International Scientific Expert Consortium

The expert consortium is an international scientific advisory committee. The  members are appointed by the board. The consortium follows bylaws and can give a binding advice to the board. Currently, the consortium is composed of:

• Dr. Hani Atrash, Div. Healthy Start and Perinatal Services, Maternal and Child Healtu Burea, US Dep. of Health and Human Services, Washington DC, United States.
• Prof.dr.Inez de Beaufort, Dep. Health Ethics, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Prof. Margot van de Bor, Health and Life Sciences, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Coleen Boyle*, PhD Centres of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United Sates
• Prof. dr. Martijn Breuning, University of Leiden Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
• Prof. Ann-Mari Brubakk, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
• Prof.dr. Arnold Christianson (co-chair)*, Wits Centre for Ethics (WCE), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Sout Africa
• Martha Carvalho, Brazilian Genetic Alliance of parent/patient organisations, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Prof. Martina Cornel*, Free University, Dep. of Community Genetics and Public Health Genomics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Dr. Lidewij Henneman, Dep.Clinical Genetics, section Comm. Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
• Chris Howson*, PhD, March of Dimes, Global Programs, New York, United States
• Dr. Lieke de Jong, General Practise, Advisor Healthy Pregnancy for all, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
• Prof. Leo ten Kate, International Multidisciplinary Community Genetics Network, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Alastair Kent*, International Genetic Alliance of parent and patient organisations IGA, London, United Kingdom
• Prof. dr. Nine Knoers, Dep.Med.Genetics, Dutch Society Clinical Genetics, Universaty Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Prof. Ulf Kristoffersson, University and Regional Laboratories and Lund University, Department of Clinical Genetics & Rotary, Lund, Sweden
• Prof. dr. Dick Lindhout, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), SEIN Heemstede, The Netherlands
• Dr. Helen Malherbe*, Genetic Alliance, University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN), South Africa
• Prof. Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo*,International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research , Rome, Italy
• Dr. Madelon Meijer-Hoogeveen, Youth Healthcare, Public Health Service Flevoland, The Netherlands
• Prof. Irmgard Nippert (co-chair)*, Women’s Health, Westfahlen University, Muenster, Germany & WAO, Germany
• Dr. Leana Olivier, Foundation for Alcohol Related Research, Cape Town, South Africa. 
• Prof. Carmencita Padilla, University of the Philippines, Dep. of Pediatrics, Manila, Philippines
• Prof. Victor Penchaszadeh, Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, Department of Health Sciences, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Ysbrand Poortman*, Rotary Baarn/Soest, International Genetic Alliance (IGA), The Netherlands
• Anna Rajab, PhD, Genetic Centre /Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman
• Prof.dr. Tessa Roseboom, Early Dev, and Health, Dep. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dep.of Clin. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Prof. Jacques Scheres, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control / Rotary, Maastricht, The Netherlands
• Prof. Jai Rup Singh, Central  University of Punjab, Department of Human Genetics, Mohali, India
• Prof. Eric Steegers, Erasmus University, Dep. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Prof. Regine Steegers-Theunisse, Erasmus University, Dep. of Perinatal epidemiology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Prof. Rumen Stefanov, Medical University of Plovdiv, Dep. of Social Medicine and Public Health, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• Prof. Pauline Verloove, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) & Rotary, Leiden, The Netherlands
• Prof. Ishwar Verma, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Center of Medical Genetics, New Dehli, India
• Prof. dr. G.H.A. Visser, chair FIGO Committee Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health
• Elsbeth van Vliet MD, Dutch Genetic Alliance, College of Perinatal Care (RIVM), Centre for Hereditary Information, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
• Prof. Peter Weber, DSM, Nutritional Products, Basel / Augst, Switzerland
• Prof.dr. Guido de Wert, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Department of Health, Ethics & Society, Maastricht, The Netherlands
• Prof.dr. Khaled Yunis, American University of Beirut, Dep.of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Div. of Nenonatology, Dir.Nat. Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network, Beirut, Lebanon
• Prof. Nanbert Zhong, Beijing University, Department of Medical Genetics, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing

* executive member of the consortium