Committee Chair
Salvatore Minisola
Full Professor of Internal Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome. Medical Degree and Specialization in Internal Medicine at “Sapienza” University of Rome; Visiting Doctorat the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Past president of the ltalian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism and Skeletal Diseases (SIOMMMS) (2009-2011 ); Member of the Professional Practice Committee of the ASBMR (2009-2011 ); Member of the Executive Committee of the ltalian Society of Internal Medicine (2014-2018); Associate Editor of the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation; Member of Editorial Board of Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Calcified Tissue International, Osteoporosis International and Bone Research; Author or co-author of more than 325 articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, H-index: 56 (Google Scholar); Reviewer for more than 50 Journals; Head/Chief physician of inpatients and outpatients services at the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Disciplines, University Hospital “Policlinico Umberto I”, Rome. Principal investigator of international trials especially related to experimental new drugs in the field of osteoporosis.
Committee Responsibilities
The role of the ECTS Research Committee is to coordinate the ECTS programmes to further the research and goals of the members and organisation.
The Committee is responsible for contributing to the Committee’s achievement of its objectives and fulfilment of its function on behalf of the ECTS, in accordance with its strategic objectives. Members are expected to:
- Advise the Board of Directors on issues and policies regarding current or potential grants and awards
- Consider grant and award nominees and select appropriate grant reviewers, taking into account any contractual conditions
- Consider ECTS Academy applications and select appropriate reviewers, taking into account any contractual conditions
- Collate and examine reviewers’ marks and comments and make recommendations to the ECTS Board
Committee Structure and Composition
Grants & Awards
- Peter Pietschmann, Co-Chair
- Pawel Szulc
- Olivier Peyruchaud
- Melanie Hafner-Luntzer, ECTS Academy
Academy Member Selection
- Martina Rauner, Co-Chair
- Eric Hay
- Outi Mäkitie
- Julien Paccou, ECTS Academy