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Scientific Advisory Board

Tasks and members

The Scientific Advisory Board is the central scientific steering committee of the One Health Platform. It represents the One Health Platform externally and manages day-to-day business together with the administrative office. It performs overarching tasks and makes science-related decisions.

The committee usually meets five times a year. At its meetings, the Scientific Advisory Board makes strategic decisions on the further development of the One Health Platform, develops ideas for shaping One Health research in Germany, acts as the scientific committee for the annual symposium, assesses applications for pilot and collaborative projects and workshops submitted to the One Health Platform by members and supports them once they have been approved.

 

The Scientific Advisory Board of the One Health Platform in the 2025 term of office is composed as follows:

12 free delegates

  • Prof. Dr. Stefanie Becker (Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover)
  • Dr. Jan Heise (Forschungszentrum für Medizintechnik und Biotechnologie)
  • Prof. Dr. Christiane Herden (Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen)
  • Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hobusch (Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpädagogik Wien)
  • Dr. Ulrike Löber (Max Delbrück Center)
  • PD Dr. Michael Mühlebach (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Langen)
  • Dr. Szilvia Neuhaus (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung)
  • PD Dr. Corinna Pietsch (Universitätsklinikum Leipzig)
  • PD Dr. Sven Poppert (Robert Koch Institut)
  • Dr. Michaela Projahn (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung)
  • Dr. Torsten Semmler (Robert Koch Institut, gleichzeitig Vertreter des RKIs)
  • Prof. Dr. Anja Widdig (Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie)

6 elected representatives from the environmental sector

  • Dr. Birgit Habedank (Umweltbundesamt)
  • Prof. Dr. Stefanie Heinze (Bayrisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit)
  • Dr. Isabell Marie Kramer (Universität Frankfurt)
  • Prof. Dr. Folker Meyer (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
  • Prof. Dr. Mathias Liess (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH )
  • Prof. Dr. Lutz Merbold (Agroscope, ETH Zürich)
  • Prof. Dr. Michael Schloter (Helmholtz Munich)

Two representatives of Young Scientists

  • Maresa Neuerer (Uniklinikum Heidelberg)
  • Maximilan Rohde (HZI Braunschweig)

Designated representatives for the public health service, the veterinary service and the environmental authorities

  • Dr. Katja Hille (ÖGD, NLGA Niedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt)
  • Dr. Dimitrios Frangoulids (Kommando Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr)
  • Dr. Melanie Schweizer  (Veterinärdienst, Kreis Jade-Weser)
  • Dr. Knut Rauchfuss (Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW)

Site managers of the One Health Platform

  • Prof. Dr. Sascha Knauf (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut)
  • Prof. Dr. Fabian Leendertz (Helmholtz Institut für One Health)
  • Prof. Dr. Stephan Ludwig (Universität Münster)

A short profile of the current members of the Scientific Advisory Board can be found here

The members of the current Scientific Advisory Board were elected by the plenum of the One Health Platform on October 14, 2025, and all members of the One Health Platform present had the active and passive right to vote and determined the composition of the Scientific Advisory Board until the next election in one year's time.

Meeting dates 2026

  • 20.01.2026 online
  • 28.04.2026 online
  • 19.05.2026 in Hannover
  • 22.09.2026 online
    03.11.2026 online
  • 24.11.2026 in Berlin

Interested guests can attend the meetings upon informal request

Please contact the office by e-mail for this purpose