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

Standing Technical Committee

The Standing Technical Committee (STC) is selected on the basis of individual expertise, with the objective of providing guidance to the Sessions of the Commission.

It aims to review proposed studies and their progress, and to identify issues affecting FMD management that need be brought to the Agenda of the Commission Sessions, and where appropriate, to the Member Nations.

Name

Country

Title

Stephan Zientara (Chairperson)

France

Head of Virology Unit, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES)

German Caceres Garrido   

Spain

Head of Epidemiology Department of the General Sudirectorate of Animal Health, Hygiene and Traceability (MAPA)

Giancarlo Ferrari

Italy

Veterinary Epidemiologist

Sten Mortensen

Denmark

Head of Animal Disease Control, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration

Katharina Staerk

Switzerland

Head of Department, Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen (BLV)

James Wood

United Kingdom

Head of Department of Veterinary Medicine & Alborada Professor of Equine and Farm Animal Science at the University of Cambridge