External Scientific Committee The External Scientific Committee is responsible for advising on the scientific activities of the Foundation and guaranteeing their scientific quality. This body does not hold any managerial or representative functions in the Foundation. The External Scientific activity is formed by minimum of three and a maximum of eight scientists of international prestige and recognised competency in the research areas of the Foundation. Under no circumstances may they be researchers attached to or who regularly collaborate with the Foundation. President Prof. Johan Van Eldere Professor of Microbiology at KU Leuven. Coordinator of International Relations at UZ Leuven. Member of the Steering Committee of the European University Hospitals Alliance (EUHA). Secretary Prof. Ernest Arenas Chairman of the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics and Head of Molecular Neurobiology Research from Karolinska Institute. (Sweden). Members Prof. Francisco Fernández Avilés Scientific Director, Spanish Network Center for Cardiovascular Research. (CIBERCV). Chairman of the Department of Cardiology of the Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón i Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Prof. Carmen Ayuso Scientific Director of the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz (FJD) and Chief of the Clinical Genetics Department of the Hospital of FJD. Prof. María Blasco Marhuenda Director of the Molecular Oncology Program in the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas. Prof. Carlos Diéguez González Professor of Physiology at Santiago de Compostela University. Former Scientific Director of the Spanish Network for Obesity and Nutrition Research (CIBEROBN) Prof. Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich Professor at the University College London. Founder and former Director of the Microbial Genetics Research Unit and the Microbiology Division at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) Prof. Michael Manns Director of the Medical School of Hannover (Germany) Prof. Benoit Nemery Emeritus Professor of Toxicology and Occupational Medicine in the Centre for Environment and Health of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine KU Leuven (Belgium) Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro Head of the Cancer Research and Nanomedicine Laboratory and Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies at Tel Aviv University (Israel). Ms. Valentina Strammiello Head of Programmes and Responsible of the EPF project portfolio and Youth Strategy European Patients Forum. Prof. Asunción Mejías Professor of Pediatrics & Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician St Jude Faculty, Department of Infectous Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital. Prof. Malcolm MacLeod Professor in Neurology and Translational Neuroscience at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences and Co-chair of the Research Ethics and Integrity Review Group at University of Edinburgh. Prof. Borja Ibáñez Director of Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) Prof. Bert Windhorst Full Professor, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Brain Imaging, CCA - Imaging and biomarkers / Radiology and nuclear medicine and Chair of EATRIS Imaging & Tracing platform.
