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ERS Science Council

The Science Council leads ERS’s science-related activities. Science is a key pillar of the Society.

About

The Science Council aims to contribute to the advancement of science in respiratory medicine through a range of activities including fellowship opportunities, scientific conferences and seminars, Clinical Research Collaborations (CRCs), clinical practice guidelines and other ERS official scientific documents.

Objectives
  • Share the latest scientific research through conferences and seminars.
  • Support the development of clinical guidelines, statements and technical standards.
  • Support the respiratory research community and provide our members with access to research opportunities.

Council members

Omar Usmani - profile image
Omar Usmani
Science Council Chair
Agnes Boots - profile image
Agnes Boots
Fellowships and Awards Director
Didier Cataldo - profile image
Didier Cataldo
Conference and Seminars Director
Sanja Stanojevic - profile image
Sanja Stanojevic
CRC Director
Winfried Randerath - profile image
Winfried Randerath
Guidelines Director
Chiara Premuda - profile image
Chiara Premuda
Early-Career Members Committee Chair
Eva Polverino - profile image
Eva Polverino
Director of Scientific Relations with the EU

Eva is a specialist in respiratory diseases since 2003 and currently Head of the research Unit in Respiratory Infections of the Department of Respiratory Diseases at Hospital Vall d’Hebron in Barcelona.

Eva’s main lines of investigation are non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, and antimicrobial resistance.

James Chalmers - profile image
James Chalmers
Chief Editor of the European Respiratory Journal
Rory Morty - profile image
Rory Morty
Chief Editor of the European Respiratory Review
Woo-Jung Song - profile image
Woo-Jung Song
Chief Editor of ERJ Open Research
ERS Assembly Heads - profile image
ERS Assembly Heads
All ERS Assembly Heads are also members of the Science Council.

Sam Bayat
João Carlos Winck
Niki L. Reynaert
Sophia Schiza
Apostolos Bossios
Ane Johannessen
Alexander Moller
Marcello Migliore
Jellien Makonga-Braaksma
Raquel Duarte
Najib M. Rahman
Michael Kreuter
Olivier Sitbon
Mohammed Munavvar

ERS Assembly Heads

Working Groups

Fellowships and Awards Working Group

Agnes Boots, Netherlands (Chair)
Aleksandra Szczepankiewicz, Poland
Georgia Hardavella, Greece
Richard Lee, UK
Mathieu Marillier, France
Henrik Hansen, Denmark
Suzanne Cloonan, Ireland
Susanne Vijverberg, Netherlands
Afroditi Boutou, Greece
Marielle W.H. Pijnenburg, Netherlands
Richard Staats, Portugal
Orianne Dumas, France
Joana Pepke-Zaba, UK
Franz de Jongh, Netherlands
Eva Garrido-Martin, Spain
Jan Willem Duitman, Netherlands
Olivier Burgy, France
Stamatoula Tsikrika, Greece
Dries Testelmans, Belgium
Athanasia Pataka, Greece
Dragos Bumbăcea, Romania
Philip Molyneaux, UK
Sara Rolandsson Enes, Sweden
Daniela Maria Cirillo, Italy

 

Clinical Research Collaborations Working Group

Sanja Stanojevic, Canada (Chair)
Winfried Randerath, Germany
Andre Nyberg, Sweden
Amanda Dandanell, Juul Denmark
Apostolos Bossios, Sweden
Begüm Ergan, Turkey
Delia Goletti, Italy
Joanna Chorostowska, Poland
Joanna Pepke-Zaba, UK
Jakob Usemann, Switzerland
Marieke Duiverman, Netherlands
Vivi Schlünssen, Denmark
Janine Gote-Schniering, Switzerland
Julien Guiot, Belgium
Lorna Latimer, UK
Manuel Sanchez de la Torre, Spain
Vitalii Poberezhets, Ukraine
Federica Meloni, Italy
Guido Marchi, Italy

 

Guidelines Working Group

Winfried Randerath, Germany
Gabor Kovacs, Austria
Saskia Bos, Belgium
Pieter Goeminne, Belgium
Johan Verbraecken, Belgium
Sanja  Stanojevic, Canada
Martin  Kolb, Canada
Ildiko Horvath, Hungary
Elena Bargagli, Italy
Claudia Crimi, Italy
Myrofora Goutaki, Switzerland
Alexander Mathioudakis, United Kingdom
Hilary Pinnock, United Kingdom
Anand Sundaralingam, United Kingdom
Daniël Korevaar, Netherlands
Cristina Jácome, Portugal
Athenais Boucly, France