health Promotion Division, Public Health Department
  • Ministry of Health

Declaration of interest

English (670.62 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (571.57 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (162.52 KB - PDF)

Luxembourg

Isabel De La Fuente Garcia

Isabel De La Fuente Garcia

  • Luxembourg
  • member
  • Médecin spécialiste en pédiatrie
  • Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg

Declaration of interest

English (608.17 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.77 KB - PDF)

Anne Vergison

  • Luxembourg
  • alternate
  • Division de I'inspection sanitaire
  • Direction de la Santé

Declaration of interest

English (678.38 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.33 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (346.43 KB - PDF)

Malta

Charmaine Gauci

  • Malta
  • member
  • Superintendent of Public Health/ Director General Health Regulation
  • Superintendance of Public Health

Declaration of interest

English (662.94 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568.37 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (417.85 KB - PDF)

Tanya Melillo Fenech

  • Malta
  • alternate
  • Head of IDCU/consultant in PH
  • Superintendence of Public Health

Declaration of interest

English (670.04 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568.52 KB - PDF)

Netherlands

Menno de Jong

  • Netherlands
  • member
  • Director Centre for Infectious Disease Control
  • National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Declaration of interest

English (681.24 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568.23 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (150.98 KB - PDF)

Susan van den Hof

  • Netherlands
  • alternate
  • Head
  • Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance
  • National Institute for Public Health and Environment

Declaration of interest

English (667.74 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568.06 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (178.4 KB - PDF)

Poland

Małgorzata Sadkowska-Todys

  • Poland
  • member
  • Head of Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Surveillance
  • National Institute of Public Health, National Institute of Hygiene

Declaration of interest

English (611.82 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.92 KB - PDF)

Magdalena Rosińska

  • Poland
  • alternate
  • Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Surveillance
  • National Institute of Public Health, National Institute of Hygiene

Declaration of interest

English (621.05 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (567.69 KB - PDF)

Portugal

Ana Paula Rodrigues

  • Portugal
  • member
  • Public Health Doctor, Head of the Surveillance and Health Observation Unit
  • Epidemiology Department
  • National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge

Declaration of interest

English (676.6 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (567.17 KB - PDF)

Pedro Miguel Silva Azevedo Ferreira

  • Portugal
  • alternate
  • Public Health Physician
  • Deputy Health Delegate of the Alentejo region

Romania

Adriana Pistol

  • Romania
  • member
  • Secretary of State
  • Ministry of Health

Declaration of interest

English (669.21 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (569.79 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (180.95 KB - PDF)

Aurora Stănescu

  • Romania
  • alternate
  • Senior Epidemiologist
  • National Centre for Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases, National Institute of Public Health

Declaration of interest

English (671.86 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (285.65 KB - PDF)

Slovakia

Helena Hudecová

  • Slovakia
  • member
  • Public Health Authority

Declaration of interest

English (668.05 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.9 KB - PDF)

Jana Kerlik

  • Slovakia
  • alternate
  • Regional Public Health Authority

Declaration of interest

English (669.99 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (566.79 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (123.61 KB - PDF)

Slovenia

Irena Klavs

  • Slovenia
  • member
  • Specialist epidemiology/public health
  • National Institute of Public Health

Declaration of interest

English (672.39 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568.54 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (122.89 KB - PDF)

Marta Grgič-Vitek

  • Slovenia
  • alternate
  • Specialist epidemiology/public health
  • National Institute of Public Health

Declaration of interest

English (671.26 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (570.99 KB - PDF)

Spain

Fernando Simon Soria

Fernando Simón Soria

  • Spain
  • member
  • Director of Centre for Coordination of Alerts and Health Emergencies
  • Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality

Declaration of interest

English (665.23 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568.41 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (5.88 KB - PDF)

José Luis Peñalvo García

  • Spain
  • alternate
  • Director
  • National Centre of Epidemiology
  • Carlos III Institute of Health

Declaration of interest

English (611.71 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (568.52 KB - PDF)

Biography / CV

English (42.69 KB - PDF)

Sweden

Member confirmation pending

  • Sweden
  • member

Anneli Carlander

  • Sweden
  • alternate
  • Head of Unit
  • Unit for Coordination and Surveillance COVID-19
  • Public Health Agency of Sweden

Declaration of interest

English (667.31 KB - PDF)

Declaration of commitment

English (567.69 KB - PDF)
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