The European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD)

Special Committee on Risk Monitoring, Integrated Surveillance and Applied Research

The Special Committee on Risk Monitoring, Integrated Surveillance and Applied Research - SCRISAR -, assists the EuFMD in the regular monitoring of FAST threats to Member Nations and implementation of integrated surveillance of FAST diseases for improved early detection. It provides support for identifying gaps in knowledge or in the available tools needed for better preparedness and response and provides scientific and technical assessment of proposals for technical projects put forward  by the EuFMD.

Name

Country

Title

Labib Bakkali-Kassimi

France

Head of FMD laboratory, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)

Arnaud Bataille

France

Head of the European Union Reference Laboratory for peste des petits ruminants (EuRL-PPR). Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) 

Michel Bellaiche

Israel

Deputy Director, Kimron Veterinary Institute

Abdulnaci Bulut

Türkiye

Veterinary FMD Expert, Sap Institute

Kris De Clercq

Belgium

Independent expert - Former Head of the Unit Vesicular and Exotic Diseases, Sciensano, Belgium

Nick de Regge

Belgium

Head of Service - Exotic and vector borne diseases, Sciensano Institute, Belgium

Phaedra Eblé

Netherlands

Statutory Task Unit Transmissible Diseases, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) - Lelystad

Santina Grazioli

Italy

Head, National FAO-WOAH Reference Laboratory for FMD -IZSLER, Italy

Mustafa Kesmen

Türkiye

Director, Pendik Veterinary Control and Research Institute

Don King

United Kingdom

Head, Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratory Group, The Pirbright institute

Carola Sauter-Louis

Germany

Deputy Head of Institute of Epidemiology - Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI)

Giovanni Savini

Italy

Head of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Rift Valley Fever (EuRL-RVF)

Christian Gortazar

Spain

Director National Wildlife Research Institute, University Castilla-La Mancha (IREC)