GEMSTONE - Key Persons


Aare Märtson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Alper Cebi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Anastasis Stephanou

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Angela Xuereb-Anastai

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Anna Teti

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Barbara OBERMAYER-PIETSCH

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Bert van Rietbergen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Bledar Kraja

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Claes OHLSSON

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

David KARASIK

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Dr Patricia Khashayar

Job Titles:
  • Science Communication Coordinator
Dr Patricia Khashayar is a Postdoc in Gent University. She has been working in the field of osteoporosis for more than 15 years. After finishing her medical studies, she became...

Evangelia NTZANI

Job Titles:
  • Action Vice Chair
  • Pediatrician
Dr. Ntzani is a pediatrician and an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Greece. Dr Ntzani is author in...

Fernando RIVADENEIRA

Job Titles:
  • Action Chair
  • Professor in Translational Skeletal Genomics
Dr. Rivadeneira is Professor in Translational Skeletal Genomics. During the past 10 years, he has made numerous contributions to the understanding of bone health and musculoskeletal diseases, applying high throughput genomic technologies. The research of his group is primarily done within the Generation R and the Rotterdam Study He holds long-standing research collaborations with researchers in the bone and genetics field across more than 20 countries, from different methodological, fundamental, and clinical expertise fields. Altogether, his publications in the form of original research invited reviews and multiple book chapters are testimony and recognition of his unconditional dedication to epidemiologic and genomic skeletal research.

Fiona Mcguigan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Graham Williams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Grant Awarding

Job Titles:
  • Grant Awarding Coordinator

Grant Holder

Job Titles:
  • Manager
Fjorda Koromani received her Medical Degree from the University of Tirana, Albania. In 2014 she was granted an Erasmus Mundus scholarship and she moved to Netherlands where she received a...

Inês Alves

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Irina Naskinova

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Joao Eurico Fonseca

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Jose Riancho

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Kathleen Curran

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Kent Søe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee
  • Grant Awarding Coordinator

Lars Bertram

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Maria Luisa BRANDI

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Martina RAUNER

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Melissa FORMOSA

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Mikhail KOLEV

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Milana FRENKEL-MORGENSTERN

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Nerea ALONSO

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Pawel Szulc

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Philippe Lopes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Ralph Müller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Riku Kiviranta

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Selma Cvijetić Avdagić

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Sjur Reppe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Stefan Mandić-Rajčević

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Susana Balcells

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Tatjana Zekić

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Unnur Styrkársdóttir

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Wim van Hul

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee

Wolfgang Högler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Committee