Our mission is to reduce the burden of major acute respiratory virus infections by fostering stakeholder communication and cross-disciplinary research in Europe.

Members and associate members

Board of Directors (voting members)
Colin Russell
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Colin Russell
ESWI Chair, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Executive Committee Member: Chairman
Ab Osterhaus
BIO
Ab Osterhaus
ESWI Board Member, TiHO, Germany
Executive Committee Member: Vice-President
Stefania Maggi
BIO
Stefania Maggi
ESWI Board member, National Research Council of Italy, Italy
Executive Committee Member: Treasurer
Ted Van Essen
BIO
Ted Van Essen
ESWI Board Member, Retired General Practitioner and vocational trainer, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Florian Krammer
BIO
Florian Krammer
ESWI Board member, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States of America
Gülsah Gabriel
BIO
Gülsah Gabriel
ESWI Board member, Leibniz Institute of Virology, Germany
Marco Goeijenbier
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Marco Goeijenbier
ESWI Board member, Spaarne Hospital, The Netherlands
George Kassianos
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George Kassianos
ESWI Board Member, Occupational Health Physician, The United Kingdom
Peter Openshaw
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Peter Openshaw
ESWI Board Member, Imperial College, The United Kingdom
Roman Prymula
BIO
Roman Prymula
ESWI Board Member, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Ed Hutchinson
BIO
Ed Hutchinson
ESWI Board member, University of Glasgow, The United Kingdom
Paula Tähtinen
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Paula Tähtinen
ESWI Board Member, University of Turku, Finland
Associate Members (non-voting)
Claude Hannoun
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Claude Hannoun
ESWI Honorary member, former Institut Pasteur, France
Ursula Kunze
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Ursula Kunze
ESWI Associate Member, University of Vienna, Austria
Bram  Palache
Bram Palache
ESWI Associate Member, FluPal Consultancy, The Netherlands
Sylvie van Der Werf
BIO
Sylvie van Der Werf
ESWI Associate Member, Institut Pasteur, France
Susanne Herold
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Susanne Herold
ESWI Associate Member, Giessen University Hospital, Germany
Kirsty Short
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Kirsty Short
ESWI Associate Member, University of Queensland, Australia
Carolien van de Sandt
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Carolien van de Sandt
The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute, Australia
John Paget
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John Paget
ESWI Associate Member, Nivel, The Netherlands