Scientific Meetings

Chaired by Exec Member: (Meetings Officer – Heli Harvala)

Members:

Paulo Paixao (Portugal)
Anna Papa (Greece)
Will Irving (UK)
Elizaveta Padalko (Belgium)

Remit:

• Receive proposals for the ESCV annual meeting and present to Exec.
• Liaise with/advise annual conference organisers
• Receive proposals for workshops and present to Exec
• Liaise with and advise workshop organisers
• Keep meeting guidelines up to date

 

Communication and Training

Chaired by Exec Member: (Communications Officer – Xavier López)

Members:

Maria Cabrerizo Sanz (Spain)
Mario Honemann (Germany)
Hugo Sousa (Portugal)
Romina Salpini (Italy)

Remit:

• Oversee website content
• Oversee regular newsletter
• Manage Twitter and other social media
• Receive and assess applications for Travel Grants for Annual Meeting and workshops
• Promote and assess ECDC Observerships
• Promote and assess Training grants

 

Educational Resources

Chaired by Exec. Member: (Executive Members – Pam Vallely/George Sourvinos )

Members:

Suzanne Dudman (Norway)
Coretta van Leer (NL)
Paul Klapper (UK)
Gemma Clark (UK)
Dawit Meshesha (Ethiopia)
Berkin Hack (UK)
Mohamed Asmir (Sri Lanka)

Remit:

• Collate content from meetings/workshops as a resource on ESCV website
• Create educational resources for access by the public on particular hot topics in virology
• Organise occasional webinars on topics of interest
• Co-ordinate single topic papers/opinion pieces from ESCV
• Create FAQ’s on various topics in virology

 

Diagnostic Methods

Chaired by Exec. Member: (Executive Member – Catherine Moore)

Members:

Annelies Riezebos-Brilman (NL)
Lene Neilsen (Denmark)
Arzu Sayiner (Turkey)
Karoline Leuzinger (Switzerland)
Sonia Maria Perez Castro (Spain)
Anna M. Eis-Hubinger (Germany)
Eleni Nastouli (UK)
Mert Ahmet Kuskucu (Turkey)
Kim Benschop (NL)
Emma Meader (UK)
Corinna Pietsch (Germany)

Remit:

• Primary liaison point with JCV
• Co-ordinate development of consensus guidelines
• Create resources for clinical practice – e.g. collation of seminal papers on particular topics
• Quality assessment
• Maintain Reference reagents list and liaise with NEQAS/NIBSC/Paul Ehrlich Insitute/QCMD/Others?

 

Membership and Collaborations

Chaired by Exec Member: (1^st Vice President – Marcus Panning)

Members:

Kate Templeton (UK)
Arjun Bhugra (India/UK)
Atheeka Akram (Sri-Lanka)
Jamilu Abubakar Bala (Nigeria)
Marwan Albuhtori (UK)

Remit:

• Oversee membership list
• Promote ESCV membership
• Liaise with Council
• Foster collaborations with other Societies & Bodies (PASCV, ESCMID, ECDC, WHO) and including Societies in Developing countries
• Develop a searchable list of members expertise

 

Nominations and Awards

Chaired by Exec Member: (2^nd Vice President – Maria Sao Jose Alexandre)

Members:

Judith Aberle (Austria)
Corine Geurts van Kessel (NL)

Remit:

• Promote and Receive Annual award nominations for all awards
• Assess nominations and make awardee recommendations to Exec. Board
• Liaise with Industrial sponsors of awards

 

Mentorship and Retired Members

Chaired by Exec Member: (Past President – Mariet Feltkamp)

Members:

Paul Klapper (UK)
Kim Benschop (NL)

Remit:

• Liaise with retired members & devise a benefits scheme
• Organise a mentorship programme linking younger members with retired members
• Evaluate mentorship scheme