About Us
Hepatitis B and C Public Policy Association asbl
In April 2009 a group of leading European scientists, professors, public health experts and patient advocates created the Hepatitis B and C Summit Conferences Association as a Luxembourg-based not-for-profit Association (association sans but lucratif). The Association aimed primarily to deliver a summit conference on Hepatitis B and C in Europe, which was held in Brussels in October 2010 under the auspices of the Belgian EU Presidency.
The Association acknowledges with grateful thanks the support of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO), the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMDCCA), the European Liver Patients Association (ELPA), the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB), the World Health Organisation – Europe (WHO-Europe) and the World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) in its past activity.
The Association’s work in the field of viral hepatitis B and C will continue to be developed in collaboration with these stakeholders.
In June 2011 the Association’s name was changed to Hepatitis B and C Public Policy Association to reflect the broader, continuing activities of the Association (see Activities).
Financial contributions received in support of the Association’s activities are made directly to the Association’s Luxembourg bank account, and are disbursed at the discretion of its Directors. The auditors to the Association are Grant Thornton Lux Audit S.A., 83 Pafebruch, L-9308 Capellen, Luxembourg.
The Directors and members of the Association ensure and uphold its independence from its sponsors and other external partners.
Meet The Directors & Members of the Association
Co-Chairs
Prof. Angelos Hatzakis
Professor of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Head, National Retrovirus Reference Centre Director, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology & Medical Statistics Athens University Medical School, Greece
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Director, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
BIOGProf. Howard Thomas
Professor Emeritus, Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Imperial College, London, UK.
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Charles Gore
(Non-executive)
President, World Hepatitis Alliance, Geneva Chief Executive, The Hepatitis C Trust, London, UK.
Treasurer
Prof. Rafael Esteban
Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
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Members
Prof. Maria Buti
Liver Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Manuel Carballo
Executive Director, International Centre for Migration and Health (ICMH), Geneva, Switzerland
BIOGProf. Massimo Colombo
Chairman, 1st Division of Gastroenterology Fondazione IRCCS Maggiore Hospital Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena University of Milan, Italy
BIOGProf. Antonio Craxi
Director, Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine University of Palermo, Italy
BIOGProf. Gamal Esmat
Director, Viral Hepatitis Treatment Centers. Ministry of Health. Egypt Vice President, Graduate Studies and Research, Cairo University. Professor, Tropical Medicine and Hepatology, Cairo University Medical School, Egypt
Dr. David Goldberg
Health Protection Scotland Centre for Virus Research Glasgow, Scotland
Prof. Harry Janssen
Head, UHN Liver Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, Canada
BIOGAchim Kautz
Vice President, European Liver Patients Association (ELPA), Brussels, Belgium
BIOGProf. Patrick Marcellin
Service d’Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, APHP University of Paris, France
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Prof. Philippe Mathurin
Services des Maladies de l’appareil digestif, Hôpital Claude Huriez, CHRU Lille; Inserm U 795; Univ Lille 2 France
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Prof. George Papatheodoridis
Athens University Medical School Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece
BIOGProf. Markus Peck-Radosavljevic
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University Vienna, Austria.
BIOGProf. Mark Thursz
Professor of Hepatology Imperial College, London, UK
BIOGProf. Nurdan Tozun
Vice Rector, Acibadem University Acibadem Kozyatagi Hospital Dept of Gastroenterology Istanbul, Turkey.
Prof. Pierre van Damme
Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Antwerp, Belgium
BIOGProf. Heiner Wedemeyer
Research Group Leader, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology Hannover Medical School, Germany.
BIOGAffiliated Members
Nikos Dedes
President, Association of People Living with HIV in Greece ‘Positive Voice’ Greece.
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