Officers & Council

The officers of the Society shall be President, President Elect (Vice- President), Secretary, Treasurer and other officers designated by the Executive Council.

Eugenia Bezirtzoglou

President 2016-2021

Professor of Microbiology
Laboratory of Hygiene and Food Protection

Democritus University of Thrace

Medical School

68100-Dragana Alexandroupolis

Tel: 0030-6946003063

E-mail: empezirt@med.duth.gr

Elisa Bertazzoni-Minelli

Past President 2013-2015

Professor
Dpt. Public Health and Community Medicine
Pharmacology Section
University of Verona

Policlinico GB Rossi
P.le L. A. Scuro
37134 Verona - Italy
Phone: +39 3356959225
Fax: +39 045590632
e-mail: elisa.bertazzoni@univr.it

Andrew B. Onderdonk

Past President 2011-2013

Professor Dept. of Pathology

Brigham & Women’s Hospital

75 Francis Street, 02115 - Boston, Massachusetts USA

Phone: 001 737 7372

Fax: 001 731 1541

E-mail: aonderdonk@partners.org

Dr Sandrine Claus

Secretary

Chief Scientific Officer

PhD, MSc, MRSB
LNC Therapeutics
38 cours Georges Clémenceau
33000 Bordeaux France
Phone: +33(0)5 57 60 05 51
e-mail: Sandrine.claus@l-n-c.fr
web: www.lnc.bio

Pr. Marie-Bénédicte Romond

Councilor

EA3610-Bâtiment Boulanger-Hôpital Calmette
rue J. Leclercq-59000 Lille
Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie
3, rue du Pr. Laguesse-BP83
59006 Lille Cedex
Telephone: 0033320964037

Veronica Lazar

Councilor

Professor in Microbiology-Immunology,
MSc in Medical Biology,PhD
University of Bucharest,Faculty of Biology

Secretary του SOMED, 2010-2014 & 2014-2016 (history)
Local organizer in SOMED Congress 2000 (Previous meetings)

Aleea Portocalelor No 1-3,
060101 Bucharest,Sector 6
Romania
Phone: +4021-3181576
Fax: +4021-3118077
Email: veronica.lazar2009@gmail.com
Mobile: +40744-492408

Dr. Y. Kourkoutas

Treasurer 2015-2019

Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
Democritus University of Thrace

Alexandroupolis, GR-68100
Greece

Tel: 0030 25510 30633
Fax: 0030 25510 97243
Mobile: 0030 6947024571
Email: ikourkou@mbg.duth.gr

Paola Mastromarino, D. Sc., PhD

Councilor 2015-2016

Aggregate Professor of Microbiology
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases,
Section of Microbiology;
Sapienza University
P.le Aldo Moro, 5
00185 Rome-Italy
Tel. +39.06.49914628
Fax: +39.06.49914626
Email: paola.mastromarino@uniroma1. it

Reet Mändar

Councilor 2015-2016

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Tartu
Ravila 19, Tartu 50411 Estonia
Tel: +372 7 374 178
Fax: +372 7 374 172
E-mail: reet.mandar@ut.ee

Luisa Vieira Peixe, PharmD, PhD

Councilor 2015-2016

Associate Professor of Bacteriology Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Porto
Jorge Viterbo Street,228
4050-313 Porto. Portugal
E-mail: lpeixe@ff.up.pt lpeixe@gmail.com
Office Phone: +351220428580

Alojz Bomba

Councilor 2012-2016

DVM, PhD, DrSc.
Institute of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,
Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice
Trieda SNP 1, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic
Tel: +421 556424606
Fax: +421 556420253
E-mail: alojz.bomba@upjs.sk

Wendy S. Garrett, M.D. Ph.D.

Councilor 2012-2016

Assistant Professor Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Member, Broad Institute
665 Huntington Avenue SPH 1
Boston, MA 02115
E-mail 1: wgarrett@hsph.harvard.edu
E-mail 2: wendy_garrett@dfci.harvard.edu
Fax: 617-432-3259

Raina Fichorova, M.D., Ph.D.

Councilor 2012-2016

Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Laboratory of Genital Tract Biology
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
221 Longwood Avenue RF468
Boston, MA 02115
Office Phone: 617-278-0625
Lab Phone: 617-525-6845/6
Fax: 617-713-3018
Email: RFICHOROVA@RICS.BWH.HARVARD.EDU

President Letter

Dear colleagues, It is indeed a great honour and privilege for me to assume the role of President of SOMED. I would like to thank all of you for your support and for giving me the opportunity to have this prominent role...

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