Committees

Besides the Executive Committee, EFI currently has 7 Committees installed to execute the activities per the purpose of the Association. Click on the 'Read more'-button on the committee page to find more details on the specific committee.

Executive Committee

The EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries to promote training in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility. These bursaries are for members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations.

Read more

Accreditation Committee

To promote training in the field of Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility. To promote training in the field of Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations.

Read more

Education Committee

To promote training in the field of Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations. Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members.

Read more

EPT Committee

External Proficiency Testing (EPT) is a mandatory component of the EFI accreditation process. The primary objective of the EFI EPT Committee (EPTC) is to harmonize EPT across laboratories that are accredited by or affiliated with EFI.

Read more

Bioinformatics & IT Committee

To promote training in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations.

Read more

Scientific Committee

To promote training in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations. To promote training in the field of Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing.

Read more

Standards Committee

To promote training in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, the EFI Executive Committee has allocated a fixed number of bursaries for EFI members wishing to visit another laboratory to learn new techniques and to develop research collaborations.

Read more

The EFI Young Professionals Working Party is a group of EFI Young Professionals from different EFI countries. This working party represents the young professionals in the field of immunogenetics, histocompatibility testing and transplantation and engage them with EFI. “Young professionals” represents EFI members that are (relatively) new to the field, irrespective of age, for instance technicians, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. 

Our main objectives are:

  • To form a platform for EFI Young Professionals to exchange ideas, skills and knowledge, promote meetings or other events, socialize and network
  • Represent the EFI Young Professionals by providing input to the EFI committees
  • To participate in the organization of a session at the Annual EFI conference

Please reach out to us if you have any suggestions or questions, and join us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12782220/. 

 

Committee members 

Name Country  
Timo Olieslagers (Chair) the Netherlands  
Jonathan Lucas UK  
Gorjan Milanovski Macedonia  
Arianne Brandsma the Netherlands  
Anders Hedin Sweden  
Alexander Tolios Austria  
Marta Dratwa-Kuzim Poland  
Antonio Giuseppe Bianculli Italy  
Michaela Agapiou UK