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SCHEER - Members Working Groups (2016-2021)

All the members signed the declaration of acceptance, commitment and confidentiality

Declarations of interest are available at the Register of the Commission Expert Groups.

WG on breast implants in relation to anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL)

SCHEER members

Wim De Jong, Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
Ana Proykova, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Theodoros Samaras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

External members

Mark Clemens, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
Daphne De Jong, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ingrid Hopper, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Hinne Rakhorst, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Fabio Santenelli di Pompeo, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Suzanne Turner, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

WG on Electronic cigarettes

SCHEER members

Peter Hoet, Medical Faculty, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Rodica Mariana Ion, National Institute of R&D for Chemistry and Petrochemistry – ICECHIM, Bucharest, Romania
Renate Krätke (Rapporteur), Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
Ana Proykova, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Emanuela Testai (Chair), Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Environment and Primary Prevention Mechanism of Toxicity Unit, Rome, Italy
Theo Vermeire, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands

External members

Urmila Nair, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
Reinskje Talhout, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands
Constantine Vardavas, Ministry of Health of the Hellenic Republic, Greece

SCHEER members for WoE

Roberto Bertollini, Advisor for Public Health Policy, Ministry of Health, Qatar
Teresa Borges, Ministry of Health, General-Directorate of Health, Lisbon, Portugal
Theodoros Samaras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

WG on the EU Environmental Foresight System (FORENV)

Emerging issues at the environment-social interface (2018-19 annual cycle)

SCHEER members

External members

Sophie Miquel, Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences- USA Foundational Knowledge, Global Innovation Center- Mars Inc.
Belmira Neto, Assistant Professor, University of Oporto, Portugal
Urbano Fra Paleo, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Extremadura, Spain

Emerging environmental issues in the field of new technologies in the urban environment (pilot 2017-18)

SCHEER members

WG on LEDs

SCHEER members

Ana Proykova (Chair), University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Rodica Mariana Ion, National Institute of R&D for Chemistry and Petrochemistry – ICECHIM, Bucharest, Romania
Theodoros Samaras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

External members

Jean-François Doré, INSERM - French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Lyon, France
Ellen Bruzell, NIOM - Nordic Institute of Dental Materials, Oslo, Norway
Nicolo Massimo, Clinica Oculistica Di.N.O.G.Mi. University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino IST, Italy
John O’Hagan (Rapporteur), Public Health England, UK
Celia Sánchez-Ramos, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Linda van Kerkhof, RIVM - National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands
 

WG on Non-human primates testing

SCHEER members

Theo Vermeire (Chair), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Peter Hoet, Medical Faculty, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Renate Krätke, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Emanuela Testai, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Environment and Primary Prevention Mechanism of Toxicity Unit, Rome, Italy

External members

Romina Aron Badin, Atomic Energy Commission, France
Michelle Epstein (Rapporteur), Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Paul Andrew Flecknell, Newcastle University, UK
Michelle Hudson-Shore, Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME), UK
David Jones, Safety Working Party, EMA, UK
Jan Langermans, Foundation Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherland
Mark Prescott, National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), UK
Alain Simonnard, Institut National de Recherche et Sécurité, France

WG on Oil and Gas

SCHEER members

Roberto Bertollini, World Health Organization Representation to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium
Teresa Borges, Ministry of Health, General-Directorate of Health, Lisbon, Portugal
Raquel Duarte-Davidson, Public Health England, Chilton, United Kingdom
Pim de Voogt, KWR Watercycle Research Institute, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Peter Hoet (Chair), Medical Faculty, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Marian Scott, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
Rémy Slama (Rapporteur), Inserm (National Institute of Health and Medical Research), team of environmental epidemiology, Grenoble, France
Marco Vighi, IMDEA Water Institute, Alcala’ de Henares (Madrid), Spain

External members

Laura Torrente-Murciano, University of Cambridge, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, United Kingdom
Annemarie van Wezel, University of Utrecht, Faculty of Geosciences, The Netherlands

WG on Guidelines for BRA of Phthalates used in MDs

SCHEER members

Teresa Borges, Ministry of Health, General-Directorate of Health, Lisbon, Portugal
Wim De Jong (Chair and Rapporteur), Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Rodica Mariana Ion, National Institute of R&D for Chemistry and Petrochemistry – ICECHIM, Bucharest, Romania
Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
Emanuela Testai, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Environment and Primary Prevention Mechanism of Toxicity Unit, Rome, Italy
Theo Vermeire, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands

SCCS members

Ulrike Bernauer, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Christophe Rousselle, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France

External members

Maria Rosaria Milana , Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Hilde Kopperud , NIOM - Nordic Institute of Dental Materials, Oslo, Norway
Tanja Schmidt, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences - Hochschule Ansbach, Ansbach, Germany
Stéphane Bégué, Etablissement Français du Sang - La Plaine-Saint-Denis, France

WG on Sunbeds

SCHEER members

Ana Proykova (Chair of the WG since April 2016 and rapporteur), University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Rodica Mariana Ion, National Institute of R&D for Chemistry and Petrochemistry – ICECHIM, Bucharest, Romania
Theodoros Samaras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

SCCS members

Pieter Jan Coenraads , University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

External members

Claire Beausoleil, ANSES - French Agency for food, environmental and occupational health and safety, Paris, France
Jean-François Doré (co-Rapporteur), INSERM - French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Lyon, France
Ruediger Greinert, Klinikum Buxtehude, Dept. Mol. Cellbiology, Germany
Philippe Hartemann, Université Nancy Lorraine, Nancy, France
Norbert Leitgeb, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Lesley Rushton (Chair of the WG until April 2016), Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Greet Schoeters, VITO - Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Mol, Belgium

WG on Tobacco additives

SCHEER members

Raquel Duarte-Davidson, Public Health England, Chilton, United Kingdom
Peter Hoet, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Emanuela Testai (Chair and Rapporteur), Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Theo Vermeire, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands
Sergej Zacharov, General University Hospital, Prague

External members

Urmila Nair, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
Konrad Rydzynski, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Poland
Reinskje Talhout (Rapporteur), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands

WG on UVC lamps

SCHEER members

Rodica Mariana Ion, National Institute of R&D for Chemistry and Petrochemistry – ICECHIM, Bucharest, Romania
Renate Krakte, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Ana Proykova (Rapporteur), University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Theodoros Samaras (Chair) , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

SCCS members

Pieter Jan Coenraads , University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

External members

Norbert Leitgeb, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Lesley Rushton (co-rapporteur), Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

WG on water reuse

SCHEER members

Renate Krätke, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Marian Scott, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
Marco Vighi, IMDEA Water Institute, Alcala’ de Henares (Madrid), Spain
Pim de Voogt, KWR Watercycle Research Institute, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

External experts

Jan Linders, Retired from National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands
Luigi Rizzo, University of Salerno, Department of Civil Engineering, Salerno, Italy

WG on weight of evidence

SCHEER members

Ana Proykova, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Renate Krätke, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany
Roberto Bertollini, World Health Organization Representation to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium
Teresa Borges, Ministry of Health, General-Directorate of Health, Lisbon, Portugal
Raquel Duarte-Davidson, Public Health England, Chilton, United Kingdom
Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
Rémy Slama, Inserm (National Institute of Health and Medical Research), team of environmental epidemiology, Grenoble, France
Marian Scott, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
Emanuela Testai, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Environment and Primary Prevention Mechanism of Toxicity Unit, Rome, Italy
Theo Vermeire, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Marco Vighi, IMDEA Water Institute, Alcala’ de Henares (Madrid), Spain

SCHER and SCENIHR members (2013-2016)

Alena Bartonova, Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Kjeller, Norway
Claire Beausoleil, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Maisons Alfort, France
Teresa Fernandes, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Jan Linders, Retired
Greta Schoeters, University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium
Philippe Hartemann, Université Nancy Lorraine, Nancy, France

WG in former committees (2013 - 2016)

SCHER - Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks

SCENIHR - Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks