CURICULLUM VITAE

MENI MALLIORI, MD, PHD Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Athens, 2004

PERSONAL DATA Name

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Place and date of birth :

Minerva-Melpomeni MALLIORI August 30, 1952, Patras - Greece

Maritual Status

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Divorced / mother of a boy (aged 13)

Work address

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23, Anagnostopoulou str., Athens 106 73

(tel.no.: 33 90 426, fax no : 36 00 834) Home address

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27, Parthenonos str., Athens 117 42 (tel no.: 92 17 004, fax no : 92 21 242) e-mail : [email protected] website : www.malliori.gr

ACADEMIC EDUCATION 1975

: University of Athens Dental School. Degree in Dentistry (Very good)

1978

: University of Athens Medical School. Degree in Medicine (Very good)

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION - SPECIALISATION 1981 - 1982

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Post graduated studies at the Tavistock Clinic - Adolescent Department London. (Director: Α.Obholzer)

1982 - 1984

: University of Athens Neurological and Psychiatric Clinic. Eginition Hospital. Specialty in Neurology (Professor: S. Skarpalezos) and in Psychiatry (Professor: Κ.Stefanis)

1984 1985 - 1986 1986 - 1987

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Completion of the specialisation in Pchychiatry

: Scholarship of the Greek Government for postgratuated studies in Nottingham University - England. Social Psychiatry (Professor : J.Ε. Cooper) : Post graduated studies with the World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva, in the fields of Mental Health Services Planning, State Psychiatric Services, organisational structure, planning and implementation on drug policy. (Professor: N.Sartorius)

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ACADEMIC AND OTHER POSITIONS 1987

: Consultant in the Mental Health Department of the World Health Organisation (WHO) - Geneva

1987 - 1989 & 1993 - '96

: Advisor of Ministers of Health and Welfare on Mental Health and Drug issues (Ministry of Health – Athens)

1989

: PHD Medical School, University of Athens

1995

: Lecturer at the Medical School of the University of Athens

1996 - 1999

: President of the Greek Organisation Against Drugs (ΟΚΑΝΑ)

2000

: Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Athens

1999 -2004

: Member of the European Parliament

OTHER POSITIONS: α) Expert - National representative 1987 - 1999

: Expert consultant with the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Mental Health - Drugs and AIDS issues

1987 - 1989

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Greek National Representative to the European Community Team of Experts for AIDS

1987 - 1989

: Greek National Representative to the Committee "Program on the Prevention of Drug Dependence"

1988 - 1989 : Permanent Correspondent to the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe 1993 - 1999 1988 - 1990

: Member of the Greek National Committee for AIDS

1996 - 1999

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Greek National Representative to the Working Group for evaluation of the actions undertaken within the framework of the European Community Public Health Program related to the fight against cancer, drugs, AIDS and other communicable diseases.

1993 - 1999

: Greek National Representantive to the European Community Health Group

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β) Member of Management boards and Scientific Committees 1989

: Coordinating member of the Greek Neurological and Psychiatric Society Committee for Mental Health Legislation

1989 - 1990

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Representative of the Greek Ministry of Health and Welfare to the Central Council for Combatting Drug Abuse (KESYKANA)

th : Member of the Scientific Committee and chairperson of the 8 International

1992

Congress for AIDS - The Netherlands 1993 - 1999

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Member of the Management Board of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction - Lisbon

1994 - 1998

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Member of the Management Board of the Hellenic Centre for the control of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases.

1994 - 1996

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Member of the Management Board of the Greek Organisation Against Drugs (OKANA)

1996 - 1998

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Member of the Management Board of the Equality Issues Research Center (KETHI)

1996 - 1999

: Member of the Central Scientific Council of Prisons (KESF)

1996 - 1999

: President of the Management Board of the Greek Organisation Against Drugs (OKANA)

1997 - 1999

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Member of the Mental Health Committee of the Central Health Council of the Greek Ministry of Health and Welfare (KESY)

1988 - 1999

: Member of the Steering Committee for evaluation of the actions undertaken within the framework of the European Community Public Health Program related to the fight against cancer, drugs, AIDS and other communicable diseases

1999

: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Regional Congress of the World Psychiatric Association in Preventive Psychiatry

TUTORIAL ACTIVITY Lecturing for : •

Students of the Medical School in the University of Nottingham,

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Psychiatrists - Psychologists teaching on the manual "Present Psychiatric Examination",

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Patras Technological Educational Institution (Social Workers students),

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Army and Airforce Greek Medical Doctors specialising in Psychiatry,

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the Hellenic Red Cross officials on the subject "Mental Health Services" and “Prevention of drug Dependence",

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the Sanitary School students on the subject "Mental Health services development in Greece",

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University of Athens Medical School students on the issues of "Psychiatric Diagnosis", "Mental Health Services Planning", "Prevention for dependence and drug addiction",

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Eginition Hospital - Resident psychiatrists of the University of Athens Psychiatric Clinic, on the issues of "Mental Health Services organisational structure", "Drug abuse",

"AIDS

consequences on high risk groups", •

Members of the staff of the Mental Health Services, of the Psychiatric Hospital of Athens, on the issues of "Drug abuse" and "Psychiatric Health Services Development",

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Officials of the Greek Local Authorities Organisation on the issue “Prevention of drug abuse”,

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Greek Police Force Officials on the issue “Prevention of substance abuse”,

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Juvenile Prosecutors (Athens-Patras) on the issue “Prevention of drug abuse”,

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Private sector employees participating in a pilot project for the prevention of addictive substance abuse (drug - alcohol - tobacco) and early diagnosis in work environment

RESEARCH ACTIVITY Participation and conducting of various research programs organised by : •

the University of Athens Phychiatric Clinic,

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the World Health Organisation (cross-national research),

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the Hellenic Centre for the Control of AIDS and std's,

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the European Union financed researches,

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the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA),

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the Council of Europe - the Cooperation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group).

PUBLISHING ACTIVITY Ø 27 Publications in International Medical Journals and books, Ø 36 Publications in abstracts in International Conferences, Ø 21 Publications in National medical journals and books, Ø 38 Publications in abstracts in National Conferences, Ø 18 Announcements in National and International Conferences, Ø 39 Citations in international bibliography.

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PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITY – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 1) Parliamentary Committees •

Permanent member of the Environment – Public Health and Consumers Protection Committee (July 1999 – July 2004)

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Substitute member of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (July 1999 – September 2000)

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Substitute member of the Liberties and Citizens Rights, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (September 2000 – December 2001)

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Substitute member of the Industry, Foreign Trade, Research and Energy Committee (January 2002 – July 2004)

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Permanent Member of the STOA Panel (July 1999 – July 2004)

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Member of the temporary Committee on Bioethics (January – December 2001)

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Member of the temporary Committee on the Foot and Mouth Disease

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Permanent member of the Parliamentary Delegation EU – Russia (July 1999 – July 2004)

2) Parliamentary Reports Rapporteur for the reports on : • • • •

Smoked flavoring in food stuff (6.6.2003) Medical devices (3.6.2003) Prevention and harm reduction of drug abuse (28.1.2003) Advertising and sponsoring of tobacco products (19.12.2001)

Shadow rapporteur for 27 Parliamentary reports including the Report concerning the Establishment of the European Centre for Prevention and Control of Diseases (21.1.2004), with relevent intervention in the Plenary Session of the European Parliament (10.2.2004) Rapporteur for 2 Parliamentary Opinions on : • •

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (26.2.2004) Drug Precursors (19.12.2002)

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CURRICULUM VITAE Alvaro Roberto Ramírez Vanegas M.D., M.Sc. Chiren Therapy Centre Ogonneloe Scarriff Co. Clare Ireland PERSONAL INFORMATION Country of citizenship: Phone Number: E-mail address:

Ireland Ireland (353) 61 923944 [email protected]

EDUCATION 09/93-09/94 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, U.K. M.Sc. in Communicable Diseases Epidemiology. 09/89-04/90 Carlos III Institute, Madrid, Spain. Diploma in Epidemiology 01/80-11/85 National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Leon, Nicaragua. Doctor of Medicine. 01/76-12/80 Rigoberto López Pérez High School, Managua, Nicaragua.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 11/01-02/03 Acupuncture Foundation of Ireland Diploma in Chinese Herbalism 09/00-02/03 Acupuncture Foundation of Ireland Licentiate in Acupuncture 01/92-04/93 Technician in radio communications. 08/90-09/92 Computer Operator and Programmer: Languages: Turbo "C", Clipper, and Fox-Pro.

01/87-01/88 Intern, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua (Internal Medicine, Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Surgery, and Primary Care). 12/85-03/86 War Surgeon, Apanás Military Hospital, Jinotega, Nicaragua.

WORK EXPERIENCE 08/00-

Health Advisor of Epidemiological Surveillance and emergencies response in disaster in Nicaragua. Ministry of Health Headquarters, Managua, Nicaragua. Supervisors: Lic. Margarita Gurdian Vice Minister of Health

05/00-06/00 Emergency Health Assessor (DIFD-UNDP). Public health assessment of the emergency situation in Baluchistan and Sindh Provinces in Pakistan. Supervisor: Harold Lockwood. Humanitarian Affairs Specialist. Conflict & Humanitarian affairs Department. DFID. London, UK. +44 (020) 7917 0954. 03/00-04/00 Emergency Health Assessor (Emergencies Dept., Oxfam UK). Public health assessment of the emergency situation in Somali Region, Ethiopia. Supervisor: Momodou M’boge, Health Advisor. +44 (01865) 311 311. 12/97- 03/00 Director (self-employed) of a private medical centre comprising pharmacy, medical attention, dental surgery and clinical laboratory. 01/99–05/99 Health Advisor (Emergency Programme, Oxfam UK and Ireland). Responsible for supervision of the emergency health programme following the Hurricane Mitch disaster in Nicaragua. Duties included design of impact indicators, field visits to follow up and evaluate the operation of the health projects and training in epidemiological surveillance for personnel of Oxfam’s local partner organisations. Oxfam UK and Ireland, Central America and Mexico Regional Office, Managua, Nicaragua. Supervisor: Galio Gurdián, Head of Emergency Programme Reason for leaving: End of Emergency Programme 01/97- 11/98 Director of a National NGO: “Cruzada por la Vida en la Comunidad”. Main activities were formulation and management of health projects in three basic areas: emergency and disaster response with the National Civil Defence Committee, early detection and treatment of uterine cancer and a reproductive health counselling program for adolescents in coordination with Johns Hopkins University. Supervision of a team comprising 3 medical doctors, 1 nurse, 1 secretary and 1 administrative assistant plus personnel hired for specific projects; co-ordination with financing agencies, other NGOs, Government Ministries and other organisations; collaboration with Departmental contacts in all parts of the national territory. Reason for leaving: I decided to concentrate on setting up a private health clinic.

01/96-12/96 - Anti-epidemic Project Leader: Responsible for hiring, training and supervising a medical team plus volunteer health workers for a rapid response unit, available for mobilisation in any part of Nicaragua to control epidemics or acute public health problems; responsible for the purchase of equipment and medicines, the setting up of a mobile clinical laboratory and the field supervision of the project. Movimiento para la Paz, el Desarme y la Libertad (M.P.D.L.), Nicaragua. - Ing. María Eugenia Pohl (505) 278-7420 (Supervisor). Reason for leaving: the financial support for the first two phases of the anti-epidemic project were over. 11/95-06/96 - Epidemiologist: Evaluation and strengthening of the surveillance system of nosocomial infections in the hospital. Systemisation of the reporting procedures for communicable diseases within the hospital. Hospital Alemán Nicaragüense, Managua. Dr. Freddy Meynar-(505) 280-0600 (Director). Reason for leaving: The task for which I had been hired in the hospital had been completed and the workload involved with the MPDL project and the beginnings of the Cruzada por la Vida en la Comunidad demanded that I dedicate my time uniquely to this new work. 06/90-11/95 - National Director of Epidemiological Surveillance: Responsible for the design and setting up of the national surveillance system for the country’s principal public health problems, driven initially by the renewed threat of cholera in Latin America. The implementation of the system involved the installation of computer hard- and software at local Health Authority level throughout the country, together with a national radio communications network and the establishment of “Sentinel Points” for the monitoring of infectious childhood diseases. An important product of this system was the cholera data routinely collected from November, 1991, to the present day, which enabled research into the definition of cholera cases. This research forms the basis for my M.Sc. project (London, 1994) which was presented at several institutions including WHO (Cholera Task Force, Geneva) and CDC (Centres for Disease Control, US Dept of Health, Atlanta Georgia, USA). The Epidemiological Surveillance Department began in 1990 with 2 members of staff. By 1995 it employed 14, including a rapid response support team of 2 epidemiologists to attend unusual disease outbreaks or national disasters when necessary. For example, the eruption of Cerro Negro Volcano in March, 1992, and the repatriation of the 23 victims of the Aviateca air crash in El Salvador in August, 1995.

Apart from the important achievement of the implementation of a national surveillance system, three regular bulletins, daily, weekly and quarterly were published as well as more than 400 newspaper articles were published on epidemic problems. “Situation Rooms” , with detailed maps were established in all local Health Authorities and major Health Centres as well as a map room to monitor the national situation at headquarters. Ministry of Health Headquarters, Managua, Nicaragua. Supervisors: Dr. Ernesto Salmeron - (505) 278-2502 (ex-Health Minister 03/90-01/93), Martha Palacios - (505) 266-3837 (ex-Health Minister 01/93-09/95), Frederico Muñoz - (ex-Health Minister 09/95-01/97). Reason for leaving: Due to political changes in the Nicaraguan government, the new Health Minister ordered that I be relocated to work directly in the Alemán Nicaragüense Hospital, Managua. 04/90-07/90 Chief of Medical Services with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in the protected enclave of San Andrés de Boboqué, Matagalpa. Management of medical attention in the ex-war zone to 3000 disarmed ex-Contras and their families and to war-injured patients. This involved negotiating entry into Guerrilla-controlled areas and the supervision of several emergency manoeuvres to rescue and / or attend populations without access to medical care. Supervision of a team comprises 12 medics and paramedics. Supervisor: Dr Antonio Pages - (504) 390-9168 (PAHO Official). Reason for leaving: End of the program. 03/89-

Occasional Lecturer in Health Surveillance and Control of Disease Outbreaks, Post-graduate Public Health School (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios de la Salud), Managua, Nicaragua. Supervisor: Dr Julio Piura - (505) 278-4401 (Director).

03/89-09/89 - Director of Health Area No. 2 (Estelí-San Nicolás). Responsible for 2 Health Centres and 13 Health Posts providing medical attention to a population of approximately 110,000, supervising a team of 74 health workers. Accomplishments include the design and implementation of a local surveillance system for acute diarrhoeal disease. This system permitted the stratification of diarrhoea cases in order to determine risk factors and causal agents thus enabling the implementation of control strategies. Supervisor: Dr. Guillermo González.- (505) 266-7784 (ex-Regional Director). Reason for leaving: Scholarship awarded to study epidemiological surveillance in the Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.

01/88-02/89 - Director of Health Areas Nos. 5 & 10 (Telpaneca, San Juan Del Río Coco and Quilalí). Responsible for 3 Health Centres and 26 Health Posts providing medical attention to a population of approximately 90,000, supervising a team of 67 health workers. Accomplishments include the development of a strategic planning system for health services in a war zone and the achievement of universal vaccination coverage among children less than 5 years of age in a region of conflict. Supervisor: Dr Guillermo González (505) 266-7784 (ex-Regional Director). Reason for leaving: Having spent two years in the war zone I was transferred to an urban setting (Estelí). 03/86-01/87 – Head of Medical Services, Infantry Division, Quilalí. Responsible for medical services, health promotion and disease prevention to the troops in this region during the war; supervision of a team comprising 34 medics and paramedics. Supervisor: Major Dr. Elias Guevara. (505) 222-4312 Reason for leaving: completion of 1-year compulsory military service.

HONORS/AWARDS/ACTIVITIES Medal “Cumplimiento del Deber” (Fulfilment of Duty” Medal) awarded by the Nicaraguan Army for voluntary work during the Hurricane Mitch disaster, November, 1998. Recognition for participation in the repatriation of the Aviateca air crash victims in San Salvador, El Salvador. Families of the victims and Minister of Health, August, 1995. Recognition for work done in war zones 1986-1988.

REFERENCES Lic. Margarita Gurdian Vice Minister of Health Managua, Nicaragua. Phone:(505) 2894700 Ext.130 Professor Laura Rodriguez Department of Infection Diseases. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK. Phone: 44 2076368636 Ext. 2027 Dr. Heidi Pelly. Senior Area Medical Officer. Roscommon Community Care. Co. Roscommon. Ireland Telephone: (0903) 26518.

Jacques Scheres MD PhD Born 1946, Heerlen, the Netherlands Medical Doctor (medical geneticist) and Biologist, graduated for both disciplines at the University of Nijmegen (the Netherlands). Main subject in biology was microbiology (Sporulation of Clostridium sporogenes; Unilever Research Laboratory). 1970 -

1971 -

Staff member of the Department of Medical Microbiology of the Rotterdam University and the Organisation for Applied Sciences (TNO) in Rijswijk ( the Netherlands). Working Subjects: • Culturing and typing strictly anaerobic bacteria from the mouse intestine; • Specific- pathogen-free microflora in mice and its possible protective role in survival after high doses of irradiation.

Staff member of the University of Nijmegen ( the Netherlands), Department of Human Genetics, Laboratory of Cytogenetics. Main tasks: - diagnostic chromosome studies in congenital malformations, infertility and cancer; - fundamental research; - education of medical and dental students.

1976 - 1985 - Thesis on the development of new techniques for human chromosome analysis and their application to the diagnosis of congenital malformations, leukaemia and infertility. - Senior Staff Member and Deputy Head of the Cytogenetic Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nijmegen. Recognition as a senior investigator by SMBO (Foundation for Medical Biological Research) 1985 to 1996 - Medical Director of the Provincial Health Council in Limbourg, the most southern province of the Netherlands situated as an “appendix” between Belgium and Germany. In 1990 the development of a cross-border health care policy in the Euregion Meuse Rhine was initiated, also in perspective of the Summit of the European Union which would take place in Maastricht in 1992. 1996 – 2000 - Head of the Cytogenetics Department for postnatal and prenatal diagnosis at the University Hospital Utrecht - Regional manager of the Clinical Genetics Centre of the University Hospital in Maastricht. - During this period JS was also the Vice-President of the Euregional Council of the Euregion Meuse-Rhine (EMR)

2000-2004 - Euregional Co-ordinator of the University Hospital Maastricht (azM) - Co-ordinator of a major cross-border health care project performed by a network of 5 (university) hospitals and over 10 sickness funds/care-insurers in the Euregion Meuse Rhine. The project is supported by the Interreg-program of the European Union; it includes microbiological items such as antibiotic resistance in hospital care (MRSA and other micro-organisms) as a risk in patient mobility in Europe. - Advisor to the EMR’s Commission on Social Affairs, Health and Security. - Chairman of the Medical Committee of Gaude Mater Polonia (the National Foundation Netherlands-Poland) - Chairman of the Working Party on Cross-border Care of HOPE (HOPE is the Standing Committee of the Hospitals in the European Union and represents more than 14,000 hospitals) JS has substantial experiences in: - International health care policy, especially in cross-border health care (including microbiological aspects). Under his co-ordination, the Euregion Meuse Rhine became a model region for the EU in this respect. - Health care policy in the Netherlands, ranging from primary and chronic care matters to topclinical care in university hospitals - Clinical and applied genetics (patient care; laboratory studies; clinical and fundamental research; JS discovered two genetic syndromes leading to immunodeficiency and cancer at early age) - Ethical aspects of health care, especially concerning genetics and genetic research - Co-operation with newly accessed countries, especially Poland - Scientific publications JS speaks Dutch, German, English, French Contact: [email protected] Phone: 0031-43-3876118 or 0031-626 882 762