leadership
It serves as the executive body of the COST Action, managing daily operations, coordinating Working Groups, and making urgent decisions delegated by the Management Committee to ensure the Action’s efficiency and scientific progress.
United Kingdom
Ireland
Grant Awarding Coordinator
Helike Lõhelaid
Tallinn University of Technology
EstoniaWGs: WG1, WG3, WG4
Science Communication Coordinator, WG6 Leader
Teresa Sousa
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto
PortugalWGs: WG3, WG4, WG6
Science Communication Coordinator, WG6 CoLeader
Saara Laitinen
Finnish Red Cross Blood Service
FinlandWGs: WG3, WG4, WG6
Working Group Leaders
WG1 CoLeader
Olga Pechanova
Centrum Experimentalnej Mediciny Slovenskej Akademie Vied, Verejna Vyskumna Institucia
SlovakiaWGs: WG1
WG1 ECI CoLeader
Marcela Hortova Kohoutkova
Fakultni Nemocnice U Sv. Anny V Brne
Czech RepublicWGs: WG1, WG3, WG4
Germany
Italy
WG3 ECI CoLeader
Luís Miguel Cardoso dos Santos
Karolinska Institutet
SwedenWGs: WG3, WG4, WG6
WG4 Leader
Joan Clària
Consorci Institut D'investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer
SpainWGs: WG4
WG4 CoLeader
Juan Bautista De Sanctis
Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Palacky University
Czech RepublicWGs: WG3, WG4
Netherlands
Science Communication Coordinator, WG6 Leader
Teresa Sousa
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto
PortugalWGs: WG3, WG4, WG6
Science Communication Coordinator, WG6 CoLeader
Saara Laitinen
Finnish Red Cross Blood Service
FinlandWGs: WG3, WG4, WG6
WG6 ECI CoLeader
Carolina Silva-Pereira
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto
PortugalWGs: WG3, WG4, WG6
