Working members

Working Group and Summit Participants

Our work is made possible through the invaluable contributions of our partner organizations, associations, supporters, and the global experts engaged in the Summit, as well as our Working and Expert Groups.

Stephenson, Terence

Honorary Consultant & Nuffield Prof. of Child Health, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom

Global Advisor, International Federation on Ageing (IFA)

Adams, Elizabeth

President, European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN)

Chief Pharmacist, Munich Municipal Hospital Group, Germany

Angoulvant, Francois

Prof. of Pediatrics, Head of the Pediatric Department Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Switzerland

Baraldi, Eugenio

Prof. of Pediatrics, Women’s and Children’s Health Department, ReSViNET, University of Padova, Italy

Barilan, Michael

Prof., Bioethics and Law Initiative Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel

Prof., UK Public Health Rapid Support, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Prof. of Hygiene, Director of the Specialization School for MDs, University of Florence, Italy

Associate Prof. of Pediatrics, University of Split, Croatia

Bruijning-Verhagen, Patricia

Associate Prof., Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center Research Program Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands

Infectious Disease Specialist, UMC Utrecht, Netherlands

Brusa, Margherita

Bioethics and Law Initiative, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine, Israel

Group Leader, Inflammatory Origins, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia

Senior Scientific Policy Officer, Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM)

Chagnon, Marianne

EU Policy and Coordination Officer, European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)

Chantler, Tracey

Ass Prof. Public Health Evaluation, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Prof. of Pediatrics, Carol Davila University of Medicine, Romania

Cunnington, Aubrey

Clinical Senior Lecturer, Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Datta, Siddartha

Programme Manager Vaccine-preventable Diseases and Immunization, World Health Organisation (WHO)

Board Member of the NGO Committee on Ageing, UN Vienna, AUSTRIA

De Haller, Jacques

Immediate Past President of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), Belgium

De Lusignan, Simon

Prof. Primary Care and Clinical Informatics, University of Oxford and Director of Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), United Kingdom

De Wals, Philippe

Prof. Laval University, Quebec City, Canada

Del Riccio, Marco

Medical Doctor, Specialised in Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Florence, Italy.

Esposito, Susanna

Director of Specialization School in Pediatrics, University of Parma and President of WAIDID, Italy

Gary Finnegan is Editor of Vaccines Today and a trustee of the Coalition for Life-Course Immunisation. Ireland

Fischer, Harriet

Senior Research Associate in Public Health, University of Bristol

Gimenez-Sanchez, Francisco

Specialist Pediatrician, Hispalense Institute of Pediatrics. President of Balmis Institute of Vaccines, Spain

Habersaat, Katrine

Technical Officer, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization programme, WHO, Denmark

Himawan, Arunima

Senior Health Policy and Research Manager, International Longevity Centre (ILC)

CEO, Global Coalition on Aging

Clinical Associate Professor, GOS UCL Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital (United Kingdom))

Ingvorsen, Martine

Policy Officer for the European Commission

Senior Epidemiologist, Center of Infectious Disease Control RIVM, Netherlands

Kojouharova, Mira

Prof. & Consultant Epidemiologist, National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Bulgaria

Chair, Associate ReSViNET Foundation, Chair RSV Patient Network, Patient Advisory Board

Prof. Paediatrics and Molecular Infectious Diseases, Imperial College and St Mary’s Hospital, United Kingdom

President, Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), India

Lakhanpaul, Monica

Professor of Integrated Community Child Health, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health (United Kingdom)

Vice President of European Affairs, European Pharmaceutical Students' Association (EPSA)

Executive Manager, World Federation Public Health Association (WFPHA)

Maassen, Alison

Senior Coordinator, EuroHealthNet

Maggi, Stefania

Board Member, European Interdisciplinary Council on Ageing (ESCEO)

European Institute of Women’s Health, Ireland

Meszner, Zsofia

Director of Methodology, Paediatrician and Specialist in Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Paediatrics Heim Pal, Hungary

Michel, Jean-Pierre

Professor of Medicine, Geneva University Medical School, and Head of the Geriatric Ward (Switzerland)

Deputy Lead School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire (United Kingdom))

Miljkovic, Nenad

Director of Finance, European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP)

Executive Vice President, MD, DMSc, Statens Serum Institute, Denmark

Mosina, Liudmila

Technical Officer for New Vaccine Introduction, WHO, Denmark

Co-ordinator for Europe and Africa, Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO)

Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Chief Physician, Deputy Head, Unit Infectious Diseases Control and Vaccines, Department Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Executive Director, Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO)

Ass. Prof. of Public Health, Director of the School of Public Health, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Executive Director, European Specialist Nurses Organisation (ESNO)

Perez Martin, Jamie

General Directorate of Public Health and Addictions, Murcia Health Council (Spain)

Consultant Neonatologist & Adjunct Prof. of Neonatology, University Maternity Hospital Limerick GEMS, University of Limerick, Ireland

Prof. Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Charles University, Czech Republic

Quaggia, Daniela

Senior Project Manager, Networking Active Citizenship Network (ACN)

Ramasauskaite, Diana

Head of the Center in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinic, Latvia

Chair and Co-founder, Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative (VIVI)

President, European Confederation of Primary Care Pediatricians

Ribeiro Mourao, Francisco

European Junior Doctors, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, CHUPorto (PT)

Rivero-Calle, Irene

Consultant in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University Clinical Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Project Manager, ThinkYoung

Sanders, Elisabeth

Prof. Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Utrecht University Medical Centre and Chief Scientific Officer, Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands

Signorelli, Carlo

Prof. of Hygiene and Public Health, University of Parma and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Sneddon, Gregor

Secretary General, International Federation on Ageing (IFA)

Souza Pinto, Goncalo

FIP Lead for Practice Transformation, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

Syrogiannopoulos, George

Prof. and Chairman of Paediatrics at the University of Thessaly, 2018 Conference Scientific Program Coordinator, School of Medicine in Larissa, Greece

Teirlinck, Anne

Epidemiologist, Respiratory Infections, RIVM - Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Netherlands

Terstappen, Jonne

Clinician-Investigator, Center of Translational Immunology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (part of UMC Utrecht), Netherlands

RSV Patient Network - ReSViNET Foundation

Lead for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital Reykjavik and Adjunct Lecturer, University of Iceland, Iceland

Usonis, Vytautas

Prof. Paediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Valiotis, George

Executive Director, European Health Management Association (EHMA)

Founder and CEO, Nordic Research Network (NRN), Finland

Public Health Director, European Medical Students' Association (EMSA)

Director of Active Citizenship Network (ACN), the international branch of the Italian NGO Cittadinanzattiva

Vrijlandt, Elianne

Head Patient Care, Beatrix Children’s Hospital (BCH), University Medical Center Groningen (Netherlands)

Consultant Epidemiologist, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

Weil-Olivier, Catherine

Honorary Prof. of Paediatrics, Paris VII University, France

Medical director and chief physician for gastroenterology and infectious diseases, Ernst von Bergmann Clinic in Potsdam (Germany)

CEO and Founder of ZN, Belgium

Whittaker, Elizabeth

Consultant Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Lecturer in Paediatric Infection and Immunity, Imperial College London

Wyninga, Brenda

Member Patient Advisory Board, RSV Patient Network (ReSViNET)

Head of Children Vaccination Centre, Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia

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