Members

Raul J. AndradeDr. Raul J. ANDRADE

Chair

andrade@uma.es
Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga
Spain

Guruprasand AithalProf Guruprasad AITHAL

Vice Chair

guru.aithal@nottingham.ac.uk
Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre
United Kingdom

Prof. Helena Cortez-PintoProf. Helena Cortez-Pinto

LEADER WG1

University of Lisboa
Portugal

Jane Grove (PhD.)Jane Grove Phd.

CO-LEADER WG1

University of Nottingham
United Kingdom

Prof. Gerd A Kullak Ublick.Prof. Gerd A Kullak Ublick

LEADER WG2

University Hospital Zurich
Switzerland

Dr. Michael MerzDr. Michael Merz

Deputy for Leader WG2

University Hospital Zurich
Switzerland

Prof. Ann Daly

CO-LEADER WG2

Newcastle University
United Kingdom

Dr. Dean Naisbitt

CO-LEADER AS SUSTITUTE WG2

University of Liverpool
United Kingdom

Prof. José Fernández Checa

LEADER WG3

Institute of Biomedical Research Barcelona
Spain

Leonard J Nelson, PhD

CO-LEADER WG3

Institute for Bioengineering, Edinburg University
United Kingdom

Prof. Einar Stefán BjörnssonProf. Einar Stefán Björnsson

LEADER WG4

Landspitali University hospital Reykjavik
Iceland

Dr Mercedes Robles Díaz

CO-LEADER WG4

mrobles@uma.es
University Hospital Virgen de la Victoria , Málaga
Spain

Dr Judith Sanabria Cabrera

CO-LEADER WG4

jsanabria@uma.es
University Hospital Virgen de la Victoria , Málaga
Spain

Dr Simona Stankevičiūtė Dr Simona Stankevičiūtė

LEADER WG5

stanksim@gmail.com
Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Lithuania

Dr Thomas HammondDr Thomas Hammond

CO-LEADER WG5

thomas.Hammond@unibas.ch
Molecular and Systems Toxicology, University of Basel,
Switzerland

Francisco Javier Cubero

Grant Awarding Coordinator
STSM Coordinator & ITC Conference Manager

fcubero@ucm.es
Complutense University of Madrid
Spain

Oleg LunovOleg Lunov

Early Career Research Coordinator

Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Czech Republic

Gareth J. Sullivan

Early Career Research, Co coordinator

gareth.sullivan@medisin.uio.no
University of Oslo, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (Norway)

Anna Licata, MD

Anna Licata, MD

Gender Balance (BB) Coordinator

anna.licata@unipa.it
University of Palermo, Italy

M.Isabel Lucena, MD, PhD

IBIMA Scientific coordinator

lucena@uma.es
University of Málaga, Spain

 

Management Committee

Chair Vice Chair
Dr Raul ANDRADE
Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación de Málaga en Biomedicina y Salud.
Calle Doctor Miguel Diaz Recio, 28, local
29010 Malaga
Spain 

andrade@uma.es
Prof Guruprasad AITHAL
The University Of Nottingham
Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, E Floor, West Block, QMC campus, University Of Nottingham
NG7 2UH Nottingham
United Kingdom 

guru.aithal@nottingham.ac.uk

 

Belgium
Prof Yves HORSMANS
MC Member
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Avenue Hippocrate, 10
1200 Brussels
Belgium 

yves.horsmans@uclouvain.be

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dr Vesna VUJIC-ALEKSIC
MC Member
ASKVA RS, Faculty of Medicine University of Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina 

dr.vujicaleksic@gmail.com
Dr Lana NEZIC
MC Member
University of Banja Luka
14 Save Mrkalja
78000 Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina 

lanne@doctor.com

 

Croatia
Prof Vera VLAHOVIC-PALCEVSKI
MC Member
Faculty of Health Studies
V.Cara Emina 5
51222 Rijeka
Croatia 

vvlahovic@inet.hr
Dr Mirjana STANIC BENIC
MC Member
KBC Rijeka
Kresimirova 42
51000 Rijeka
Croatia 

mirji.stanic@gmail.com
Prof Ivana MIKOLASEVIC
MC Substitute
UHC Rijeka
Kresimirova 42
51000 Rijeka
Croatia 

ivana.mikolasevic@gmail.com
Dr Goran POROPAT
MC Substitute 

goran.poropat@medri.uniri.hr

 

Prof Sandra MILIC
MC Substitute 

smilic05@gmail.com

 

 

Czech Republic
Dr Oleg LUNOV
MC Member
Institute of Physics, CAS
Na Slovance 2
18200 Prague
Czech Republic 

lunov@fzu.cz

 

Estonia
Prof Riina SALUPERE
MC Member
Tartu University Hospital
Puusepa Street 8
51014 Tartu
Estonia 

riina.salupere@kliinikum.ee

 

France
Prof Dominique LARREY
MC Member
CHU MONTPELLIER
HOPITAL ST ELOI, POLE DIGESTIF, 80 AV AUGUSTIN FLICHE
34295 MONTPELLIER
France 

dom-larrey@chu-montpellier.fr
Prof Herve LE LOUET
MC Member
Hopital henri mondor
51 avenue de lattre de Tassigny
91000 creteil
France 

herve.le-louet@hmn.aphp.fr
Dr Pierre GAUDRIAULT
MC Substitute
CHERRY BIOTECH
7 Boulevard de Beaumont
35000 Rennes
France 

pierre.gaudriault@cherrybiotech.com

 

Germany
Prof Juergen BORLAK
MC Member
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Feodor-Lynen-Str. 35
30625 Hannover
Germany 

Borlak.Juergen@mh-hannover.de
Prof Alexander L. GERBES
MC Member
Campus Grosshadern
Marchioninistr. 15
81377 Munchen
Germany 

sekretariat.gerbes@med.uni-muenchen.de

 

Greece
Mr Dimitra ZAGOURA
MC Member
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Mikras Asias 75
11527 ATHENS
Greece 

zagdimi@med.uoa.gr

 

Iceland
Prof Einar BJORNSSON
MC Member
Landspitali, The National University Hospital of Iceland
Hringbraut, Speglun 11D
101 Reykjavik
Iceland 

einarsb@landspitali.is
Mr Helgi Kristinn BJÖRNSSON
MC Member
Landspitali, The National University Hospital of Iceland
Hringbraut, Speglun 11D
101 Reykjavik
Iceland 

helgikris@gmail.com

 

Israel
Prof Oren SHIBOLET
MC Member
Tel-Aviv Medical Center and Tel-Aviv University
6 Wizmann St.
6423906 Tel-Aviv
Israel 

orensh@tlvmc.gov.il
Prof David Faraggi
MC Member
University of Haifa, Israel 

dfaraggi@univ.haifa.ac.il

 

 

Italy
Prof Anna LICATA
MC Member
University of Palermo
Piazza delle Cliniche, n 2
90134 Palermo
Italy 

anna.licata@unipa.it
Prof Antonio Griego
MC Member
Policlínico Agostino Gemelli, Roma.
Italy 

antonio.grieco@policlinicogemelli.it

 

Lithuania
Prof Romaldas MACIULAITIS
MC Member
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Mickeviciaus 9
LT-44307 Kaunas
Lithuania 

romaci11@gmail.com
Dr Irena VALANTIENE
MC Member 

irenavalantiene@yahoo.com
Ms Lauryna AUKŠTIKALNĖ
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
MC Substitute 

lauryna.griniute@lsmu.lt

 

Ms Simona STANKEVICIUTE
MC Substitute
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Mickeviciaus g 9
LT44307 Kaunas
Lithuania 

stanksim@gmail.com

 

Moldova
Dr Svetlana Turcan
MC Member
State University of Medicine & Pharmacy.
Testemitanu 29, Moldova 

svetlana.turcan@usmf.md
Mr Iulian SECRIERU
MC Member
Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science. 5, Academiei street.
Moldova 

iulian.secrieru@math.md

 

Netherlands
Dr Rianne WEERSINK
MC Member 

raweersink@outlook.com 

 

Norway
Dr Gareth SULLIVAN
MC Member
University of Oslo
Sognsvannsveien 9
0372 Oslo
Norway 

gareth.sullivan@medisin.uio.no

 

North Macedonia
Prof. Jasmina DIMITROVA-SHUMKOVSKA
MC Member
Faculty of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Skopje, North Macedonia 

jasminad@pmf.ukim.mk

 

Portugal
Prof Helena CORTEZ-PINTO
MC Member
Faculdade Medicina de Lisboa
Av. Prof. Egas Moniz
1649-028 Lisbon
Portugal 

hlcortezpinto@netcabo.pt
Dr Michel KRANENDONK
MC Member
NOVA Medical School | Faculty of Medical Sciences
Rua Camara Pestana 6
1150-082 Lisbon
Portugal 

michel.kranendonk@fcm.unl.pt
Dr Joana MIRANDA
MC Substitute
Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Lisbon (iMed.UL)
Av. Professor Gama Pinto
1649-003 Lisboa
Portugal 

jmiranda@ff.ul.pt

 

Romania
Dr Loredana NITA
MC Member
Petru Poni Macromolecular Chemistry Institute
Grigore Ghica Voda No 41 A Alley, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
700504 Iasi
Romania 

lnazare@icmpp.ro
Prof Liliana MITITELU-TARTAU
MC Member
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T. Popa Iasi
Universitatii No. 16 Street
700115 IasiRomania 

lylytartau@yahoo.com
Dr Gabriela STEFANESCU
MC Substitute
(not yet registered) 

gabriela.stefanescu@umfiasi.ro

PENDING

Dr Aurica CHIRIAC
MC Substitute
(not yet registered) 

achiriac1@yahooc.com

PENDING

 

Serbia
Dr.  Vesna VUCIC
MC Member 

Institute for Medical Research
Tadeusa Koscuska 1
Serbia, Belgrade
vesna.vucic.imr@gmail.com
Prof. Ivan CAPO
MC Member
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine
Serbia, Belgrade 

ivan.capo@mf.uns.ac.rs

 

Dr Nebojša STILINOVIĆ
MC Substitute
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine
Serbia, Belgrade 

nebojsa.stilinovic@mf.uns.ac.rs
Dr. Snježana PETROVIĆ
MC Substitute
Institute for Medical Research
Tadeusa Koscuska 1
Serbia, Belgrade 

snjezana570.imr12@gmail.com

 

 

Slovakia
Dr. Helena GLASOVA
MC Member 

Slovak Medical University.
Bratislava, Slovakia
glasovah@yahoo.co.uk
Prof. Josef GLASA
MC Member
Slovak Medical University.
Bratislava, Slovakia 

jozef_glasa@yahoo.com

 

 

Spain
Prof M Isabel LUCENA
MC Member
Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Malaga (IBIMA). Universidad de Malaga.
Boulevard Louis Pasteur, 32, Campus de Teatinos S/N
29071 Malaga
Spain 

lucena@uma.es
Dr Pau SANCHO-BRU
MC Substitute
Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
Rossello 149-153, Planta 3
08036 Barcelona
Spain 

psancho@clinic.ub.es
Dr Francisco Javier CUBERO
MC Substitute
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Facultad de Medicina, Plaza Ramon y Cajal s/n
28040 Madrid
Spain 

fcubero@ucm.es
Dr Maria Mercedes ROBLES
MC Substitute
Instituto de Investigacion de Biomedicina de Malaga
Bulevard Louis Pasteur, 32
29071 Malaga
Spain 

mrobles@uma.es
Prof Jose FERNANDEZ-CHECA
MC Member
Spanish National Research Council
Rosello 161
08036 Barcelona
Spain 

checa229@yahoo.com

 

Sweden
Dr Per HALLBERG
MC Member 

par.hallberg@medsci.uu.se
Prof Volker LAUSCHKE
MC Member
Karolinska Institutet
Solnavägen 9.Stockholm, Sweden 

volker.lauschke@ki.se

 

Switzerland
Dr Thomas HAMMOND
MC Member
University of Basel
Division of Molecular and Systems Toxicology,, Pharmazentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50
4057 Basel
Switzerland 

thomas.hammond@unibas.ch
Prof Gerd A. KULLAK-UBLICK
MC Member
University of Zurich
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100
8091 Zurich
Switzerland 

gerd.kullak@usz.ch
Dr Guido STIRNIMANN
MC Substitute
University Hospital Inselspital
Freiburgstrasse
3010 Bern
Switzerland 

guido.stirnimann@insel.ch
Dr Michael MERZ
MC Substitute
AstraZeneca
Zum Roten Stein 12
79108 Freiburg
Germany 

michael.merz@t-online.de

 

 

Turkey
Dr Ozlen KONU
MC Member
Bilkent University
06800 Ankara
Turkey 

konu@fen.bilkent.edu.tr
Dr Müjdat Zeybel
MC Member
Koç University, School of Medicine
34010, Istanbul, Turkey 

mzeybel@ku.edu.tr
Dr Muhsin Murat Muhip HARPUTLUOGLU.
MC Substitute
University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Liver Transplant Institute.
44280, Malatya, Turkey. 

mharputluoglu@hotmail.com
murat.harputluoglu@inonu.edu.tr
Dr. Ali Riza Caliskan
MC Substitute
University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Liver Transplant Institute.
44280, Malatya, Turkey. 

komamir308@gmail.com

 

 

United Kingdom
Dr Jane GROVE
MC Member
University of Nottingham
Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, Queens Medical Centre
NG7 2UH Nottingham
United Kingdom 


jane.grove@nottingham.ac.uk
Dr Dean NAISBITT
MC Member
The University of Liverpool
Sherrington Building, Ashton Street
L693GE Liverpool
United Kingdom 

dnes@liv.ac.uk
Dr Leonard NELSON
MC Substitute
The University of Edinburgh
Institute for BioEngineering, Human Liver Tissue Engineering, School of Engineering, Faraday Building, The King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road
EH9 3JL Edinburgh
United Kingdom 

l.nelson@ed.ac.uk
Dr Andrew BENNETT
MC Substitute
University of Nottingham
School of Life sciences, , Medical School, QMC
NG7 2UH Nottingham
United Kingdom
andrew.bennett@nottingham.ac.uk

 

 

COST Participants subject to MC permission and MoU acceptance

 

 

 

 

 Francia

Ruoya Li
Biopredic International 

r.li@wepredic.com
Lucie Tripotin
Biopredic International 

l.tripotin@wepredic.com
Christophe Chesné
Biopredic International 

c.chesne@wepredic.com
Bernard Fromenty
Inserm U-1241. Rennes. 

bernard.fromenty@inserm.fr
Thomas Gicquel 
ECI. CHU Rennes 

thomas.gicquel@chu-rennes.fr

Germany

Dr. Andreas Benesic
MetaHeps GmbH. 

abenesic@metaheps.com
Dr. Michael Manns
Hanover Medical School 

Manns.Michael@mh-hannover.de
Dr. Michael Merz
Astra-Zeneca Representative. 

michael.merz@t-online.de

Spain

Maria Luz Martinez-Chantar 

CIC bioGUNE, Biskaia

mlmartinez@cicbiogune.es
Estrella Martinez 

GENYO, Granada

estrella.martinez@genyo.es
Carmen Peralta 

IDIBAPS, Barcelone

cperalta@clinic.ub.es
Jessica Gasca 

UEIC-IBIMA, Malaga

jessicagasbel@gmail.com
Laura Sanz Villanueva 

Hospital G.U. Gregorio Marañon, IiSGM,  Madrid

laura.sanz.villanueva@gmail.com
Alejandro Cueto 

UMA, Malaga

alejandrocs@uma.es
Inmaculada Medina-Caliz 

UMA, Malaga

imcaliz@uma.es
Hao Niu 

UMA, Malaga

haoniu@uma.es
Andrés Gonzalez-Jimenez 

FIMABIS, Malaga

kolidri@gmail.com
Yulia A. Nevzorova 

UCM, Madrid

yulianev@ucm.es
Rocio Sanjuan 

UEIC-IBIMA, Malaga

rsanjuan@uma.es
Juan M. Falcon-Perez 

CIC bioGUNE, Biskaia

jfalcon@cicbiogune.es
Pedro Baptista 

CIBERehd Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza

pmbaptista@iisaragon.es
Camilla Stephens
UMA, Malaga 

cstephens@uma.es 
Carmen Garcia Ruiz
Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona 

carmen.garcia@iibb.csic.es
Dolores Montero
Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (AEMPS) 

dmontero@aemps.es
Ismael Álvarez Álvarez
UMA, Málaga 

iaalvarez@uma.es
Prof. Jose J. G. Marin
University of Salamanca
 

jjgmarin@usal.es
Aurélie Papineau
UMA, Málaga 

gestionfc@uma.es
Eduardo Garcia Fuente
Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria. IBIMA
 

edugf1@gmail.com
Jordi Gracia-Sancho
Head, Liver Vascular Biology Research Group IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute – CIBEREHD. Barcelona. 

jordi.gracia@idibaps.org
Marina Villanueva Paz
UMA, Málaga 

marvp75@gmail.com

 

 

United Kingdom

Dr. Olivier Delrieu 

C4X Discovery Ltd.

 olivier@adorial.com
Prof. Kevin Park 

University of Liverpool

bkpark@liverpool.ac.uk
Prof. Andrew Bennett 

Nottingham University

andrew.Bennett@nottingham.ac.uk
Dr. Stephen Bawden 

Nottingham University

 stephen.bawden@nottingham.ac.uk

 

Prof. Nick Hannan 

Nottingham University

nick.hannan@nottingham.ac.uk
Prof. Munir Pirmohamed 

University of Liverpool

munirp@liv.ac.uk
Dr. Edmond Atallah
NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre & Nottingham University. Hospitals NHS Trust. 

edmond.atallah@nottingham.ac.uk

United States of America

Prof. Ayako Suzuki 

Duke University, Carolina del Norte

ayako.suzuki@duke.edu
Prof. Naga Chalasani 

Indiana University School of Medicine.

nchalasa@iu.edu

Sweden

Giannella Coghlan 

VLVbio, Nacka

giannella.coghlan@vlvbio.com

 India

Prof. Harshad Devarbhavi 

St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka

harshad.devarbhavi@gmail.com

Turquia

Prof. Cigdem Arikan
Koç University School of Medicine Pediatric GI and Hepatology, Liver Transplantation Center 

cigdemarikanmd@yahoo.com

Chile

Prof. Marco Arrese 

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Participating as Secondary Proposer.

marco.arrese@gmail.com

China

Prof. Mao Yimin 

RenJi Hospital,Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine.

maoym11968@163.com

Uruguay

Dr. Nelia Hernandez 

Facultad de Medicina – Hospital de Clínicas.

hernandez.nelia@gmail.com

Suiza

Dr. Christine Bernsmeier, MD, PhD 

Department of Biomedicine
University of Basel
University Center for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

C.Bernsmeier@unibas.ch

 Moldova

Dr. Iulian Secrieru 

Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science. Republic of Moldova.

iulian.secrieru@math.md
Dr. Svetlana Turcan
State Unviersity of Medicine and Pharmacy. Republic of Modova 

svetlana.turcan@usmf.md

 Scotland

Dr. James Dear
Reader in Clinical Pharmacology. University of Edinburgh. Queen’s Medical Research Institute. Edinburgh. Scotland. 

james.dear@ed.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

Participating countries
Country Date Country Date Country Date Country Date
Bosnia and Herzegovina 18/06/2018 Croatia 11/05/2018 Czech Republic 01/10/2018 Estonia 13/09/2018
France 15/06/2018 Germany 23/05/2018 Greece 09/10/2018 Iceland 17/09/2018
Israel 03/05/2018 Italy 31/07/2018 Lithuania 09/07/2018 Malta 09/05/2018
Norway 24/08/2018 Portugal 01/06/2018 Romania 14/06/2018 Spain 23/05/2018
Switzerland 03/05/2018 Turkey 31/10/2018 United Kingdom 03/05/2018 Belgium 01/02/2019
Moldova 05/03/2020 Serbia 28/01/2019 Slovakia 08/03/2019 Slovenia 07/05/2020
Sweden 11/02/2020 North Macedonia 26/02/2019 Netherlands 11/12/2019 Ireland 23.11.2020
Malasia

Total: 28

 

Intentions to accept the MoU
Country Date
Denmark

Total:

European Countries

Inclusiveness Target Countries

International Partnet Countries