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Governance

Governance structure

VAC4EU employs a streamlined governance structure consisting of four principal bodies.

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Governance structure
Delegates from each member organisation

General Assembly

Member representatives

University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU)
Aarhus University
Agenzia Regionale di Sanità della Toscana (ARS)
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS)
Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU)
Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana (FISABIO)
IDIAP Jordi Gol (IDIAP)
Julius Clinical Research BV (JCR)
The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb (LAREB)
Fondazione Penta (PENTA)
PHARMO Institute N-V- (PHARMO)
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM)
RTI Health Solutions (RTI-HS)
Sciensano
Societa Italiana di Medicina Generale e delle Cure Primarie
Societa Servizi Telematici (SoSeTe)
University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux PharmacoEpi (BPE)
University of Oslo
University Hospital Verona (UNIVR)
Teamit Insititute (TEAMIT)
Aragon Health Sciences Institute – EpiChron Research Group on Chronic Diseases (IACS)
Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios
Fundació Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron – Institut de Recerca (VHIR)
University of Milano-Bicacco (UNIMIB)
MediCom Consult
MediCom Consult
Analysis Group
Università degli Studi di Firenze (UNIFI)

Consisting of one representative from each member organisation, this body serves the purpose of facilitating dialogue and the exchange of ideas concerning the organisation’s undertakings. Moreover, it ratifies overarching policies and offers guidance.

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Key Functions

  • Decision-making
Delegates from each member organisation

General Assembly

Member representatives

Consisting of one representative from each member organisation, this body serves the purpose of facilitating dialogue and the exchange of ideas concerning the organisation’s undertakings. Moreover, it ratifies overarching policies and offers guidance.

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Key Functions

  • Decision-making
Elected by and from the General Assembly

Executive Board

Miriam Sturkenboom
Rosa Gini
Patrick Mahy
Eva Molero
Giampiero Mazzaglia
Debabrata Roy
Naomi Boxall
Elisa Barbieri

Elected by the General Assembly, the task of the board is to steer and monitor the organisation. Currently, eight experts sit on the board, meeting twice a week to discuss progress, strategy, and outlook.

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Key Functions

  • Strategy
  • Leadership
Appointed officers

Secretariat

Daniel Weibel
Sima Mohammadi
Amirreza Dehghan Tarazjani
Henriëtte Mulder
Ashton Babcock
Taylor Brown
Gianmarco Di Mauro
Dana Danielescu

Selected and guided by the Executive Board, the Secretariat provides operational support, including community engagement, study support, capacity-building, communication, business development, financial reporting, and the overall administration of the organisation. Currently the Secretariat is comprised of eight professionals.

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Key Functions

  • Management
  • Implementation
Independent experts

Scientific Advisory Board

Wan-Ting Huang
Steve Black
Robert Platt
Ian Douglas
Liz Miller
Caitlin Dodd
Xavier Kurz
Julia Stowe
Nick Andrews

The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is an independent board of experts which VAC4EU can consult about methodology and other scientific matters.

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Key Functions

  • Advisory body