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Management Board

The Management Board is the decision making body of the JPND.

It is composed of a (non-voting) Chair and Vice-Chair and a maximum of 2 representatives of each member state participating in JPND.  Each participating country has 1 vote at the Management Board.  There are 25 countries participating in JPND.

  • The Chair is Prof Philippe Amouyel, Inserm, France
  • The Vice-Chair is Professor Adriana Maggi, Director, Centre of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Milan, Italy

Management Board members

Country Name Organisation
Albania Mentor Petrela UHC "Mother Tereza"
Austria Oliver Mayer Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
Austria Hemma Bauer Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
Belgium Kathleen D'Hondt Department Economy, Science & Innovation
Belgium Thierry Van Cauwenberg Service Public de Wallonie
Croatia Dinko Mitrecic University of Zagreb
Czech-Republic Martin Vyhnálek Charles University and Motol Hospital
Czech-Republic Iva Holmerová Centre of Gerontology, Prague 8 District Authority
Denmark Mogens Horder Danish Council for Strategic Research
Denmark Peder Fode Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Finland Riitta Mustonen Academy of Finland
Finland Jarmo Wahlfors Academy of Finland
France Jean-Michel Heard French National Research Agency (ANR)
France Etienne Hirsch French National Alliance for Life and Health Sciences (AVIESAN)
Germany Marlies Dorlochter Part of the German Aerospace Center(PT-DLR)
Greece Sossanna Kolyva Ministry of Education, Life Long Learning & Religious Affairs
Greece Vassiliki Pletsa Ministry of Education, Life Long Learning & Religious Affairs
Hungary Sándor Erdo National Innovation Office
Hungary Klara Horvath National Innovation Office
Ireland Enda Connolly Health Research Board
Ireland Stephen Simpson Science Foundation Ireland
Israel Avi Israeli Ministry of Health
Italy Adriana Maggi University of Milan
Italy Maria Uccellatore MIUR
Luxemburg Frank Glod Fonds National de la Recherche
Netherlands Jacqueline Hoogendam Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
Netherlands Edvard Beem The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
Norway Mari Nes The Research Council of Norway
Norway Maiken Engelstad Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care services
Poland Joanna Misiewicz Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Poland Maria Barcikowska Medical Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Portugal Catarina Resende Foundation for Science and Technology (FTC)
Portugal Anjos L. Macedo Foundation for Science and Technology (FTC)
Slovakia Michal Novak Slovak Academy of Sciences
Slovakia Lubica Pitlova Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
Slovenia Zvezdan Pirtosek University Medical Center in Ljubljana
Slovenia Peter Volasko Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Spain Rafael De Andres Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Spain Marta Gómez Quintanilla Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
Sweden Mats Ulfendahl The Sweden Research Council
Sweden Erland Hjelmquist Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research
Switzerland Aysim Yilmaz Swiss National Science Foundation
Turkey Görsev Gulmen Yener Dokuz Eylul University
Turkey Didem Celikkanat Ozan The Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey - Tübitak
United Kingdom Robin Buckle Medical Research Council
United Kingdom Hugh Perry Medical Research Council

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