From 2018 OIFE has had a formal advisory team of OI-knowledgeable professionals – a Medical Advisory Board (MAB). The OIFE MAB includes people from different professions – both clinicians and researchers. Prof. Dr. Oliver Semler serves as the chair of the advisory board.
The mandate of OIFE’s MAB is not to give advice regarding specific medical problems concerning groups or individuals with OI. The MAB-members will be speaking partners & advisors to the OIFE Board in more strategic questions – for instance:
- Policy planning where this has a medical component
- Discussions about new scientific developments
- When to support, promote or inform about research
We will do a revision every second year to secure that different fields of expertise and networks of OI-specialists will be represented.
Oliver Semler (Chair)
Pediatrician, Professor, MD, Germany
Darko Antičević
Orthopedist, MD, PhD, Croatia
Natalia Belova
Pediatrician, Professor, Russia
Lars Folkestad
Endocrinologist, MD PhD, Denmark
Antonella Forlino
Professor of biochemistry, Italy
Fátima Godhino
Rheumatologist, MD, Portugal
Lena Lande Wekre
Rehabilitation, MD PhD, Norway
Miguel Rodriguez Molina
Physiotherapist, MSc, PhD Candidate, Spain
Thomas Wirth
Orthopedist, Professor, Germany
Claire Hill
Physiotherapist, PhD, MCSP, PGCE, United Kingdom
Lidiia Zhytnik
PhD (MSc - Biomedicine; BSc - Gene technology), Estonia
Eva Åström
Pediatrician, MD PhD, Sweden
Heidi Arponen
Dental specialist, orthodontics, DDS PhD, Finland
Ralph J.B. Sakkers
Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, MD, PhD, The Netherlands