Executive Committee

The Executive Committee (EC) is comprised of 11 members led by the group officers (Chair, Secretary and Treasurer). These elected active members of the Quality-of-Life Group work together to ensure the group functions positively and productively, fulfilling the core strategy and aims of the QLG.

  • Past chair

    Anne-Sophie Darlington

    University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

  • Chair

    Jaap Reijneveld

    Amsterdam UMC

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Secretary

    Martin Eichler

    National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT/UCC)

    Dresden, Germany

  • Treasurer

    Olga Husson

    Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam; Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam

    Amsterdam & Rotterdam, Netherlands

  • New Development Officer

    Mieke Van Hemelrijck

    King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

  • PMDC Co-Chair (Modules)

    Simone Oerlemans

    Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization (IKNL)

    Eindhoven, Netherlands

  • PMDC Co-Chair (Projects/Non-Modules)

    Bernhard Holzner

    Medical University of Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

  • EORTC QoL Department Representative

    Madeline Pe

    EORTC

    Brussels, Belgium

  • EORTC QoL Department Representative

    Dagmara Kuliś

    EORTC

    Brussels, Belgium

  • Chair of Grant Review Committee

    Johannes Giesinger

    Medical University of Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

  • Non-portfolio member

    Juan Ignacio Arraras

    Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra Oncology Departments

    Pamplona, Spain

  • Non-portfolio member

    Samantha Sodergren

    University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

  • Newsletter Editor

    Anne Brédart

    Institut Curie Paris

    Paris, France

  • Publications Editor

    Kelly de Ligt

    Netherlands Cancer Institute

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • ECI Chair

    Alizé A. Rogge

    Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Psychosomatik Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

Project and Module Development Committee

The committee has two co-chairs, one for modules and one for projects/non-modules. The two co-chairs are both elected members of the Executive Committee of the Quality of Life Group. In addition, the PMDC is composed of two elected members of the Quality of Life Group, and two staff members from the EORTC Quality of Life Department. The committee is supported by three staff members from the Quality of Life Department. Currently the committee consists of:

  • Co-Chair for Modules

    Simone Oerlemans

    Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization (IKNL)

    Eindhoven, Netherlands

  • Co-Chair for Projects (Non-Modules)

    Bernhard Holzner

    Medical University of Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

  • QLG member

    Alexandra Gilbert

    University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

  • QLG member

    Monika Sztankay

    Medical University of Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

  • Head Quality of Life Department

    Madeline Pe

    EORTC

    Brussels, Belgium

  • Support Staff

    Francesca Martinelli

    EORTC

    Brussels, Belgium

  • Support Staff

    Lotte van der Weijst

    EORTC

    Brussels, Belgium

  • Support Staff

    Lucia Senna

    EORTC

    Brussels, Belgium

  • Associated Head Quality of Life Department

    Dagmara Kuliś

    EORTC

    Brussels, Belgium

Grant Review Committee

The Grant Review Committee (GRC) consists of 5 members (one GRC chair and four active Quality of Life Group members) with clinical and research experience in the field of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The GRC chair is an elected member of the Executive Committee. The GRC members are supported by three members of the Quality-of-Life Department (QLD). The GRC members are responsible for evaluating the QLG grant applications including the expert reviews that have been carried out as part of the QLG review process and provide advice to the QLG Executive Committee (EC) on the grant applications and on other GRC topics. Currently the committee consists of:

  • Chair of Grant Review Committee

    Johannes Giesinger

    Medical University of Innsbruck

    Innsbruck, Austria

  • QLG member

    Sally Wheelwright

    University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

  • QLG member

    Katarzyna Pogoda

    Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

    Warsaw, Poland

  • QLG member

    Morten Aa. Petersen

    Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen , Denmark

  • QLG member

    Amal Al Omari

    King Hussein Cancer Center

    Amman, Jordan

  • Support Staff

    Francesca Martinelli

    EORTC

    Brussels, Belgium

  • Support Staff

    Lotte van der Weijst

    EORTC

    Brussels, Belgium