SCIENTIFIC BOARD
What is the Scientific Board? Who are its members?
The Fondation René Touraine works through a Scientific Board integrating 13 high-profile European dermatologists. This Board oversees the development of 4 Scientific Committees, which steer the Fondation René Touraine’s main 4 networking activities: “Rare Skin Diseases Network” (RSDN), “Skin Inflammation & Psoriasis International Network” (SPIN), “e-Dermatology” Portal and the “Science FRT” Portal.
The Scientific Board is coordinated by an executive committee composed by:
- a President,
- a Secretary General
- the President-coordinators of the 4 activities & President-elect and past president of each scientific committee
PRÉSIDENT
• Thomas Luger
E-DERMTOLOGY
• Laurent Misery
• Vincent Piguet
• Julien Lambert
RSDN
• Maya El-Hachem
• Hamida Turki
• Christine Bodemer
SPIN
• Wolf-Henning Boehncke
• Tiago Torres
• Phyllis Spuls
These scientific committees are coordinated by a President, a President-elect and a Past-President (all members of the Scientific Board) and are composed of international experts whose expertise is useful to the development of the committees’ activities
The Scientific Board is renewed by 1/3 of its members every 3 years and one cannot apply for the same position twice in a row. The Scientific Board decides to which candidates the Fondation René Touraine’s fellowships are awarded, as well as the organisation of the other scientific activities of Fondation René Touraine.
The present composition of the Scientific Board is as follows.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENTS-ELECT AND PAST-PRESIDENTS OF THE 4 COMMITTEES
PRESIDENT: Prof.Dr.med.Dr.h.c.Thomas Luger, Past Chair of Department of Dermatology, University of Münster, Germany
GENERAL SECRETARY: Member to be appointed
PRESIDENT OF EACH COMMITTEE: Prof. Wolf-Henning Boehncke, Chairman of the Dermatology Unit at Geneva University, Switzerland, (SPIN); Dr. Maya El-Hachem, Head of the Dermatology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu, Rome, Italy, (RSDN); Prof. Dr. Laurent Misery, Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the Brest University Hospital, France (e-Dermatology Portal); Prof. Erwin Tschachler, MD, Head of Research Division of Skin Biology and Pathobiology, Derpartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria (Science-FRT)
SPIN – SKIN INFLAMMATION & PSORIASIS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
- PRESIDENT-ELECT: Prof. Dr. Tiago Torres, MD, PhD, “Instituto Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar”, University of Porto, Portugal
- PAST-PRESIDENT: Prof. Phyllis Spuls, MD, PhD, Consultant Dermatologist at the Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
RSDN-RARE SKIN DISORDERS NETWORK
- PRESIDENT-ELECT: Prof. Hamida Turki, Department of Dermatology, Sfax, Tunisia
- PAST-PRESIDENT: Prof. Christine Bodemer, Chair of Department of Dermatology, Necker Children Hospital, Paris 15, France
E-DERMATOLOGY PORTAL
- PRESIDENT-ELECT: Prof. Dr. Vincent Piguet, Professor and Department Division Director, Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
- PAST-PRESIDENT: Prof. Dr. Julien Lambert, Professor of Dermatology at the Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium
SCIENCE-FRT
- Members to be elected
