New CRIG steering committee elected
Recently, the new CRIG steering committee was elected and kicks off in October 2019.
In the CRIG consortium agreement - established in 2016 and signed by the involved institutions UGent, UZ Gent and VIB – the guidelines for an operational CRIG are formalized. It stipulates that steering committee elections must be organized every 3 years. Therefore, a new CRIG steering committee was recently elected, consisting of 8 elected CRIG group leaders from different faculties of UGent and representatives from UZ Gent and VIB-UGent, ensuring the multidisciplinary character of CRIG:
- Prof. Lieve Brochez - representative UZ Gent
- Prof. Olivier De Wever - representative UGent fac. Med & HS
- Prof. Wim Ceelen (*) – representative UGent fac. Med & HS
- Prof. Katleen De Preter (*) – representative UGent fac. Med & HS
- Prof. Geert Berx – representative UGent fac. Sciences
- Prof. Katrien Remaut (*) – representative UGent fac. Pharm. Sciences
- Prof. Niek Sanders – representative UGent fac. Med & HS
- Prof. Peter Vandenabeele – representative VIB
(*) We welcome the new steering committee members prof. Wim Ceelen, prof. Katleen De Preter and prof. Katrien Remaut. They will replace former steering committee members prof. Jo Vandesompele, prof. Tessa Kerre and prof. Stefaan De Smedt. Importantly, the former steering committee members did not run for election, to ensure sufficient influx of new ideas and persons. However, they will further actively support CRIG and several of its ongoing projects and activities.
The CRIG steering committee is responsible for the strategic decisions to ensure the realization of CRIG’s mission and objectives, and has a mandate for 3 years. A new chairman will be elected among the steering committee members soon. We look forward to an inspiring and fruitful collaboration with the new CRIG steering committee!