Organisation The Steering Committee is responsible for conducting NRP 57. It takes on primarily strategic responsibilities for the entire duration of the programme. The tasks of the Steering Committee range from selecting the research projects for approval by the Research Council to monitoring adherence to the quality standards set by the Swiss National Science Foundation for all national research programmes. As the responsible body, the Steering Committee sets out the programme's specific profile and assures the necessary continuity and coherence. It organizes and monitors the co-ordination of the research, evaluates the progress of the research projects and the progress of the implementation activities of the individual projects and NRP 57 as a whole. The Steering Committee also evaluates the interim and final reports. On the role and the independence of the Steering Committee (pdf), 137 KB

Members of the Steering Committee

Prof. em. Dr. Alexander Borbély (president) Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Zurich

Prof. Dr. Anders Ahlbom Epidemiology Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden

Prof. Dr. Jørgen Bach Andersen Institute of Electronic Systems University of Aalborg Aalborg, Denmark

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Cardis Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Dr. Yngve Hamnerius Bioelectromagnetics Group Chalmers University of Technology Goteborg, Sweden

Prof. Dr. Christian Hess Department of Neurology Inselspital (University Hospital), Bern

Prof. Dr. Dariusz Leszczynski Radiation Biology Unit Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) Helsinki, Finland

Prof. Dr. Ragnar Löfstedt IPI King's Centre for Risk Management King's College London London, United Kingdom

Programme Co-ordinator Dr. Christian Mottas Division IV Swiss National Science Foundation, Bern

Delegate of the Research Council of the SNF Prof. Dr. André G. Kléber Institute of Physiology University of Bern

Implementation Officer Mathis Brauchbar advocacy ag communication and consulting Zurich

Federal Representatives Dr. Mirjana Moser Radiological Protection Division Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) Bern

Dr. Jürg Baumann Air Pollution Control and NIR Division Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) Bern

International Scientific Liaison Officers Dr. Sonja Negovetic Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Zurich

Dr. Sabine Regel Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Zurich