Steering Committee
Chairs:
Maxime Dougados, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin – Paris (France)
Andreas Radbruch, DRFZ – Berlin (Germany)
Basic and Translational Research:
Francis Berenbaum, Université Paris 6 – Paris (France)
Andrew Cope, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology – London (United Kingdom)
François Cornelis, ECRAF – Evry Genopole (France)
Steffen Gay, Universitäts Spital Zürich – Zürich (Switzerland)
Rikard Holmdahl, Medical Infl ammation Research – Lund (Sweden)
George Kollias, BSRC Alexander Fleming – Varkiza (Greece)
Jutta Steinkötter, Competence Network Rheumatology – Berlin (Germany)
Clinical and Epidemiological Research:
Ferdinand C. Breedveld, University Medical Centre St Radboud – Leiden (Netherlands)
Paul Emery, Leeds General Infi rmary – Leeds (United Kingdom)
Johanna Mieke Hazes, Erasmus Medical Centre - Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Joachim R. Kalden, Universität Erlangen – Erlangen (Germany)
Lars Klareskog, Karolinska Institutet – Stockholm (Sweden)
Wietse Kuis, University Medical Centre of Utrecht – Utrecht (Netherlands)
Tore K. Kvien, Diakonhjemmet Hospital – Oslo (Norway)
Josef Smolen, Klinik für innere Medizin III – Vienna (Austria)
Cornelia Rufenach, Competence Network Rheumatology – Berlin (Germany)
Jeremy Saklatvala, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology – London (United Kingdom)
Angela Zink, DRFZ – Berlin (Germany)
Observers
European Medicines Agency:
Eberhard Blind, EMEA – London (United Kingdom)
Patient Organisation:
Robert Johnstone, PARE – Skelmersdale (United Kingdom)
ESF Standing Committee – European Medical Research Councils (MED (formerly EMRC)) Chair:
Clemens Sorg, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck (Austria)
ESF-MED (formerly EMRC) Staff:
Carole Moquin-Pattey, Head of Unit
Thomas Bruhn, Science Officer
Nathalie Geyer, Administrative Assistant
