Advisors
The Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) consists of advisors, honorary members, and an executive secretariat.
The VHPB Executive Secretariat is part of VAXINFECTIO, the Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.
The advisory members are internationally recognized experts in viral hepatitis from international organizations, academia, and national health authorities. The VHPB Executive Secretariat, in consultation with these advisory members, sets the strategy, defines actions, and prepares VHPB meetings. Advisory members are appointed for three-year terms, which can be renewed.
The VHPB holds at least two advisory meetings annually to discuss and approve strategy, prepare for meetings, and evaluate outcomes. Sponsors are not invited to or involved in these advisory meetings. Besides these formal meetings, there are numerous ad hoc interactions with the advisors.
International organizations
Prof. Thomas Berg
Deputy Director of Department of Medicine II
Leipzig University Medical Center
Germany
Prof. Stéphane Chevaliez
Director
French National Reference Center for hepatitis B, C and delta Viruses
France
Dr. Ivana Dragojević
Director
European Liver Patients’ Association (ELPA)
Serbia
Dr. Erika Duffell
Epidemiologist and public health physician
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Sweden
Prof. Sharon Hutchinson
Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
Glasgow Caledonian University
Scotland
Funmi Lesi
Global Hepatitis Programme
WHO HQ
Dr. Liudmila Mosina
Medical Epidemiologist
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Denmark
Dr. Marcelo Naveira
Medical Officer
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Denmark
Dr. Rania Tohme
Associate Director for Global Health
Office for Global Health at the Division of Viral Hepatitis
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
USA
Dr. John Ward
Director
Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination
Task Force for Global Health
USA
Dr. Shira Zelber-Sagi
EASL
Public Health
Prof. dr. Silvia Bino
Head of Department of Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Disease
Institute of Public Health
Albania
Dr. Sandra Dudareva
Senior Epidemiologist
Robert Koch Institute
Germany
Prof. dr. David Goldberg
Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health
Glasgow Caledonian University
Scotland, UK
Prof. dr. Mira Kojouharova
Professor of Epidemiology
National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Bulgaria
Dr. Sema Mandal
Medical consultant Epidemiologist
National Infection Service
Public Health England
UK
Academic/University
Prof. dr. Paolo Bonanni
Full Professor of Hygiene and Public Health
University of Florence
Italy
Prof. dr. Maria Buti
Independent
Prof. dr. Vladimir Chulanov
Professor at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Reference Center for Viral Hepatitis
Russian Federation
Prof. dr. Angela Dominguez
Full professor
Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
University of Barcelona
Spain
Prof. dr. Rui Tato Marinho
Medical Director
University Hospital Santa Maria
Portugal
Prof. dr. Mojca Matičič
Professor in the field of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology
Head of the Viral Hepatitis Unit
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana
Slovenia
Dr. Vana Papaevangelou
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Athens, School of Medicine
Greece
Prof. dr. Pierre Van Damme
Epidemiologist
Head of Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV)
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of Antwerp
Belgium
Prof. Dr. Thomas Vanwolleghem
Hepatologist
University Hospital Antwerp
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Belgium
The VHPB wishes to express its gratitude to the following core members and advisers who have been exceptionally active and supportive over the years. Their commitment has helped the VHPB to achieve its objectives by leveraging their influential positions in national and international organizations and sharing their outstanding expertise. These honorary members are elected for a lifelong term and are invited to VHPB meetings on an ad hoc basis.
Prof. dr. Selim Badur
Turkey
Dr. Hans Blystad
Norway
Dr. Claire Cameron
Scotland
Prof. dr. Pietro Crovari
Italy
Dr. Nedret Emiroglu
Switzerland
Prof. dr. Alain Goudeau
France
Prof. dr. Peter Grob
Switzerland
Dr. Nicole Guérin
France
Priv.-Doz. dr. med. habil. Johannes F. Hallauer †
Germany
Prof. dr. med. Wolfgang Jilg
Germany
Dr. Mark Kane
Former PATH, GAVI, WHO
Dr. Daniel Lavanchy
Former World Health Organization (WHO)
Dr. Harold Margolis †
Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Dr. Eric Mast
Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Dr. Elisabeth McCloy
United Kingdom
Prof. dr. André Meheus †
Belgium
Dr. Antons Mozalevskis
Dr. Helene Norder
Sweden
MSc. Tatjana Reic
Former European Liver Patients’ Association (ELPA)
Prof. dr. Lars Rombo
Sweden
Dr. Françoise Roudot-Thoraval
France
Dr. Colette Roure
France
Dr. Craig Shapiro
USA
Prof. dr. Daniel Shouval
Israel
Dr. Steven Wiersma
Former World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Dr. Alessandro Zanetti
Italy
Since January 1995, the VHPB Executive Secretariat has been based at the Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV, VAXINFECTIO) at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
| Prof. Dr. Pierre Van Damme Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute University of Antwerpen – Campus Drie Eiken |
pierre.vandamme@uantwerpen.be Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Antwerp Belgium tel: +32 3 265 25 38 |
| Greet Hendrickx Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute University of Antwerpen – Campus Drie Eiken |
greet.hendrickx@uantwerpen.be Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Antwerp Belgium tel: +32 3 265 26 64 |
| Dr. Sara Valckx Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute University of Antwerpen – Campus Drie Eiken |
sara.valckx@uantwerpen.be Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Antwerp Belgium tel: +32 3 265 91 45 |
| Brenda Janssens Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute University of Antwerpen – Campus Drie Eiken |
brenda. janssens@uantwerpen.be Universiteitsplein, 1 2610 Antwerp Belgium tel: +32 3 265 25 23 |
| Xenia Mikulla Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute University of Antwerpen – Campus Drie Eiken |
xenia.mikulla@uantwerpen.be Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Antwerp Belgium tel: +32 3 265 25 23 |
| Prof. Alex Vorsters Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute University of Antwerpen – Campus Drie Eiken |
alex.vorsters@uantwerpen.be Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Antwerp Belgium tel: +32 3 265 26 64 |
| Sakshi Jindal Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute University of Antwerpen – Campus Drie Eiken |
sakshi.jindal@uantwerpen.be Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Antwerp Belgium tel: +32 3 265 26 64 |