Board, Committees, Councils & Chapters

Officers

	President Miriam CJM Sturkenboom, PhD PharmD MSc Pharmacoepidemiology Unit Departments of Medical Informatics and Epidemiology & Biostatistics Erasmus University Medical Center PO BOX 2040 3000CA, Rotterdam The Netherlands Tel: 31-104088123 Fax: 31-104089447
	President-Elect Sebastian G Schneeweiss, FISPE Brigham & Womens Hospital 1620 Tremont Street Boston MA 02120 Tel: (617) 278-0930
	Immediate Past President Yola Moride, FISPE Universite de Montreal Faculty of Pharmacy C.P.6128, succ. Centre-ville Montreal, Qc H3C 3J7 CANADA Tel: (514) 343-6111
	Vice President Finance Nancy A Dreyer MPH PhD FISPE Chief of Scientific Affairs & Senior Vice President Outcome 201 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Tel 617- 715- 6810 FAX: 617- 621-1620
	Executive Secretary Mark H Epstein ScD ISPE 5272 River Road Suite 630 Bethesda MD 20816 Tel: (301) 718-6500 x 6537 Fax: (301) 656-0983

Directors

Class of 2009
	Stella Blackburn European Medicines Agency Westferry Circus, 7 Canary Whart London E14 4HB UNITED KINGDOM Tel: (44207) 418-8625
	Lolkje T de Jong-van den Berg University of Groningen Dept Social Pharm & Pharmacoep Antonius Deusinglaan 1 Groningen 9713 AV 9713 AV THE NETHERLANDS Tel: 31-50-363-3330 (7576)
	James D. Lewis University of Pennsylvania 720 Blockley Hall 423 Guardian Drive Philadelphia PA 19104-6021 USA Tel: (215) 573-5137
	Daniel Mines Wyeth Research 500 Arcola Road Dock E Collegeville PA 19426-3930 USA Tel: (484) 865-3447
	Robert Reynolds Pfizer Inc 235 East 42nd Street MS 150-3-72 New York NY 10017 USA Tel: (212) 733-7757
Class of 2010
	Ulf Bergman MD PhD FISPE Professor Division of Clinical Pharmacology Karolinska Institute Stockholm SE 141 86 SWEDEN Tel: 46-8-5858-1196 Fax: 011-46-8-250-251
	Daniel Fife MD FISPE Sr. Director Epidemiology Johnson & Johnson 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road Titusville NJ 08560 Tel: (609) 730-3419 Fax: (609) 730-3477
	Sonia Hernández-Diaz MD DrPH, FISPE Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health 677 Huntington Avenue Kresge Building Room 922 Boston, MA 02115 Tel: (617) 432-3942
	Elena Rivero MD MPH FISPE Novartis Farmaceutica SA Gran Via Corts Catalanes No 764 Barcelona 08013 SPAIN Tel: 34-93-306-4885 Fax: 34-93-306-4894
	Scott R.Smith, MSPH PhD Director, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research US DHHS-Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Center for Outcomes and Evidence 540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 Tel: 301-427-1511 Fax: 301- 427-1520
	Songlin Xue, MD PhD Vice President and Head Global Clinical Epidemiology Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation One Health Plaza Building 419, Room 2167 East Hanover, NJ 07936-1080 Tel: 862-778-2898 Fax: 973- 781-6498
Class of 2011
	Alejandro Arana MD, MPH, MSc FISPE Risk Management Resources, Espana Calle Zurita 14 1D Zaragoza 50001 SPAIN Mobile: +34 661200307
	Ariel E Arias, MD, PhD, DESS Health Canada 200 Tunney's Pasture Drive Address Locator; 0701C Ottawa ON CANADA Tel: 613-957-6795
	Kate L. Lapane, FISPE Virginia Commonwealth University P.O. Box 980212 Richmond, VA 23298 USA Tel 804-628-2518
	Nicholas D Moore MD PhD FRCP FISPE Universite Victor Segalen Department of Pharmacology Case 36 - 246, Rue Leo Saigant Bordeaux 33076 FRANCE Tel: 05557572560 Fax: 05557574672
	Alexander M Walker, FISPE Whiscon 70 Walnut Street Wellesey MA 2451 USA Tel: 781-239-8030
	Stanley A. Edlavitch, PhD MA (Lifetime Emeritus) University of Missouri School of Medicine M5 105E 2411 Holmes Street Kansas City MO 64108 Tel: (816) 235-6617 Fax: (816) 235-6613

Committee Chairs

The International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) is a non-profit international professional membership organization dedicated to promoting pharmacoepidemiology, the science which applies epidemiologic approaches to studying the use, effectiveness, value and safety of pharmaceuticals. ISPE is firmly committed to providing an unbiased scientific forum to the views of all parties with interests in drug development, drug delivery, drug use, drug costs, and drug effects.

ISPE members represent the various scientific disciplines involved in studying drugs. Members are employed by the pharmaceutical industry, academic institutions, government agencies, non-profit and for-profit private organizations. Members have degrees in a number of fields, including epidemiology, biostatistics, medicine, vetinary science, nursing, pharmacology, pharmacy, law, health economics, and journalism. With members in 45 countries and national chapters in Belgium, Argentina, and The Netherlands, ISPE truly provides an international forum for sharing knowledge and scientific approaches to foster the science of pharmacoepidemiology.

Like other voluntary professional organizations, the work of ISPE is conducted through its committees. The committees develop their own missions and annual agendas. Oversight of the functioning of the committees and the society administration is provided by an elected board that meets at least twice each year. The Executive Committee of the board meets monthly. All ISPE members are encouraged to become active on one or more committees.

Archivist Hugh H. Tilson MD DrPH FISPE Professor University of North Carolina School of Public Health Chapel Hill NC 27599-7400 Tel: (919) 966-9275 Fax: (919) 966-0981	Bylaws and Policies Committee Co-Chair Keith Beard MB FRCP FISPE Consultant Physician Victoria Infirmary Mansionhouse Unit Glasgow G413DX UNITED KINGDOM Tel: 44-141-201-6126 Fax: 44-141-201-6159
Bylaws and Policies Committee Co-Chair Michael A. Lewis DrMed FISPE EPES Epidemiology GMBH Wulffstrasse 8 Berlin D-12165 GERMANY Tel: 49-30-793-5532 Fax: 49-30-793-5132	Development Committee Chair Annlouise R Assaf, FISPE Pfizer, Inc. 50 Pequot Avenue MS 6025-B4258 New London, CT 06320 Tel: 860-732-1258
Development Committee Co-Chair Rhonda L. Bohn MPH ScD FISPE Director Healthcare Safety and Epidemiology HealthCore, Inc. 800 Delaware Avenue Wilmington, DE 19801-1366 Tel: 302- 354-8028 FAX: 617- 558-9005	Co-Editor, Scribe Kate L. Lapane, FISPE Virginia Commonwealth University P.O. Box 980212 Ricmond VA 23298 USA Tel 804-628-2518
Co-Editor, Scribe Vacant	Education Committee Chair James D Lewis MD MSCE University of Pennsylvania 720 Blockley Hall 423 Guardian Drive Philadelphia PA 19104-6021 Tel: (215) 573-5137 Fax: (215) 573-5325
External Communications Committee Chair Susan A Oliveria EpiSource 1150 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10128 Tel: (212) 610-0767	Fellowship & Awards Committee Chair Yola Moride, FISPE Universite de Montreal Faculty of Pharmacy Montreal, Quebec Canada Tel: (514) 343-6111
Finance Committee Chair Nancy A Dreyer, FISPE Outcome 201 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: (617) 621-6426	Global Development Committee Co-Chair Byung-Joo Park MD PhD FISPE Professor Seoul National University Seoul University College of Medicine 28 Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu Seoul 110-799 KOREA Tel: 82-2-740-8325 Fax: (822) 747-4830
Global Development Committee Co-Chair Kiyoshi Kubota University of Tokyo Dept Pharmacoepid 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo Japan	ICPE 2009 Scientific Program Committee Chair Kate L Lapane, FISPE Virginia Commonwealth University P. O. Box 980212 Richmond, VA 23298 Tel: (804) 628-2518
25th Anniversary Meeting Committee Co-Chair Kate L Lapane, FISPE Virginia Commonwealth University P. O. Box 980212 Richmond, VA 23298 Tel: (804) 628-2518	25th Anniversary Meeting Committee Co-Chair Susan T Sacks, FISPE Roche 340 Kingsland Street Nutley, NJ 07110 Tel: (973) 562-5536
Management Oversight Committee Chair Yola Moride, FISPE Universite de Montreal Faculty of Pharmacy Montreal, Quebec Canada Tel: (514) 343-6111	Membership Committee Chair Robert Gross MD MSCE University of Pennsylvania 804 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive Philadelphia PA 19104-6021 Tel: (215) 898-2437
Nominating Committee Chair Yola Moride, FISPE Universite de Montreal Faculty of Pharmacy C.P.6128, succ. Centre-ville Montreal, Qc H3C 3J7 CANADA Tel: (514) 343-6111	Public Policy/Ethics Committee Chair Susana F Perez-Gutthann RTI International Trav. Gracia 56 Atico 1 Barcelona 8006 SPAIN Tel: 34 93 241 7 76
Publications Committee Chair Harry A Seifert MD MSCE GlaxoSmithKline 428 Holly Lane Wynnewood PA 19096 Tel: (610) 917-5181 Fax: (610) 917-4829 Publications Committee, Vice Chair Alex Ward United Biosource Corporation 101 Station Landing Medford MA 2155 Tel: (781) 960-0227	Public Policy/Ethics Committee Co-Chair Til Stürmer, MD MPH FISPE Head, Pharmacoepidemiology Program Director, UNC-GSK Center for Excellence in Pharmacoepidemiology and Public Health Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill McGavran-Greenberg, CB # 7435 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435 Tel: +1 919 966 7433 Fax: +1 919 966 2089
Scientific Program Committee Chair Kate L Lapane, FISPE Virginia Commonwealth University P. O. Box 980212 Richmond, VA 23298 Tel: (804) 628-2518	Strategic Planning Committee Sebastian G Schneeweiss, FISPE Brigham & Womens Hospital 1620 Tremont Street Boston MA 02120 Tel: (617) 278-0930

Councils

Academic Council Chair Anna Birna Almarsdóttir, PhD, PharmD Professor of Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Iceland Hagi, Hofsvallagata 53 107 Reykjavík, Iceland Tel. +354 525 5217	Academic Council Co-Chair Susan Sinclair Roberts University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 South College Rd Dept of Clinical Research Wilmington NC 28403 USA Phone: 9107960052
Government/Regulatory Council Chair Richard Hill BSc MBBS The Upsalla Monitoring Centre Box 1051 Uppsala S751-40 Sweden 461 865 6060	Government/Regulatory Council Co-Chair Gunilla Sjölin-Forsberg Enhetschef (Head of Department of Drug Safety) Läkemedelsverket (Medical Products Agency) Tel: +46 18 174798 Fax: +46 18 548566
Industry Council Co-Chair Nancy Santanello, MD, MS Executive Director, Epidemiology Merck Research Laboratories PO Box 1000, UG1D-60 North Wales, PA 19454-1099 Tel: 267-305-7473 FAX: 267-305-6412	Industry Council Co-Chair Alejandro Arana MD, MPH, MSc FISPE Risk Management Resources, Espana Zurita 14 1D 50001 Zaragoza, Spain Mobile: +34 661200307
Student Council Co-Chair Jennifer M. Polinski Brigham & Womens Hospital 1620 Tremont Street, Suite 3030 Boston MA 02120 Tel: (617) 278-0931	Student Council Co-Chair Jessica Jalbert Brown University 121 South Main Box G Providence, RI 02912 Tel: (401) 481-3027

Special Interest Groups (SIG)

Biologics
Contact: Joanna Haas

Database
Contact: Matthew W. Reynolds

Drug Utilization/Health Services Research
Contact: Robert H. Vander Stichele

Medications in Pregnancy
Contact: Lolkje T de Jong-van den Berg
Allen Mitchell

Molecular Epidemiology/Pharmacogenetics
Contact: Geoffrey Liu

Student Chapters

Harvard School of Public Health
Faculty Contact: Sonia Hernández-Diaz, FISPE

College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati
Faculty Contact: Jeff Guo

School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Faculty Contact: Til Sturmre, FISPE

College of Pharmacy, University of Texas
Faculty Contact: James Wilson

University of Maryland, Baltimore
Contact: Sheila Weiss Smith, FISPE

University of National Cheng Kung
Faculty contact: Yea-Huei Kao Yang

Last updated: 10 September 2008