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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. One or two Board members are appointed by each of the member states and two by the European Union.

 

Australia

Prof. Steve WESSLINGH 
National Health and Medical Research Council 
Canberra
 

 

Canada

Dr Alejandro ADEM
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Ottawa

 

Mr. Adrian MOTA
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Ottawa

 

European Commission

Ms. Signe RATSO
DG Research and Innovation
Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Henriette VAN EIJL
DG Research and Innovation
Brussels, Belgium

 

France

Dr. Jacques DEMOTES-MAINARD 
(Vice President)
Ministry of Higher Education and Research
Paris
 

 

Germany

Dr. Ingrid OHLERT
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Bonn
Dr. Christian BOEHM
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Berlin

 

India

Prof. Rajesh GOKHALE
Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology
New Delhi
Prof. Pushkar SHARMA
National Institute of Immunology
New Delhi

 

Israel

Dr. Iris EISENBERG
Ministry of Science and Technology
Jerusalem
Dr. Barak GATENYO 
Ministry of Science and Technology
Jerusalem

 

Italy

Prof. Glauco TOCCHINI-VALENTINI
Institute of Cell Biology
University of Rome
Dr. Marcela DEVOTO
Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica 
Monserrato

 

Japan

Prof. Shigekazu NAGATA (President)
Osaka University
Prof. Yoshinao MISHIMA
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
Tokyo

 

Republic of Korea

Mr. Seong Gyu KIM
Ministry of Science and ICT
Sejong-si
Dr. Hyong-Ha KIM
Korea Research Institute of Standards & Science
Daejeon

 

New Zealand

Prof. Vickery ARCUS (leave of absence)
University of Waikato
Prof. Troels PETERSEN (acting)
Roya Society Apārangi

 

Norway

Dr. Kristin DANIELSEN
Research Council of Norway
Oslo
 

 

Singapore

Mr Kian Teik BEH 
National Research Foundation
Singapore
Prof. Teck Seng LOW
National University of Singapore

 

South Africa

 
Dr. Eugene LOTTERING
National Research Foundation
Pretoria
Prof Liesl ZUHLKE
South African Medical Research Council
Tygerberg

 

Switzerland

Dr. Thomas WERDER SCHLAEPFER
Swiss National Science Foundation
Dr. Simona BERARDI VILEI
Swiss National Science Foundation

 

United Kingdom

Dr. Mark PALMER (Treasurer)
UKRI-Medical Research Council
London
Prof. Amanda COLLIS
UKRI-Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Swindon

 

United States of America

Dr. Tara SCHWETZ (Vice President)
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Dr. Kendra SHARP / Dr. Susan MARQUSEE
National Science Foundation
Alexandria
President

 

Shigekazu Nagata was appointed President of HFSPO and Chair of the Board of Trustees in July 2018.

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