The European Society
of Human Genetics

ESHG Board

ESHG Board

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Members who wish to raise issues for discussion at the Board should contact the Secretary-general or a member of the Board, whose members are shown below.
Term as board member ends at the general assembly in the year given in the according column.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

   
President

Prof. Borut Peterlin
Ljubljana, Slovenia
End of term: 2026

  Borut Peterlin
President-Elect

Prof. Valérie Cormier Daire
Paris, France
End of term: 2027

  Valérie Cormier Daire
Vice-President

Prof. Maurizio Genuardi
Rome, Italy
End of term: 2025

  Maurizio Genuardi
Secretary-General
Prof. Carla Oliveira
Porto, Portugal
end of term: 2024
  Carla Oliveira
Deputy Secretary-General
Prof. Karin Writzl
Ljubljana, Slovenia
End of term: 2024
  Karin Writzl
Treasurer
Prof. Gunnar Houge
Bergen, Norway
End of term: 2023
  Gunnar Houge
ESHG  Executive Officer
Mr. Jerome del Picchia
Vienna, Austria
  Jerome del Picchia

BOARD MEMBERS

    Term ends
Dr. Olga Antonova Sofia, Bulgaria 2026
Prof. Lina Basel-Salmon Tel-Aviv, Israel 2025
Dr. Ana Beleza Bristol, United Kingdom 2025
Prof. Josef Gecz Adelaide, Australia 2024
Dr. Christian Gilissen Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2023
Dr. Kinga Hadzsiev Pecz, Hungary 2023
Prof. Ingo Kurth Aachen, Germany 2026
Prof. Bart L. Loeys Antwerp, Belgium 2023
Dr. Aleš Maver Ljubljana, Slovenia 2024
Dr. Ramona Moldovan Manchester, United Kingdom 2026
Prof. Markus Nöthen Bonn, Germany  2026
Dr. Júlia Pereira Baptista Plymouth, United Kingdom 2026
Dr. Angela Peron Milan, Italy 2026
Rebecka Ann Pestoff, MSc Linköping, Sweden 2024
Prof. Anita Rauch Zurich, Switzerland 2027
Prof. Alexandre Reymond Lausanne, Switzerland 2024
Dr. Sam Riedijk Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2026
Prof. Christina Rusu Iasi, Romania 2025
Dr. Sergio Sousa Coimbra, Portugal 2024
Prof. Tinatin Tkemaladze Tsbilisi, Georgia 2027
Dr. Birute Tumiene Vilnius, Lithuania 2024
Dr. Laura Valle Barcelona, Spain 2025
Prof. Hilde Van Esch Leuven, Belgium 2023
Dr. Reiner A. Veitia Paris, France 2023
Prof. Aline Vertraeten Antwerp, Belgium 2027
Dr. Kirmo Wartiovaara Helsinki, Finland 2025
Prof. Katharina Wimmer Innsbruck, Austria 2027

AUDITORS

  Term ends
Dr. Lars Fredrik Engebretsen Bergen/Trondheim, Norway N/A
Prof. Helen Kingston Manchester, United Kingdom N/A

LIAISON MEMBERS

Prof. Joris Veltman
Newcastle, United Kingdom
Chair, Annual Meetings Committee
Prof. Bill Newman
Manchester, United Kingdom
Chair, Education Committee
Prof. Gert Matthijs
Leuven, Belgium
Chair, EuroGentest/GSQ Committee
Prof. Francesca Forzano
London, United Kingdom
Chair, Professional and Public Policy Committee
Prof. Alexandre Reymond
Lausanne, Switzerland

Chair, Scientific Programme Committee

Dr. Mridul Johari
Helsinki, Finland
Chair, ESHG-Young Committee
Prof. Alisdair McNeill
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Editor in Chief, European Journal of Human Genetics
Prof. Birgitte Rode Diness
Copenhagen, Denmark
Liaison, European Board of Medical Genetics
Prof. Helena Kääriäinen
Helsinki, Finland
Liaison, International Federation of Human Genetics Societies
Prof. Milan Macek Jr.
Prague
, Czech Republic
Liaison, National Societies and E.U.

PERMANENT CHAIR OF THE ARBITRATION COURT

  Term ends
Prof. Andrew P. Read Manchester, United Kingdom N/A