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External scientific advisory board

From 2009 to 2016, the External Scientific Advisory Board was anchored in the statutes as an organ of the zoonoses platform. It supported and advised the National Research Platform for Zoonoses in its scientific work and strategic orientation. Furthermore, upon request, he participated in the expert review of projects of the Zoonoses Platform. In February 2016, the External Scientific Advisory Board was initially removed from the statutes.


The committee last consisted of the following members (as of September 2015):

Scientific Members:

  • Prof. Dr. Mathias Ackermann (Universität Zürich)
  • Prof. Dr. Franz Allerberger (Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH, Wien)
  • PD Dr. Andrea Ammon (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm)
  • Prof. Dr. Herbert Auer (Universität Wien)
  • Prof. Dr. Volker Erfle (Helmholtz-Zentrum, Neuherberg)
  • Prof. Dr. Manfred Gareis (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
  • Prof. Dr. Dirk Heinz (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, Braunschweig) 
  • Dr. Matthias Kuhn (Congen Biotechnologie GmbH, Berlin)
  • Prof. Dr. Dirk Pfeiffer (Royal Veterinary College, London) 
  • Prof. Dr. Marcel Tanner (Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut, Basel)
  • Prof. Dr. Martin Wagner (Universität Wien)

 
Members by virtue of office from the departmental research institutions of the Confederation:

  • Prof. Dr. Klaus Cichutek (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen)
  • Prof. Dr. Andreas Hensel (Bundesanstalt für Risikobewertung, Berlin)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Mettenleiter (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald – Insel Riems)
  • Prof. Dr. Lothar H. Wieler (Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin) 

 
The members are appointed by the office of the National Research Platform for Zoonoses, in coordination with the four permanent, non-voting members of the Advisory Board from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) as well as the Project Management Agency Health Research of the German Aerospace Center, for a period of two years each. The last term of office was until October 2015.
 
The External Scientific Advisory Board met once or twice a year.
 

 

Meeting dates 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015
 

  • 19th of April 2010
  • 7th of October 2010
  • 4th of May 2011
  • 6th of October 2011
     
  • 10th of October 2012
  • 18th of September 2013
  • 16th of December 2014
  • 17th of March 2015
     

Meeting of the External Advisory Board of the Zoonoses Platform in Berlin on 18.09.2013


from left to right: Prof. Dr. Manfred Gareis (Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich), Prof. Dr. Marcel Tanner (Swiss Tropical an Public Tealth Institute, Basel), Prof. Dr. Reinhardt Burger (Robert Koch Institute, Berlin), Prof. Dr. Franz Allerberger (Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungs-sicherheit GmbH (AGES), Vienna), Dr. Dr. Dr. (from right to right) Ralf Wagner (Paul Ehrlich Institute, Langen), Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Mettenleiter (Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Greifswald/Island Riems), Dr. Matthias Kuhn (CONGEN Biotechnologie GmbH, Berlin), Prof. Dr. Herbert Auer (Medical University of Vienna).

Not shown: Dr. Andrea Ammon (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm), Prof. Dr. Mathias Ackermann (Institute of Virology, University of Zurich), Prof. Dr. Klaus Cichutek (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen), Prof. Dr. Volker Erfle (Institute of Virology, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Munich), Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Cichutek (Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Centre, Munich). Dirk Heinz (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, Braunschweig), Prof. Dr. Andreas Hensel (Bundesanstalt für Risikobewertung, Berlin), Prof. Dr. Dirk Pfeiffer (Royal Veterinary College, London), Prof. Dr. Martin Wagner (Institut für Milchhygiene, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien).