The EU-PFF Executive Board, the Scientific Advisory Board and the EU-PFF Secretariat – these are the people behind the European Pulmonary Fibrosis Federation.
Our Executive Board
Steve Jones
President
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis, UK
United Kingdom (UK)
Jean-Michel Fourrier
Secretary
APEFPI – FIBROSE PULMONAIRE IDIOPATHIQUE, France
France (FR)
Radostina Getova
Board Member
IPF Association Bulgaria
Bulgaria (BG)
Stefano Pavanello
Board Member
Unione Trapianti Polmone Di Padova, Italy
Italy (IT)
Chantal Vandendungen
Board Member
Belgium (BE)
John K. Solheim
Board Member
Norway (N)
Ralph Van Lysebeth
Treasurer
Belgium (BE)
Carlos Lines Millán
Emeritus President/Advisor
Advisor to the Executive Board
Spain (S)
Our Scientific Advisory Board
Dr Elisabetta Balestro
Chair of Scientific Advisory Board
Italy (IT)
Dr Francesco Bonella
Germany (DE)
Dr Alexander Simidchev
Bulgaria (BG)
Dr Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold
Nornway (N)
Prof Andreas Günther
Germany (DE)
Dr Anne-Marie Russell
United Kingdom (UK)
Prof Bruno Crestani
France (F)
Dr Claudia Valenzuela
Spain (S)
Dr Cormac McCarthy
Ireland (IE)
Prof Demosthenes Bouros
Greece (GR)
Dr Helen Parfrey
United Kingdom (UK)
Dr Helmut Prosch
Austria (AT)
Dr Irina Strambu
Romania (RO)
Dr Katarzyna Lewandowska
Poland (PL)
Dr Katherine O'Reilly
Ireland (IE)
Dr Maria Molina
Spain (S)
Dr Marlies Wijsenbeek
The Nederlands (NL)
Prof Dr. Michael Kreuter
Germany (DE)
Dr Paolo Spagnolo
Italy (IT)
Prof Vincent Cottin
France (FR)
Prof Wim Wuyts
Belgium (BE)
Our Secretariat
LIAM GALVIN
CEO Secretariat
Ireland (IE)
JAN GEISSLER
Patient Advocate
Germany (DE)
ALBA UBIDE
Project Manager
Spain (ES)
STEFAN HUBER
Project Manager & Scientific Writer/Editor
Germany (DE)
GINA UBIDE
Project Officer
Spain (ES)
MIRNA TOMAŠEVIĆ
Communications Manager
Croatia (HR)
GERGELY MESZAROS
Policy Advisor
Hungary (HU)
The EU-PFF Secretariat is headed by Chief Executive (CEO) Liam Galvin and is staffed by a team of consultants from Patvocates, an organisation with broad experience in patient advocacy, health policy and patient engagement in medical research.