Executive Committee of the EMHG

For conflicts of interest see below

President

Philip Hopkins
Leeds, UK

Chairman & Website

Thierry Girard
Basel, Switzerland

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Vice-Chairman & IVCT officer

Henrik Rüffert
Leipzig, Germany

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Secretary

Anna Hellblom
Lund, Sweden

Treasurer

Jonathan Bilmen
Leeds, UK

Quality Assurance Officer

Stephan Johannsen
Würzburg, Germany

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Genetics Officer

Erik-Jan Kamsteeg
Nijmegen, Netherland

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Functional Genetics Officer

Kathryn Stowell
Palmerston North, New Zealand

Young members rep.

Martina Klincová
Brno, Czechia

Guidelines

Klaus Glahn
Kopenhagen, Denmark

counseling

Robyn Gillies
Melbourne, Australia

 

Conflict of interest of EC members

Philip Hopkins: Member of ClinGen VCEP group

Thierry Girard: Member of the VCEP group, EMQN RYR1 assessor, financial support from Norgine for EMHG annual meeting 2026

Henrik Rüffert: none

Anna Hellblom: none

Jonathan Bilmen: paid advisor for Norgine pharmaceuticals

Stephan Johannsen: Speaker fees into research fund from Norgine

Erik-Jan Kamsteeg: none

Kathryn Stowell: Member of the VCEP group, signatory on RYR1 variant diagnostic reports for NZActive, research on functional analysis of RYR1 variantsI, VCT technician for NZ MH lab

Martina Klincova:

Klaus Glahn: none

Robyn Gillies: none