Serge Van der Geyten earned a PhD in Sciences and Biology from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Prior to joining Janssen, he worked for eight years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Serge joined Janssen Pharmaceutica in January 2006 in the Beerse Early Development Medical Writing group. In mid 2014, he accepted a position as Director in the Neuroscience department to lead the IMI EPAD project and ensure timely delivery of the project.
Craig Ritchie is an internationally renowned researcher in the field of dementia with a reputation for the design and prosecution of dementia clinical trials, epidemiology of mid-life risk and diagnostic tests. He has been Principal Investigator in almost 30 commercial trials in AD, National Chief Investigator in 15 in the UK and Global Coordinating Investigator on 6. Craig’s skills, credibility and leadership experience make him the ideal person to lead EPAD.
General Assembly
| Participant | GA Member |
|---|---|
| JPNV | Serge Van der Geyten |
| UEDIN | Craig Richie |
| UOXF | Vanessa Raymont |
| BBRC | José Luis Molinuevo |
| SYNAPSE | Carlos Díaz |
| KI | Miia Kivipelto |
| VUmc | Philip Scheltens |
| UCAM | Carol Brayne |
| MRC | Adrian Mander |
| BERRY | Scott Berry |
| UNIGE | Giovanni Battista Frisoni |
| RUMC | Edo Richard |
| CU | Julie Williams |
| CHUT | Bruno Vellas |
| IQVIA | Lynne Hughes |
| AE | Jean Georges |
| EMC | Johan Van Der Lei |
| APHP | Bruno Dubois |
| INSERM | Karen Ritchie |
| ULEIC | Tony Brookes |
| IXICO | Michelle Lax |
| ARACLON | Pedro Pesini |
| FRAUNHOFER | Martin Hofmann-Apitius |
| EISAI | - |
| SARD | Caroline Cohen |
| NOV | Ana Graf |
| BI | Stephane Pollentier |
| Eli Lilly | Michael Irizarry |
| HLU | Kristian Windfeld |
| Takeda EU | Nigel Brayshaw |
| AC Immune | Gautam Maitra |
| Biogen | Jeffrey Sevigny |
| Amgen | Hernan Picard |
| Pfizer | Rachel Schindler |
| UCB | Babak Boroojerdi |
| Roche | Richard Batrla-Utermann |
| UKK | Frank Jessen |
Clinical Development Executive
| Member | Participant |
|---|---|
| Lisa Ford (Chair) | |
| Serge Van Der Geyten | JRDBE |
| Katrin Haeverans | JRDBE |
| Craig Ritchie | UEDIN |
| Judi Syson | UEDIN |
| Marise Bucukoglu | UEDIN |
| Ellie Mcmaster | UEDIN |
| Kristy Draper | UEDIN |
| José Luís Molinuevo Guix | BBRC |
| Carlos Díaz | SYNAPSE |
| Saira Ramasastry | SYNAPSE |
| Pieter Jelle Visser | VUmc |
| Scott Berry | BERRY |
| Edo Richard | RUMC |
| Joseph Milne | IQVIA |
| John Tracey | IQVIA |
| Jean Georges | AE |
| Sean Knox | Biogen |
| Gerald Luscan | Pfizer |
| Maryline Simon | Roche |
| Frank Jessen | UK Koeln |
| Sandra Pla | SYNAPSE |
| Laura Carrera Carballés | JRDBE Non-J&J |
Executive Committee
| Participant | Name |
|---|---|
| JPNV | Serge Van der Geyten |
| UCB | Johannes Streffer |
| UEDIN | Craig Ritchie |
| BBRC | José Luis Molinuevo |
| SYNAPSE | Carlos Díaz (as member of the PMO) |
| SYNAPSE | Sandra Pla (as member of the PMO) |
| VUmc | Philip Scheltens |
| JPNV | Laura Carrera Carballés (as member of the PMO) |
Project Management Office
| Participant | Name |
|---|---|
| JPNV | Serge Van der Geyten |
| UEDIN | Kristy Draper |
| JPNV | Laura Carrera Carballés |
| UEDIN | Craig Ritchie |
| SYNAPSE | Carlos Díaz |
| SYNAPSE | Sandra Pla |
National/Regional Leads
| Participant | Name | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|
| UEDIN | Craig Ritchie | United Kingdom |
| KI | Miia Kivipelto | The Nordics |
| BBRC | José Luis Molinuevo | Spain |
| VUmc | Philip Scheltens | Benelux |
| UNIGE | Giovanni Frisoni | Switzerland/Italy |
| UKK | Frank Jessen | Germany |
| CHUT | Bruno Vellas | France |
WP Leads
| WP | Non-EFPIA Lead | EFPIA Lead |
|---|---|---|
| WP1 | Jose Luis Molinuevo (BBRC) | |
| WP2 | Adrian Mander (MRC) | Philip Hougaard (HLU) |
| WP2 | Scott Berry (BERRY) | Adrian Mander (MRC) |
| WP3 | Pieter Jelle Visser (VUmc) | Gerald Luscan (Pfizer) |
| WP4 | Craig Ritchie (UEDIN) | Lisa Ford (JPNV) |
| WP4 | Miia Kivipelto (KI) | Lisa Ford (JPNV) |
| WP5 | Carlos Díaz (SYNAPSE) | Serge Van der Geyten (JPNV) |
| WP6 | Jean Georges (AE) | Sean Knox (Biogen) |
| WP7 | José Luis Molinuevo (BBRC) | Serge Van der Geyten (JPNV) |
| WP7 | Saira Ramasastry (SYNAPSE) | |
| WP8 | Edo Richard (RUMC) | |
| WP8 | Carol Brayne (UCAM) |
Data Oversight Committee
| Participant | Name |
|---|---|
| JPNV | Serge Van der Geyten |
| JPNV | Gary Romano |
| UEDIN | Craig Ritchie |
| UEDIN | Judy Syson |
| SYNAPSE | Carlos Díaz |
| Vumc | Pieter Jelle Visser |
| UCAM | Shirlene Badger |
| MRC | Adrian Mander |
| MRC | Brian Tom |
| BERRY | Scott Berry |
| IQVIA | Lynne Hughes |
| IQVIA | Andrea Morton-Morys |
| EMC | Johan van der Lei |
| ULEIC | Anthony J. Brookes |
| ULEIC | Owen Lancaster |
| IXICO | Mark Austin |
| IXICO | Kate McLeish |
| IXICO | John Hall |
| IXICO | Michelle Lax |
| Eisai | Shobha Dhadda |
| BI | Catherine Debove |
| Pfizer | Gerald Luscan |
| Aridhia | Rodrigo Barnes |
Publication Approval Committee
| Type of institution | Participant | Name |
|---|---|---|
| EFPIA | Biogen | Sean Knox |
| SME | SYNAPSE | Carlos Díaz |
| Patient Organisation | AE | Jean Georges |
| Academia | BBRC | José Luis Molinuevo |
Business Leadership Committee
| Participant | Name | Area of expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Berry | Scott Berry | Analytics/Consortiums |
| IQVIA | Ben Cons | Finance/Legal |
| CHUT | Bruno Vellas | Clinical Leadership |
| AE | Jean Georges | Alliances/Foundation Leadership |
Legal and IP Committee
| Participant | Name |
|---|---|
| BBRC | Glòria Oliver |
| UEDIN | Lindsay Hampton |
| HLU | Morten Rosted |
| JPNV | Wouter Deneyer |
Ethics Advisory Board
| Name | Area of expertise | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Marianne Boenink | Philosopher of technology | University of Twente |
| Xavier Carné | Clinician/ethicist | Hospital Clinic’s Clinical Research Ethics Committee |
| David Good | Psychology | University of Cambridge |
| Dianne Gove | Patients’ organisation representative | Alzheimer’s Europe |
| Jason Karlawish | Clinician and bioethicist | University of Pennsylvania/Penn Memory Centre |
Senior Industry Board
| Organisation | Name |
|---|---|
| General Electric | Ben Newton |
| General Electric | Gill Farrar |
| Tesella | TBC |
| Piramal | Ana Catafau |
| ICON | Valerie Legrand |
| ICON | Klaudius Siegfried |
| PPD | Heather Bryson |
| PPD | Daniel Burch |
| PPD | David Sibbald |
International Scientific Synergy Group
| Name | Organisation /Charge |
|---|---|
| Pierre Tariot | Alzheimer's Prevention Initative |
| Eric Reiman | Alzheimer's Prevention Initative |
| Jason Karlawish | Penn Memory Center, Associate Director (USA) / University of Pennsylvania Professor (USA) / Perelman School of Medicine, Professor (USA) |
| Lon Schneider | Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Professor of psychiatry, neurology, and gerontology (USA) |
| Rachelle Doody | Baylor College of Medicine, Effie Marie Cain Chair in Alzheimer's Disease Research, Director of Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center (USA) |
| Reisa Sperling | Brigham & Women's Hospital, Director, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment (USA) / Massachusetts General Hospital, Principal Investigator, Harvard Aging Brain Study (USA) / Harvard Medical School, Professor (USA) |
| John Morris | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Paul Aisen | Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study, Director (USA) |
| Randy Bateman | Washington University School of Medicine, DIAN-TU Director and Principle Investigator / DIAN Clinical Core Leader and Associate Director (USA) |
| William Mobley | UC San Diego School of Medicine, Chair and Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences, Florence Riford Chair for Alzheimer Disease Research (USA) |
| Colin Masters | The Florey Institute, Senior Deputy Director (Australia) / University of Melbourne, Professor (Australia) |
| Zaven Kachaturian | National Institutes of Health (NIH), Director, Office of Alzheimer's Research (USA) / PAD 2020, Chair and President (USA) |
| Don Berry | University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Professor, Department of Biostatistics (USA) |
| Laura Esserman | University of California San Francisco, Director of Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, Professor of Surgery and Radiology at UCSF (USA) |
| Rudi Tanzi | Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Genetics and Aging Research Unit / Vice-Chair (Research), Department of Neurology / HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, Professor (USA) |
| Jessica B. Langbaum | Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative, Associate Director (USA) |
| Michael W. Weiner | Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIND) |
| Chris Rowe | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
| Maria C. Carrillo | Alzheimer's Association, Vice President, Medical & Scientific Relations |
Clinical Candidate Selection Committee
| Participant | Name |
|---|---|
| UEDIN | Craig Ritchie |
| UOXF | Chas Bountra |
| VUmc | Philip Scheltens |
| GAP | Richard Mohs |