CURICULLUM VITAE

MENI MALLIORI, MD, PHDAssociate Professor of Psychiatry

Athens, 2004

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PERSONAL DATA

Name : Minerva-Melpomeni MALLIORI

Place and date of birth : August 30, 1952, Patras - Greece

Maritual Status : Divorced / mother of a boy (aged 13)

Work address :

Home address :

23, Anagnostopoulou str., Athens 106 73(tel.no.: 33 90 426, fax no : 36 00 834)

27, Parthenonos str., Athens 117 42 (tel no.: 92 17 004, fax no : 92 21 242)e-mail : mmalliori@otenet.grwebsite : 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 : Post graduated studies at the Tavistock Clinic - Adolescent Department

London. (Director: Α.Obholzer)

1982 - 1984

1984

1985 - 1986

1986 - 1987

: University of Athens Neurological and Psychiatric Clinic. Eginition Hospital.

Specialty in Neurology (Professor: S. Skarpalezos) and in Psychiatry

(Professor: Κ.Stefanis)

: 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

1995

: PHD Medical School, University of Athens

: 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 : 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 - 19891993 - 1999

: Permanent Correspondent to the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe

1988 - 1990 : Member of the Greek National Committee for AIDS

1996 - 1999 : 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 : Representative of the Greek Ministry of Health and Welfare to the Central

Council for Combatting Drug Abuse (KESYKANA)

1992 : Member of the Scientific Committee and chairperson of the 8th International

Congress for AIDS - The Netherlands

1993 - 1999 : Member of the Management Board of the European Monitoring Centre for

Drugs and Drug Addiction - Lisbon

1994 - 1998 : Member of the Management Board of the Hellenic Centre for the control of

AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases.

1994 - 1996 : Member of the Management Board of the Greek Organisation Against Drugs

(OKANA)

1996 - 1998 : 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

1988 - 1999

1999

: Member of the Mental Health Committee of the Central Health Council of the

Greek Ministry of Health and Welfare (KESY)

: 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

: 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,

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

• Patras Technological Educational Institution (Social Workers students),

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• Army and Airforce Greek Medical Doctors specialising in Psychiatry,

• the Hellenic Red Cross officials on the subject "Mental Health Services" and “Prevention of

drug Dependence",

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

Greece",

• University of Athens Medical School students on the issues of "Psychiatric Diagnosis",

"Mental Health Services Planning", "Prevention for dependence and drug addiction",

• 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",

• Officials of the Greek Local Authorities Organisation on the issue “Prevention of drug

abuse”,

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

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

• 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 ACTIVITYParticipation and conducting of various research programs organised by :

• the University of Athens Phychiatric Clinic,

• the World Health Organisation (cross-national research),

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

• the European Union financed researches,

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

• the Council of Europe - the Cooperation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and illicit Trafficking

in Drugs (Pompidou Group).

PUBLISHING ACTIVITY

� 27 Publications in International Medical Journals and books,� 36 Publications in abstracts in International Conferences,� 21 Publications in National medical journals and books,� 38 Publications in abstracts in National Conferences,� 18 Announcements in National and International Conferences,� 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 ProtectionCommittee (July 1999 – July 2004)

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

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

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

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

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

• Member of the temporary Committee on the Foot and Mouth Disease

• Permanent member of the Parliamentary Delegation EU – Russia (July 1999 – July2004)

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 theEstablishment of the European Centre for Prevention and Control of Diseases(21.1.2004), with relevent intervention in the Plenary Session of the EuropeanParliament (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)

CURRICULUM VITAE

Alvaro Roberto Ramírez Vanegas M.D., M.Sc.Chiren Therapy Centre

OgonneloeScarriff

Co. ClareIreland

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Country of citizenship: IrelandPhone Number: Ireland (353) 61 923944E-mail address: killaloetcm@iol.ie

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 IrelandDiploma in Chinese Herbalism

09/00-02/03 Acupuncture Foundation of IrelandLicentiate 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, andPrimary Care).

12/85-03/86 War Surgeon, Apanás Military Hospital, Jinotega, Nicaragua.

WORK EXPERIENCE

08/00- Health Advisor of Epidemiological Surveillance and emergenciesresponse 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 ofthe emergency situation in Baluchistan and Sindh Provinces in Pakistan. Supervisor: Harold Lockwood. Humanitarian Affairs Specialist. Conflict& Humanitarian affairs Department. DFID. London, UK. +44 (020) 79170954.

03/00-04/00 Emergency Health Assessor (Emergencies Dept., Oxfam UK). Publichealth 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 comprisingpharmacy, 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 programmefollowing the Hurricane Mitch disaster in Nicaragua. Duties includeddesign of impact indicators, field visits to follow up and evaluate theoperation of the health projects and training in epidemiologicalsurveillance 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 ProgrammeReason 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 inthree basic areas: emergency and disaster response with the NationalCivil Defence Committee, early detection and treatment of uterine cancerand a reproductive health counselling program for adolescents in co-ordination with Johns Hopkins University. Supervision of a teamcomprising 3 medical doctors, 1 nurse, 1 secretary and 1 administrativeassistant plus personnel hired for specific projects; co-ordination withfinancing agencies, other NGOs, Government Ministries and otherorganisations; collaboration with Departmental contacts in all parts of thenational territory. Reason for leaving: I decided to concentrate on setting up a privatehealth clinic.

01/96-12/96 - Anti-epidemic Project Leader: Responsible for hiring, training andsupervising a medical team plus volunteer health workers for a rapidresponse unit, available for mobilisation in any part of Nicaragua tocontrol epidemics or acute public health problems; responsible for thepurchase of equipment and medicines, the setting up of a mobile clinicallaboratory and the field supervision of the project. Movimiento para laPaz, el Desarme y la Libertad (M.P.D.L.), Nicaragua. - Ing. MaríaEugenia Pohl (505) 278-7420 (Supervisor). Reason for leaving: the financial support for the first two phases of theanti-epidemic project were over.

11/95-06/96 - Epidemiologist: Evaluation and strengthening of the surveillance systemof nosocomial infections in the hospital. Systemisation of the reportingprocedures for communicable diseases within the hospital. HospitalAlemán Nicaragüense, Managua. Dr. Freddy Meynar-(505) 280-0600(Director). Reason for leaving: The task for which I had been hired in the hospitalhad been completed and the workload involved with the MPDL projectand the beginnings of the Cruzada por la Vida en la Comunidaddemanded that I dedicate my time uniquely to this new work.

06/90-11/95 - National Director of Epidemiological Surveillance: Responsible for thedesign and setting up of the national surveillance system for the country’sprincipal public health problems, driven initially by the renewed threat ofcholera in Latin America. The implementation of the system involved theinstallation of computer hard- and software at local Health Authority levelthroughout the country, together with a national radio communicationsnetwork and the establishment of “Sentinel Points” for the monitoring ofinfectious childhood diseases. An important product of this system wasthe cholera data routinely collected from November, 1991, to the presentday, which enabled research into the definition of cholera cases. Thisresearch forms the basis for my M.Sc. project (London, 1994) which waspresented 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 2members of staff. By 1995 it employed 14, including a rapid responsesupport team of 2 epidemiologists to attend unusual disease outbreaks ornational disasters when necessary. For example, the eruption of CerroNegro Volcano in March, 1992, and the repatriation of the 23 victims ofthe Aviateca air crash in El Salvador in August, 1995.

Apart from the important achievement of the implementation of a nationalsurveillance system, three regular bulletins, daily, weekly and quarterlywere published as well as more than 400 newspaper articles werepublished on epidemic problems. “Situation Rooms” , with detailed mapswere established in all local Health Authorities and major Health Centresas 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 Minister03/90-01/93), Martha Palacios - (505) 266-3837 (ex-Health Minister01/93-09/95), Frederico Muñoz - (ex-Health Minister 09/95-01/97). Reason for leaving: Due to political changes in the Nicaraguangovernment, the new Health Minister ordered that I be relocated to workdirectly in the Alemán Nicaragüense Hospital, Managua.

04/90-07/90 Chief of Medical Services with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force inthe protected enclave of San Andrés de Boboqué, Matagalpa. Management of medical attention in the ex-war zone to 3000 disarmedex-Contras and their families and to war-injured patients. This involvednegotiating entry into Guerrilla-controlled areas and the supervision ofseveral emergency manoeuvres to rescue and / or attend populationswithout access to medical care. Supervision of a team comprises 12medics 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 DiseaseOutbreaks, Post-graduate Public Health School (Centro deInvestigaciones 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 2Health Centres and 13 Health Posts providing medical attention to apopulation of approximately 110,000, supervising a team of 74 healthworkers. Accomplishments include the design and implementation of alocal surveillance system for acute diarrhoeal disease. This systempermitted the stratification of diarrhoea cases in order to determine riskfactors and causal agents thus enabling the implementation of controlstrategies.Supervisor: Dr. Guillermo González.- (505) 266-7784 (ex-RegionalDirector). Reason for leaving: Scholarship awarded to study epidemiologicalsurveillance in the Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.

01/88-02/89 - Director of Health Areas Nos. 5 & 10 (Telpaneca, San Juan Del RíoCoco and Quilalí). Responsible for 3 Health Centres and 26 HealthPosts providing medical attention to a population of approximately90,000, supervising a team of 67 health workers. Accomplishmentsinclude the development of a strategic planning system for healthservices in a war zone and the achievement of universal vaccinationcoverage among children less than 5 years of age in a region of conflict. Supervisor: Dr Guillermo González (505) 266-7784 (ex-RegionalDirector). Reason for leaving: Having spent two years in the war zone I wastransferred to an urban setting (Estelí).

03/86-01/87 – Head of Medical Services, Infantry Division, Quilalí. Responsible formedical services, health promotion and disease prevention to the troopsin this region during the war; supervision of a team comprising 34 medicsand paramedics.Supervisor: Major Dr. Elias Guevara. (505) 222-4312Reason for leaving: completion of 1-year compulsory military service.

HONORS/AWARDS/ACTIVITIES

Medal “Cumplimiento del Deber” (Fulfilment of Duty” Medal) awarded by theNicaraguan Army for voluntary work during the Hurricane Mitch disaster, November,1998.

Recognition for participation in the repatriation of the Aviateca air crash victims in SanSalvador, El Salvador. Families of the victims and Minister of Health, August, 1995.

Recognition for work done in war zones 1986-1988.

REFERENCES

Lic. Margarita GurdianVice Minister of HealthManagua, Nicaragua.Phone:(505) 2894700 Ext.130

Professor Laura RodriguezDepartment of Infection Diseases.London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineLondon, UK.Phone: 44 2076368636 Ext. 2027

Dr. Heidi Pelly.Senior Area Medical Officer.Roscommon Community Care.Co. Roscommon. IrelandTelephone: (0903) 26518.

Jacques Scheres MD PhD

Born 1946, Heerlen, the Netherlands

Medical Doctor (medical geneticist) and Biologist, graduated for both disciplines at theUniversity of Nijmegen (the Netherlands).Main subject in biology was microbiology (Sporulation of Clostridium sporogenes; UnileverResearch Laboratory).

1970- Staff member of the Department of Medical Microbiology of the Rotterdam

University and the Organisation for Applied Sciences (TNO) in Rijswijk ( theNetherlands).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.

1971- 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 andcancer;

- 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 andinfertility.

- Senior Staff Member and Deputy Head of the Cytogenetic Laboratory, Department ofGenetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nijmegen. Recognition as a seniorinvestigator 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 MeuseRhine was initiated, also in perspective of the Summit of the European Union whichwould 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 MeuseRhine. The project is supported by the Interreg-program of the European Union; itincludes microbiological items such as antibiotic resistance in hospital care (MRSAand 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 than14,000 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 becamea model region for the EU in this respect.

- Health care policy in the Netherlands, ranging from primary and chronic care mattersto topclinical care in university hospitals

- Clinical and applied genetics (patient care; laboratory studies; clinical andfundamental research; JS discovered two genetic syndromes leading toimmunodeficiency 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: jscheres@knmg.nlPhone: 0031-43-3876118 or 0031-626 882 762