Geert van der Heijden, PhD, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, PhD, European Councillor of the IEA and Chair of the Board of the IEA-EEF
Patrick M.M. Bossuyt, PhD, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Center / University of Amsterdam , The Netherlands
Bert Brunekreef, PhD, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University , The Netherlands
Hubert G.M. Leufkens, PhD, Department of Pharmaco-epidemiology and Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht University , The Netherlands
Johan Mackenbach, PhD, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam , The Netherlands
Arjan Stegeman, PhD, Faculty Veterinary Sciences, Utrecht University , The Netherlands
Jan Vandenbroucke, PhD, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center , The Netherlands
Gerhard Zielhuis, MD, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Medical Center St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Miquel Porta , MD , MPH , PhD, former chairman, IEA European Epidemiology Federation, Spain
Henrique Barros, MD, PhD, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto , Portugal
Nereo Segnan , MD , PhD, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Giovanni Battista di Torino, Italy
Hans Werner Hense, MD, PhD, Clinical Epidemiology University of Muenster , Germany
Miroslaw Wysocki, MD, PhD, National Institute of Hygiene (NIH) - Public Health Research Institute, Warsaw , Poland
Ana Azevedo, EYE network Representative, University of Porto Medical School, Porto , Portugal
Local Organising Committee
Diederick E. Grobbee, MD. PhD, chair, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands,
Geert J.M.G. van der Heijden, PhD, Co-ordinator, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Hendriek.C. Boshuizen, PhD, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Dick Heederik, PhD, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University , The Netherlands
Carla van Gils, PhD, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Manon Kluijtmans, PhD, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Mirjam Knol, EYE network Representative, Julius Centrum, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Hans Heesterbeek, PhD, Faculty Veterinary Sciences, Utrecht University , The Netherlands
Hubert G.M. Leufkens, PhD, Pharmacology, Utrecht University , The Netherlands
Congress Office
Mrs. Evelyn Van Wijngaarden-Maurer, FBU Conference Office, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80125, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Board of the IEA-EEF
Representatives of the National Societies
Annette Leclerc, Association of French-Speaking Epidemiologists
Katarzyna Szamotulska, Polish Epidemiological Society
Ane Marie Tulstrup, Danish Epidemiological Society
Jaume Marrugat, Spanish Society of Epidemiology
Gerhard Zielhuis , Netherlands Epidemiological Society
Finn Rasmussen, Swedish Epidemiological Association
Christoph Junker, Swiss Society of Public Health
Karri Silventoinen, Finnish Epidemiological Society
Robert West, UK Society of Social Medicine
Hans Werner Hense, German Association of Epidemiology
Zoran Radovanovic, Yugoslavian Epidemiological Society
Nereo Segnan, Italian Association of Epidemiology
Henrique Barros, Portuguese Epidemiological Association
Liljana Lazarevska, Macedonian Epidemiological Association
IEA Executive Council Members
Jørn Olsen, Charles du V. Florey, Rodolfo Saracci, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen
Reviewers
The Scientific Committee wishes to thank all reviewers for their contribution and assistance in the evaluation process of the abstracts submitted to this meeting.
Ingrid Bakker, Merel Brehm and Caroline Terwee of the EMGO Institute, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nea Malila, Tytti Sarkeala and Johanna Seppänen of the Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki , Finland
Maria Grau, Monica Guxens and Jaume Marrugat of the Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica, Barcelona , Spain
Jan Heidrich, Peter Heuschmann and Hans Werner-Hense of the Institute of Epidemiology & Social Medicine, Muenster , Germany
Irene Bezemer, Diana Grootendorst, Renee Mutsert, Iris Plug, Elisabeth Pomp and
Melissa Thong of the Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center , The Netherlands
Justina Car, Izabela Sakowska and Miroslaw Wysocki of the National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw , Poland
Marielle Droomers, Carolien Hooijdonk, Salome Scholtens, Frederike Buchner, Bas Bueno de Mesquita and Brian Buijsse of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Paola Armaroli, Milena Maule and Nereo Segnan of the S. Giovanni Hospital, Torino , Italy
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Ewa Mierzejewska and Katarzyna Szamotulska of the Polish Epidemiological Association
Yvonne van der Schouw, Michiel Bots, Soner Dogan, Nadine Goessens, Yolanda van der Graaf, Peter Jacobs, Kristel Janssen, Marjolein Kamphuis, Manon Kluitmans, Carl Moons, Diane Toll and Martijn Verheus of the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Katrien Albertsen, Morton Gronbaek and Naja Rod Nielsen of the Statens Institut for Folkesundhed, Kopenhagen , Denmark
Katja Aben, Marijn Brouwers, Mariette Hooiveld, Bart Kiemeney, Hans Otten, Nel Roeleveld, Judith Roelofzen, Iris van Rooij, Lian Roovers, Peter Scheepers, Femmie de Vegt, Andre Verbeek, Sita Vermeulen and Gerhard Zielhuis of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the University Medical Center St. Raboud Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Steven Cummins, Marie O'Neil, Theresa Osypuk and Jamie Fagg of the Queen Mary London, Great Brittain
Bárbara Peleteiro, Ana Azevedo, Carla Lopes, Raquel Lucas, Nuno Lunet and Ana Christina Santos of the University of Porto Medical School, Porto, Portugal
Stein Atle Lie, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen and Merethe Kumle of the University Research Bergen , Bergen , Norway
Annemarie Bouma, Hans Heesterbeek, Mirjam Nielen and Arjan Stegeman of the Faculty Veterinary Sciences, Utrecht University , The Netherlands