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
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President | ||
Prof. Maurizio Genuardi | Rome | 2025 |
President-Elect | ||
Prof. Borut Peterlin | Ljubljana | 2026 |
Vice-President | ||
Lausanne | 2024 | |
Secretary-General | ||
Prof. Carla Oliveira | Porto | 2024 |
Deputy Secretary-General | ||
Prof. Karin Writzl | Ljubljana | 2024 |
Treasurer | ||
Prof. Gunnar Houge | Bergen | 2023 |
ESHG Executive Officer | ||
Mr. Jerome del Picchia | Vienna |
BOARD MEMBERS
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Dr. Olga Antonova | Sofia | 2026 |
Prof. Lina Basel-Salmon | Tel-Aviv | 2025 |
Dr. Ana Beleza | Bristol | 2025 |
Dr. Marta Bertoli | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 2022 |
Prof. Olaf Bodamer | Boston | 2022 |
Prof. Josef Gecz | Adelaide | 2024 |
Dr. Christian Gilissen | Nijmegen | 2023 |
Dr. Kinga Hadzsiev | Pecz | 2023 |
Dr. Ellen Heizer | Graz | 2022 |
Prof. Ingo Kurth | Aachen | 2026 |
Prof. Bart L. Loeys | Antwerp | 2023 |
Dr. Aleš Maver | Ljubljana | 2024 |
Dr. Ramona Moldovan | Manchester | 2026 |
Prof. Markus Nöthen | Bonn | 2026 |
Dr. Christine Patch | London | 2022 |
Prof. Philippos Patsalis | Nicosia | 2022 |
Dr. Júlia Pereira Baptista | Plymouth | 2026 |
Dr. Angela Peron | Milan | 2026 |
Rebecka Ann Pestoff, MSc | Linköping | 2024 |
Dr. Sam Riedijk | Rotterdam | 2026 |
Prof. Christina Rusu | Iasi | 2025 |
Dr. Sergio Sousa | Porto | 2024 |
Dr. Birute Tumiene | Vilnius | 2024 |
Dr. Laura Valle | Barcelona | 2025 |
Prof. Hilde Van Esch | Leuven | 2023 |
Dr. Reiner A. Veitia | Paris | 2023 |
Dr. Kirmo Wartiovaara | Helsinki | 2025 |
AUDITORS
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Dr. Lars Fredrik Engebretsen | Bergen/Trondheim | N/A |
Prof. Helen Kingston | Manchester | N/A |
LIAISON MEMBERS
Prof. Bill Newman | Chair, Education Committee | |
Prof. Francesca Forzano | Chair, Professional and Public Policy Committee | |
Prof. Helena Kääriäinen | Liaison, International Federation of Human Genetics Societies | |
Prof. Isabel Carreira | Chair, European Board of Medical Genetics | |
Prof. Milan Macek Jr. | Liaison, National Societies and E.U. | |
Prof. Gert Matthijs | Chair, EuroGentest/GSQ Committee | |
Prof. Alisdair McNeill | Editor in chief, European Journal of Human Genetics | |
Dr. Elena Avram | Chair, ESHG-Young | |
Prof. Alexandre Reymond | Chair, Scientific Programme Committee |
PERMANENT CHAIR OF THE ARBIRTRATION COURT
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Prof. Andrew P. Read | Manchester | N/A |