ERS elections and open positions

Alongside an opportunity for members to take on official and essential roles within the European Respiratory Society (ERS) structure, ERS members also have an opportunity to have their say about the future leaders of the Society through open voting.

National Delegates, Assembly Heads and Secretaries, and Group Chairs and Secretaries

Results announcement

ERS is delighted to share the details of the successful candidates following the latest round of member votes in the ERS elections. We congratulate the successful candidates and thank all ERS members who participated in these elections.

The successful candidates are as follows:

Assembly Heads

Assembly 4 – Sleep disordered breathing – Winfried J.Randerath
Assembly 9 – Allied respiratory professionals – Daniel Langer
Assembly 11 – Thoracic oncology – Torsten Gerriet Blum
Assembly 12 – Interstitial lung diseases – Katerina Antoniou
Assembly 13 – Pulmonary vascular diseases – Anton Vonk Noordegraaf

Assembly Secretaries

Assembly 1 – Respiratory clinical care and physiology – Frits M.E.Franssen
Assembly 4 – Sleep disordered breathing – Sophia E. Schiza
Assembly 9 – Allied respiratory professionals – Jellien Makonga-Braaksma
Assembly 11 – Thoracic oncology – Najib M.Rahman
Assembly 12 – Interstitial lung diseases – Michael Kreuter
Assembly 13 – Pulmonary vascular diseases – Olivier Sitbon

Group Chairs

Group 01.01 – Clinical problems – Shailesh Balasaheb Kolekar
Group 01.03 – General practice and primary care – Miguel Román Rodriguez
Group 03.01 – Molecular pathology and functional genomics – Arnaud Mailleux
Group 05.01 – Airway pharmacology and treatment – Lena Uller
Group 06.01 – Epidemiology – Om Prakash Kurmi
Group 07.01 – Paediatric respiratory physiology and sleep – Nicole Beydon
Group 07.02 – Paediatric asthma and allergy – Angela Zacharasiewicz
Group 07.05 – Neonatology and paediatric intensive care – Anna Lavizzari
Group 07.06 – Paediatric respiratory epidemiology – Myrofora Goutaki
Group 09.02 – Physiotherapists – Deniz Inal-Ince
Group 11.01 – Lung cancer – Georgia Hardavella
Group 11.02 – Pleural and mediastinal malignancies – Kevin Blyth
Group 12.01 – Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias – Marlies S. Wijsenbeek
Group 12.02 – ILD / DPLD of known origin – Elena Bargagli
Group 12.03 – Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous ILD / DPLD – Paolo Spagnolo
Group 12.04 – Rare ILD / DPLD – Maria Molina Molina
Group 13.01 – Pulmonary hypertension – Silvia Ulrich
Group 13.02 – Pulmonary embolism – Laurent Bertoletti
Group 14.01 – Interventional pulmonology – Mohammed Munavvar
Group 14.02 – Imaging – Ádám Domonkos Tárnoki

Group Secretaries

Group 01.01 – Clinical problems – Georgios Kaltsakas
Group 01.03 – General practice and primary care – Cláudia Vicente
Group 03.01 – Molecular pathology and functional genomics – Audrey Joannes
Group 05.01 – Airway pharmacology and treatment – Alexander Mathioudakis
Group 06.01 – Epidemiology – Vanessa Garcia-Larsen
Group 07.01 – Paediatric respiratory physiology and sleep – Stijn Verhulst
Group 07.05 – Neonatology and paediatric intensive care – Emanuela Zannin
Group 07.06 – Paediatric respiratory epidemiology – Maribel Casas
Group 10.02 – Tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases – Fusun Ayşegül Öner Eyüboğlu
Group 11.01 – Lung cancer – Andriani Charpidou
Group 11.02 – Pleural and mediastinal malignancies – Avinash Aujayeb
Group 12.01 – Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias – Wim A. Wuyts
Group 12.02 – ILD / DPLD of known origin – Antoine Froidure
Group 12.03 – Sarcoidosis and other granulomatous ILD / DPLD – Marcel Veltkamp
Group 12.04 – Rare ILD / DPLD – Cormac McCarthy
Group 13.01 – Pulmonary hypertension – Yochai Adir
Group 13.02 – Pulmonary embolism – Luis Jose Jara Palomares
Group 14.01 – Interventional pulmonology – Peter I. Bonta
Group 14.02 – Imaging – Helmut Prosch

Early career committee representatives

Assembly 1 – Respiratory clinical care and physiology – Gille Thomas
Assembly 4 – Sleep disordered breathing – Matteo Bradicich
Assembly 10 – Respiratory infections – Holly Keir
Assembly 12 – Interstitial lung diseases – Catharina Moor
Assembly 13 – Pulmonary vascular diseases – Mona Lichtblau

National Delegates

Japan – Yasuhiko Nishioka
Kyrgyzstan – Maamed Mademilov
United States of America – MeiLan K.Han

Further queries

For any queries regarding the ERS elections, please contact: elections@ersnet.org

Open positions

All calls for candidates for open positions within ERS will be updated on this page, so please check back regularly.

European Respiratory Review Chief Editor

Job description: European Respiratory Review is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal publishing state-of-the-art reviews, updates, meeting proceedings, editorials and correspondence on current topical issues in respiratory medicine, science and surgery. The Chief Editor will be responsible for the scientific content of the Review and potential growth of the journal over the coming years.

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Duration of role: The role will formally commence in January 2022 and finish in December 2024, however, the new editor will begin shadowing the current editor around 6 months before the start of their mandate.

How to apply: Please send a CV and a covering statement of suitability, outlining your vision for the development of the journal, to erspublications@ersnet.org by the deadline date of Friday 19 February, 2021.

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ERJ Open Research Chief Editor

Job description: ERJ Open Research is an open-access original research journal which aims to publish high-quality work in all fields of respiratory science and medicine, covering basic science, clinical translational science and clinical medicine. The Chief Editor will be responsible for the scientific content of the journal and identify areas where it could fulfil a need within the respiratory publishing environment.

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ERS Conferences and Seminars Director

Job description: The ERS Conferences and Seminars Director is involved in the development and delivery of four key ERS activities, including the ERS Lung Science Conference, ERS Research Seminars, external meetings endorsement and the ERS International Congress Programme Committee. The Director steers the themes and key topics of ERS events and helps to ensure that activities follow ERS recommendations, guidelines, and policies. The Director is part of the ERS Science Council and is supported by the ERS office.

Duration of role: The role will formally commence in 2022 and finish in 2025, however, the new director will shadow the current director prior to the start of their mandate.

More information:

How to apply: Please send the completed application form and a copy of your CV to scientific@ersnet.org by the deadline date of Monday 15 March, 2021.

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