International Scientific Advisory Committee

The International Scientific Advisory Committee consists of 10 internationally-renowned scientists appointed by the Board of Directors. The International Scientific Advisory Committee has the following competencies: a) to advise the Board of Directors on matters of scientific policy, b) to provide assistance to the Scientific Council on scientific matters and c) to carry out assessments and evaluations on any matter forwarded to it by the Board of Directors or the Scientific Council.

Prof. John Christodoulou, Director
Western Sydney Genetics Program & Sydney Medical School
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
University of Sydney
Australia

Prof. V.M. Der Kaloustian, Professor of Pediatrics and Human Genetics
Clinical Director, Division of Medical Genetics
McGill University Health Center
Montreal, Canada

Prof. Douglas Higgs, Director of the Molecular Haematology Unit and Hon. Consultant Haematologist
MRC Molecular Haematology Unit
Institute of Molecular Medicine
John Radcliffe Hospital
University of Oxford
Oxford, U.K.

Prof. Peter Karayiannis, Reader in Molecular Virology
Department of Medicine, Hepatology Section
Division of Medicine
Imperial College London
London, U.K.

Prof. James R. Lupski, Cullen Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics andProfessor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine Houston
Texas, U.S.A.

Prof. Dimitris P. Mikhailidis, Academic Head of Department
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease  Prevention Clinics)
Royal Free Hospital
Royal Free University, College School of Medicine
University College London
London, U.K.

Prof. Konstantin Miller, General Secretary of the European Cytogenetics Association
Director of Cytogenetics
Institute of Human Genetics
Hannover Medical School
Hannover, Germany

Prof. Jahn M. Nesland, Vice President of International Academy of Pathology
Director of Division of Pathology
The Norwegian Radium Hospital
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway

Prof. Timothy Pedley, Chairman
The Neurological Institute
Columbia University
New York, U.S.A.

Prof. Demetris Vassilopoulos, Professor of Neurology
Neurology Clinic
Aiginitio Hospital
University of Athens
Athens, Greece