Participating countries
The Council members advise the Board and approve the long term strategy of the Society. A limited number of two Council Members per country are allowed in the society.
Below you will find a list with registered Board & Council members of the European Society for translational Antiviral Research for 2017-2020.
Austria
Council member
Prof. Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl
Institute of Virology
Medical University Vienna
Kinderspitalgasse 15
A-1095 Vienna
Belgium
Board member
Prof. Linos Vandekerkchove
Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University
AIDS Reference Laboratories
De Pintelaan 185
9000 Ghent
Council member
Prof. Dr. Anne-Mieke Vandamme
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
AIDS Reference Laboratory, REGA Institute and University Hospitals
Herestraat 49, box 1040
B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Council member
Dr. Nijaz Tihic
University Clinical Center Tuzla
Department of Microbiology
Trnovac bb Tuzla
Bulgaria
Council member
Ivailo Alexiev Ivanov
National HIV Confirmatory Laboratory
National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
N. Stoletov Blvd 44a
1233 Sofia
Canada
Council member
Dr. Richard Harrigan
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Croatia
Council members
Dr. Snjezana Zidovec Lepej
Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Flow Cytometry
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. F. Mihaljevic"
Mirogojska 8
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia
Prof. Josip Begovac
Head of Croatian Reference Center for HIV/AIDS
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases
Mirogojska 8
10 000 Zagreb
Cyprus
Council members
Prof. Leondios G. Kostrikis, PhD
Head of Lab. of Biotechnology and Molecular Virology
University of Cyprus
University Avenue 1
2109 Aglantzia, Nicosia
Cyprus
Denmark
Council members
Jannik Fonager MSc., PhD.
Department of Microbiological Diagnostics and Virology
Statens Serum Institut,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Jan Gerstoft MD
Rigshopitalet
Dept. of Infectious Diseases
Blegdamsvej 9
Copenhagen
Estonia
Council member
Kristi Huik
Department of Microbiology
University of Tartu
Ravila 19
Tartu 50411
Finland
Council member
Dr. Kirsi Liitsola
National Institute of Health and Welfare
HIV laboratory and department of infectious disease epidemiology
Mannerheimintie 166
FI-00271 Helsinki
Germany
Board Member
Dr. Osamah Hamouda
Robert Koch-Institut
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
DGZ-Ring 1
13086 Berlin (Weißensee)
Council members
Dr. Barbara Bartmeyer
Robert Koch-Institut
Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology
DGZ-Ring 1
13086 Berlin (Weißensee)
Dr. Rolf Kaiser
University of Cologne
Institute of Virology
Fürst-Pückler-Str. 56
50935 Cologne
Greece
Board member
Dr. Dimitrios Paraskevis
Lecturer of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
National Retrovirus Reference Center
Department of Hygiene Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
School of Medicine National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
75, Mikras Asias Street
11527 Athens
Council members
Dr. Mina Psichogiou
Lecturer of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
1st Department of Medicine - Propaedeutic
Laikon Hospital School of Medicine
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
75 Mikras Asias Street
11527 Athens
Associate Professor of Medical Biopathology-Microbiology
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki 541 24
Greece
Hungary
Council member
Dr. Janos Minarovits
Microbiological Research Group
National Center for Epidemiology
Piheno u. 1.
H-1529 Budapest
Ireland
Council member
Dr. Suzie Coughlan
University College Dublin
Virus Reference Laboratory
Belfield
Dublin 4
Israel
Council members
Dr. Orna Mor
Ministry of Health
National HIV Reference Laboratory, Central Virology Laboratory
Sheba Medical Center
Ramat Gan
Dr. Itzchak Levy
Sheba Medical Center
Infectious Disease Unit
Tel-Hashomer 52621
Italy
Council Members
Institute of Clinical Infectious Diseases
Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo A Gemelli 8
00168 Roma
Dr. Maurizio Zazzi
Department of Molecular Biology
University of Siena
Latvia
Council member
Dr. Olegs Vasins
Infectology Centre of Latvia (LIC)
Clinical Laboratory
Riga
Lithuania
Council members
Dr. Algirdas Griskevicius
Chief specialist
Division of Comminicable Diseases
The state Public Health Service under the Ministry of Health
Vilnius
Dr. Vilnele Lipnickiene
Laboratory medicine physician
Microbical testing departament
National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory
Vilnius
Luxembourg
Board member
Dr. Jean-Claude Schmit
Centre de recherche Public - Santé
Retrovirology Laboratory
1AB rue Thomas Edison
L-1445 Strassen
Council Member
Dr. Carole Devaux
Associate Head of Research unit
Centre de recherche Public - Santé
Retrovirology Laboratory
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Council members
Dr. Danijela Vujosevic
Head of Department of Molecular Microbiology
Institute of Public Health Center for Medical Microbiology
Dzona Dzeksona bb
81 000 Podgorica
Snezana Dragas
Specialist for Infectious disease and Virology Infectious Disease Clinic
Clinical Center of Montenegro
Ljubljanska, Podgorica
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Board members
Prof. Charles Boucher, MD, PhD
Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
Department of Virology (Room EE17-26)
Dr. Molewaterplein 50
3015 GE Rotterdam
Annemarie Wensing, MD, PhD
University Medical Center Utrecht
Department of Virology (G 04.614)
Heidelberglaan 100
3584 CX Utrecht
Council member
Dr. Rob Schuurman, PhD
University Medical Center Utrecht
Department of Virology (G 04.614)
Heidelberglaan 100
3584 CX Utrecht
Norway
Council member
Dr. Anne-Marte Bakken Kran
Associate professor, University of Oslo, Norway
Senior consultant, Department of Medical Microbiology
Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Head of National Reference Laboratory for HIV
Poland
Council members
Prof. Krzysztof Bielawski
University of Gdansk
Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG & MUG
Gdansk
Milosz Parczewski, MD PhD
Professor of Medicine, President of Polish Scientific AIDS Society
Department of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Immune Deficiency
Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin
Arkonska 4, 71-455 Szczecin
Portugal
Council members
Dr. Ricardo Camacho
1. Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
2. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental
Rua da Junqueira, 126
1349-019 Lisboa
Dr. Eugénio Teófilo
Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central
Lisboa
Romania
Council members
Dr. Simona Paraschiv
"Prof. Dr. Matei Bals" Institute for Infectious Diseases
Molecular Diagnostics
Str. Dr. C. Grozovici nr. 1
72051 Bucharest
Prof. Simona Ruta
Professor of Virology at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Scientific Director of the HIV/AIDS Laboratory, part of the Baylor International Paediatric AIDS Initiative
Stefan S. Nicolau Institute of Virology
72051 Bucharest
E-mail: tudoranamaria@yahoo.com
Russia
Board member
Dr. Marina Bobkova
D.I. Ivanovsky Institute of virology
General virology department
Moscow
Serbia
Council member
Dr. Maja Stanojevic
University of Belgrade School of Medicine
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology
Virology Department
Dr Subotica 1
11000 Belgrade
Slovakia
Council member
Dr. Danica Staneková
Slovak Medical University
NRC for HIV/AIDS prevention
Limbova 14
83301 Bratislava
Slovenia
Council Members
Prof. Katja Seme, MD, PhD
Specialist in Microbiology
Medical Faculty Ljubljana
Institute for Microbiology and Immunology
Medical Faculty
Zaloska 4
1000 Ljubljana
Assoc. Prof. Janez Tomažic, MD, PhD
Specialist in infectious diseases
University of Ljubljana
Slovenian HIV/AIDS Reference Center
Vrazov trg 2
1000 Ljubljana
Spain
Board member
Federico Garcia, Pharm D., PhD.
Jefe de Servicio
Servicio de Microbiologia
Hospital San Cecilio
Av. Dr Oloriz 16, 18012
Granada
Council member
Roger Paredes MD, PhD.
Institut de Recerca de la SIDA - irsiCaixa
Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Crta. de Canyet s/n, Planta 2a
08916 Badalona, Catalonia
Eva Poveda PhD
Group of Virology and Pathogenesis
Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IISGS)
Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo (Spain)
36312 Vigo
Spain
Sweden
Council member
Joakim Esbjörnsson, PhD
Head of Systems Virology Group
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Lund University
BMC B13
221 84 Lund, Sweden
Joakim Esbjörnsson
Karolinska Institute
Department of Microbiology, Tumor- and Cell biologi (MTC)
171 76 Stockholm
Sweden
Board members
Prof. Jan Albert, MD, PhD
Dept of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC),
Karolinska Institutet and Klinisk Mikrobiologi L2:02,
Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Solna
171 76 Stockholm
Sweden
Prof. Anders Sönnerborg, MD, PhD
Dept of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Virology
Karolinska University Hospital
SE-141 86 Stockholm
Switzerland
Board member
Prof. Dr. Thomas Klimkait
University of Basel
Department of Biomedicine
Petersplatz 10
CH-4003 Basel
Turkey
Council member
Dr. Kezban Tulay Yalcinkaya
Turkish National Institute of Public Health
Virolology Laboratory
Ankara
Dr. Ahmet Cagkan Inkaya
Hacettepe University
School of Medicine Department of Infectious Diseases
Sıhhıye, 06100
Ankara
United Kingdom
Council members
Prof. Anna Maria Geretti
University of Liverpool
Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology
Institute of Infection and Global Health
8 West Derby Street
Liverpool L69 7BE