Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall policy concerning the conduct, management and operation of the Program. The Board members are responsible to their governments and/or government funding agencies. The Board appoints the members of the Council of Scientists. Two Board members are appointed by each of the member states and two by the European Union.

Australia

Ms. Sarojini (Ro) MARTIN
Center for Research Management and Policy
NHMRC
Canberra

Canada

Dr. Karl TIBELIUS
Research Capacity Development
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Ottawa
 Dr. Danielle MENARD
Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council (NSERC)
Ottawa

European Union

Mr. Wolfgang BOCH
Future and Emerging Technologies Unit
European Commission
Brussels
 Dr. Manuel HALLEN
Acting Director for Health
European Commission
Brussels

France

Mr. Antoine GRASSIN
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Paris
 Dr. Jean-Claude PERNOLLET
Ministry of Education and Research
Paris

Germany

Dr. Ingrid OHLERT
Life Sciences Division (Biology/Biomedicine)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Bonn
 Dr. Ulrich SCHLÜTER
Vice-Chair
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jülich

India

Prof. Avadhesha SUROLIA
National Institute of Immunology
New Delhi
 Prof. K. VIJAYRAGHAVAN
National Centre for Biological Sciences
TIFR
Bangalore

Italy

Prof. Glauco TOCCHINI-VALENTINI
Institute of Cell Biology
University of Rome
Rome
 Prof. Piergiorgio STRATA
Dip. di Neuroscienze
Università di Torino
Torino

Japan

Mr. Kaoru NAITO
Nuclear Material Control Center
Tokyo
 Prof. Masao ITO
Chair
Brain Science Institute
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, RIKEN
Saitama

Republic of Korea

Dr. Un Woo LEE
International Cooperation Bureau
Ministry of Science, Education and Technology
Seoul
 Prof. Yoo-Hun SUH
Dept of Pharmacology
Seoul National University
Seoul

New Zealand

Prof. Graeme FRASER
Health Research Council for New Zealand
AUCKLAND

Switzerland

Dr. Isabella BERETTA
Office Fédéral de l'Education et de la Science
Bern
 Prof. Pierre MAGISTRETTI
Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience (CNP)
Dept of Psychiatry, CHUV and University of Lausanne
Prilly

United Kingdom

Dr. Alfred GAME
Biotechnology & Biological Sciences
Research Council
Swindon
 Dr. Mark PALMER
Medical Research Council
London

United States of America

Dr. Norka RUIZ-BRAVO
National Institutes of Health
Dept. of Health and Human Services
Bethesda
 Dr. Kathie OLSEN
Vice-Chair
Deputy Director
National Science Foundation
Arlington