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
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Steve Jones
President
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis, UK
United Kingdom (UK)
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Jean-Michel Fourrier
Secretary
APEFPI – FIBROSE PULMONAIRE IDIOPATHIQUE, France
France (FR)
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Radostina Getova
Board Member
IPF Association Bulgaria
Bulgaria (BG)
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Stefano Pavanello
Board Member
Unione Trapianti Polmone Di Padova, Italy
Italy (IT)
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Chantal Vandendungen
Board Member
Belgium (BE)
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John K. Solheim
Board Member
Norway (N)
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Ralph Van Lysebeth
Treasurer
Belgium (BE)
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Carlos Lines Millán
Emeritus President/Advisor
Advisor to the Executive Board
Spain (S)
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Gottfried Huss
Board Member
Germany (DE)
Our Scientific Advisory Board
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Dr Elisabetta Balestro
Chair of Scientific Advisory Board
Italy (IT)
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Dr Francesco Bonella
Germany (DE)
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Dr Alexander Simidchev
Bulgaria (BG)
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Dr Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold
Nornway (N)
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Prof Andreas Günther
Germany (DE)
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Dr Anne-Marie Russell
United Kingdom (UK)
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Prof Bruno Crestani
France (F)
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Dr Claudia Valenzuela
Spain (S)
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Dr Cormac McCarthy
Ireland (IE)
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Prof Demosthenes Bouros
Greece (GR)
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Dr Helen Parfrey
United Kingdom (UK)
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Dr Helmut Prosch
Austria (AT)
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Dr Irina Strambu
Romania (RO)
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Dr Katarzyna Lewandowska
Poland (PL)
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Dr Katherine O'Reilly
Ireland (IE)
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Dr Maria Molina
Spain (S)
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Dr Marlies Wijsenbeek
The Nederlands (NL)
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Prof Dr. Michael Kreuter
Germany (DE)
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Dr Paolo Spagnolo
Italy (IT)
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Prof Vincent Cottin
France (FR)
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Prof Wim Wuyts
Belgium (BE)
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Dr George Margaritopoulos
United Kingdom (UK)
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Prof Veronika Müller
Hungary (HU)
Our Secretariat
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LIAM GALVIN
CEO Secretariat
Ireland (IE)
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JAN GEISSLER
Patient Advocate
Germany (DE)
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ALBA UBIDE
Project Manager
Spain (ES)
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STEFAN HUBER
Project Manager & Scientific Writer/Editor
Germany (DE)
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GINA UBIDE
Project Officer
Spain (ES)
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MIRNA TOMAŠEVIĆ
Communications Manager
Croatia (HR)
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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.