This Working Group brings together expert scientists, cooperating to establish systems for effective European responses to current and emerging viral hazards associated with food and environmental contamination.

Leader:

Dr. Wim van der Poel, Wageningen University, the Netherlands

Deputy Leader:

Dr. Michele Muscillo, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy

Working Group members

Dr. Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff, Helsinki University, Finland

Prof.  Annalaura Carducci, University of Pisa, Italy

Dr Maurizio Divizia, Tor Vergata University (ROME TV), Italy

Dr. Ivan Pšikal National Veterinary Institute (NVI) Czech Republic

Dr. Nigel Cook, Central Science Laboratory, United Kingdom

Dr. Christophe Gantzer, University of Nancy, France

Prof. Christiane Hoeller, Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Germany

Dr. Ana Maria de Roda Husman, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands

Prof. Beata Mizak, National Veterinary Research Institute, Poland

Dr. Juan Carlos Saiz, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agraria (INIA), Spain

Dr. David Rodríguez-Lázaro, Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL), Spain

Dr. Marta Hernandez, Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL), Spain

Prof. Rosina Girones, University of Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Jane Sellwood, Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom

Dr. Apostolos Vantarakis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece