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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors (BoD) runs the general affairs and represents the VPH Institute in all circumstances. Its main duty is to drive the Institute policy, setting the agendas, proposing specific actions and approving the annual business plan.

The current Board of Directors is composed by the representatives of the supporting members, eleven prestigious organisations that excel worldwide for their research quality and their focus on in silico medicine.
  • Prof Liesbet Geris

    Executive Director

    Prof.Liesbet Geris

    Universities of Liège and KUL – Leuven (Belgium)

  • Rossana Alessandrello

    Director

    Rossana Alessandrello

    Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya - AQuAS (Spain)

  • Prof.Ilse Jonkers

    Director

    Prof.Ilse Jonkers

    KULeuven (Belgium)

  • Dr. Irene Vignon-Clementel

    Director

    Dr. Irene Vignon-Clementel

    Inria (France)

  • Prof. Reinhard Schneider

    Director

    Prof. Reinhard Schneider

    Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (Luxembourg)

  • Prof.Leif Rune Hellevik

    Director

    Prof.Leif Rune Hellevik

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)

  • Prof.Alfons Hoekstra

    Director

    Prof.Alfons Hoekstra

    University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)

  • Prof.Merryn Tawhai

    Director

    Prof.Merryn Tawhai

    University of Auckland (New Zealand)

  • Prof.Marco Viceconti

    Director

    Prof.Marco Viceconti

    University of Bologna (Italy)

  • Dr.Claudio Capelli

    Director

    Dr.Claudio Capelli

    UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science / Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (United Kingdom)

  • Prof.Damien Lacroix

    Director

    Prof.Damien Lacroix

    University of Sheffield (United Kingdom)

  • Prof.Francesco Pappalardo

    Director

    Prof.Francesco Pappalardo

    University of Catania (Italy)

History of Directors >

News

  • 19/12/2024

    Announcing the New VPH Young Scientists Committee

    • We are thrilled to announce the new members of the Young Scientists Committee -Read more-
  • 17/12/2024

    A simple, elegant, yet powerful solution: making pacemakers compatible with MRI

    • The pacemaker's journey, spanning from the 19th century to current day, showcases remarkable breakthroughs in medicine and engineering. Thanks to computer modelling and simulation, it was possible to tackle a once unsolvable issue: making pacemaker devices compatible with Magnetic Resonance Imaging. -Read more-
  • 17/12/2024

    In the literature: December 2024 highlights

    • Click here to read some interesting recently published papers from our community. If you have published an article in the field of in silico medicine, send it to us: we will include it in this section of the newsletter! -Read more-
  • 17/12/2024

    Data Saves Lives

    • On 26-27 November 2024, the VPH institute had the great pleasure to be invited to Data Saves Lives’ 5th-anniversary, an initiative led by the European Patients’ Forum (EPF) and the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data. -Read more-
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