Advisors
The Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) consists of advisers, 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 advisers.
International organisations
Prof. dr. Maria Buti
Public Health Councillor
European Assocation for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
Spain
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
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. Liudmila Mosina
Medical Epidemiologist
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Denmark
Dr. Antons Mozalevskis
Technical Officer
Key Populations @ Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes
WHO Global
Switzerland
Dr. Marcelo Naveira
Medical Officer
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Denmark
Dr. John Ward
Director
Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination
Task Force for Global Health
USA
Public Health
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
Prof. dr. Silvia Bino
Head of Department of Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Disease
Institute of Public Health
Albania
Dr. Sema Mandal
Medical consultant Epidemiologist
National Infection Service
Public Health England
UK
Dr. Sandra Dudareva
Senior Epidemiologist
Robert Koch Institute
Germany
Academic/University
Prof. dr. Paolo Bonanni
Full Professor of Hygiene and Public Health
University of Florence
Italy
Prof. dr. Vladimir Chulanov
Professor at I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Reference Center for Viral Hepatitis
Russia
Prof. dr. Angela Dominguez
Full professor
Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
University of Barcelona
Spain
Dr. Vana Papaevangelou
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Athens, School of Medicine
Greece
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
Prof. dr. Rui Tato Marinho
Medical Director
University Hospital Santa Maria
Portugal
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 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.
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Prof. dr. Selim Badur |
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Dr. Hans Blystad |
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Dr. Claire Cameron |
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Prof. dr. Pietro Crovari |
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Prof. dr. Alain Goudeau |
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Prof. dr. Peter Grob |
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Dr. Nicole Guérin |
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Prof. dr. med. Wolfgang Jilg Universität Regensburg |
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Dr. Mark Kane |
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Dr. Daniel Lavanchy |
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Dr. Harold Margolis † |
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Dr. Eric Mast |
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Dr. Elisabeth McCloy |
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Prof. dr. André Meheus † |
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Dr. Helene Norder Senior Microbiologist Sahlgrenska University Hospital Sweden |
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Prof. dr. Lars Rombo |
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Dr. Françoise Roudot-Thoraval |
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Dr. Colette Roure |
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Dr. Craig Shapiro |
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Prof. dr. Daniel Shouval Attending Physician Liver Unit and Liver Research Lab Hadassah University Medical Center Israel |
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Dr. Steven Wiersma |
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Dr. Alessandro Zanetti Professor emeritus of Hygiene Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health University of Milan |
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MSc. Tatjana Reic |
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Priv.-Doz. dr. med. habil. Johannes F. Hallauer † |
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Dr. Nedret Emiroglu |
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.
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Prof. Dr. Pierre Van Damme |
pierre.vandamme@uantwerpen.be |
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Greet Hendrickx |
greet.hendrickx@uantwerpen.be |
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Dr. Sara Valckx |
sara.valckx@uantwerpen.be |
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Brenda Janssens |
brenda. janssens@uantwerpen.be |
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Xenia Mikulla |
xenia.mikulla@uantwerpen.be |
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Prof. Alex Vorsters |
alex.vorsters@uantwerpen.be |