Special Committee for Surveillance and Applied Research (SCSAR)
The Special Committee for Surveillance and Applied Research was established in April 2019. The SCSAR stems from the Research Group of the Standing Technical Committee. The report of the online meeting held virtually on 22 January 2021 is available here.
Name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|
Montse Aguero | Spain | Deputy Director, Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria (LCV) |
Tsviatko Alexandrov | Bulgaria | Risk management specialist - EuFMD Pillar I coordinator |
Michel Bellaiche | Israel | Deputy Director, Kimron Veterinary Institute |
Emiliana Brocchi | Italy | Former Head, National FAO-WOAH Reference laboratory for FMD - IZSLER Italy |
Abdulnaci Bulut | Türkiye | Veterinary FMD Expert, Sap Institute |
Nicola D'Alterio | Italy | Director of Health, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Abruzzo e Molise (IZSAM) |
Kris De Clercq | Belgium | Former Director of Virology & Head of the Unit Vesicular and Exotic Diseases, Sciensano Institute, Belgium |
Phaedra Eblé | Netherlands | Statutory Task Unit Transmissible Diseases, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research - Lelystad |
Cristian Gortazar | Spain | Head, National Wildlife Research Institute IREC, Univ. Castilla-La Mancha (IREC) |
Santina Grazioli | Italy | IZSLER, Italy |
Christian Griot | Switzerland | Director, Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI) |
Miguel Angel Jimenez Clavero | Spain | Head, Animal Health Research Center, Centro de investigation en sanidad animal (CISA) |
Don King | United Kingdom | Head, Vesicular Disease Reference Laboratory Group, The Pirbright institute |
Kiril Krstevski | North Macedonia | National reference lab network of Balkan countries/Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Skopje |
Renaud Lancelot | France | Veterinary Epidemiologist, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) |
David Lefebvre | Belgium | Sciensano Institute |
Thomas Mettenleiter | Germany | President, Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) |
Fahriye Sarac | Türkiye | Director, Pendik Veterinary Control and Research Institute |
Cevdet Yarali | Türkiye | Deputy Director, Veterinary Control Central Research Institute |
Stephan Zientara | France | Assistant Director, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES) |
Other centres of expertise proposed to be contacted for specific diseases
Name | Country | Institution |
|---|---|---|
Casals Jordi | Spain | Researcher, CRESA (for LSD, RVF) |
Miguel Ángel Miranda | Spain | Senior Lecturer, Universidad de Zaragoza |

