EMCDDA Scientific Committee

The task of the Scientific Committee is to assist the Management Board and the Director of the EMCDDA by delivering an opinion on any scientific matter concerning the Centre's activity which the Management Board or the Director may submit to it. In addition, the risk assessment of new psychoactive substances is carried out by the Scientific Committee, in accordance with Article 5c of Regulation (EC) No 1920/2006 (as amended by regulation (EU) 2017/2101).

About

The EMCDDA Scientific Committee is set up by Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1920/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (as amended by regulation (EU) 2017/2101).

The Committee consists of fifteen well-known scientists appointed by the Management Board in view of their scientific excellence and their independence, following a publication of a call for expressions of interest in the Official Journal of the European Union. The selection procedure ensures that the specialist fields of the members of the Scientific Committee cover the most relevant scientific fields linked to the problems of drug and drug addiction. The members of the Scientific Committee are appointed in a personal capacity and give their opinions completely independently of the Member States and the Community Institutions and serve for a three-year period (renewable).

The Scientific Committee is requested by the EMCDDA founding regulation to give a formal opinion on the EMCDDA programming documents on the basis of a draft submitted by the Centre's Director before it is presented to the Management Board. The Scientific Committee reviews many of the EMCDDA publications with regard to their scientific quality, plays an important role in the risk assessment of new psychoactive substances and supports the different working areas of the EMCDDA. Since its constitution, the Scientific Committee has established itself as an important pillar of the EMCDDA’s institutional life, ensuring the scientific legitimacy of the Centre and providing for continuous improvement of the main outputs.

Minutes from recent Scientific Committee meetings and other reference documents are available under Documents.

Rules of procedure of the EMCDDA Scientific Committee.

Documents

Members

Scientific field	Member		Affiliation	Nationality	Specific expertise	Documents
Basic biological, neurobiological and behavioural research	Dr. Rodríguez de Fonseca, Fernando	Member	Fundación IMABIS, Málaga, Spain	Spanish	Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Neurobiology of drug addiction, Basic research	001_Declaration of interest_template for members SC_200129-nosign.pdf [275.74 KB] 001_Declaration of independence_template for members SC_200129-nosign.pdf [163.8 KB] Fernando Rodriguez de Fonseca cv.pdf [73.12 KB]
Demand reduction	Prof. Dr. Clausen, Thomas	Member	Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research (SERAF), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway	Norwegian	Addiction Research, Prevention of health consequences of drug use, Drug related mortality	Declaration-of-interest-Thomas-Claussen [1.55 MB] Declaration-of-independence-Thomas-Claussen [60.66 KB] Short-CV-Thomas-Clausen [109.69 KB]
Demand reduction	Dr. Torrens Mèlich, Marta	Member	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute and Neuropsychiatry and Addictions Institute, Consorci Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain	Spanish	Psychiatry	MTorrens-Declaration of interest-nosign.pdf [360.17 KB] MTorrens-Declaration of Independence-members SC-nosign.pdf [107.59 KB] Marta Torrens cv.pdf [61.7 KB]
Demand reduction	Dr. Ferrer-Wreder, Laura	Member	Department of Psychology, Stockholm University	Swedish	Addiction Research, Hidden populations, Clinical psychology	Declaration-of-interest-Laura-Ferrer-Wreder [337.23 KB] Declaration-of-independence-Laura-Ferrer-Wreder [126.24 KB] Short-CV-Laura-Ferrer-Wreder [110.83 KB]
Demand reduction	Prof. Dr. Fischer, Gabriele	Member	Center of Public Health, Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Medical University Vienna, Austria	Austrian	Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Addiction research, Teaching, Policy and treatment, Public health, Gender research in psychiatry, Human rights	EMCDDA_Declaration of Interest-nosign.pdf [976.68 KB] EMCDDA_Declaration of Independence-nosign.pdf [439.38 KB] Gabriele Fischer cv.pdf [501.04 KB]
Drug policy	Prof. Dr. Bergeron, Henri	Vice-Chair	Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, Sciences Po Paris, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France	French	Sociology, Political science and policy evaluation	Declaration of interest Henri Bergeron.pdf [257.04 KB] Declaration of independence Henri Bergeron.pdf [118.17 KB] Henri Bergeron cv.pdf [67.58 KB]
Drug policy	Dr. Jauffret-Roustide, Marie	Member	Inserm (French Institute of Health and Medical Research), Paris, France	French	Sociology, Drug policy, Public health, Ethnicity, Gender issues, Harm reduction, Migration	001_Declaration of interest_MarieJauffretRoustide-nosign.pdf [208.01 KB] 001_Declaration of independenceMarieJauffretRoustide-nosign.pdf [113.33 KB] Marie Jauffret-Roustide cv.pdf [56.03 KB]
Population-based research and epidemiology	Dr. Lintonen, Tomi	Member	Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki, Finland	Finnish	Health promotion, Epidemiology, Public health	001_Declaration_of_interest_Lintonen.pdf [3.72 MB] 001_Declaration_of_independence_Lintonen.pdf [1.81 MB] 001_ShortCV_Lintonen.pdf [28.71 KB]
Population-based research and epidemiology	Dr. Ivers, Jo-Hanna	Member	School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin	Irish	Epidemiology, Public health and addiction epidemiology, Addiction research	Declaration-of-interest-Jo-Hanna-Ivers [127.99 KB] Declaration-of-independence-Jo-Hanna-Ivers [86.92 KB] Short-CV-Jo-Hanna-Ivers.pdf [111.23 KB]
Population-based research and epidemiology	Prof. Dr. Comiskey, Catherine	Chair	School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin	Irish	Epidemiology, Mathematics, Modelling of treatment outcomes, Incidence and prevalence, Translation of research into policy and practice, Healthcare statistics	Declaration-of-interest-Catherine-Comiskey.pdf [182.3 KB] Declaration-of-independence-Catherine-Comiskey.pdf [39.22 KB] Short-CV-Catherine-Comiskey.pdf [54.65 KB]
Population-based research and epidemiology	Prof. Dr. Ojanperä, Ilkka	Member	Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki and Forensic Toxicology Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland	Finnish	Pharmacology & Toxicology	Declaration of interest Ojanperä0001-nosign.pdf [314.13 KB] Declaration of independence Ojanperä0001-nosign.pdf [201 KB] Short CV Ojanperä.pdf [285.23 KB]
Population-based research and epidemiology	Prof. Dr. Gaspar de Matos, Margarida	Member	Faculdade de Motricidade Humana and Instituto de Saúde Ambiental/Faculdade de Medicina, University of Lisbon, Portugal	Portuguese	Epidemiology, Incidence and prevalence	Declaration of interest-nosign.pdf [258.08 KB] EMCDDA_MGM_DeclofIndependence_2020-nosign.pdf [120.53 KB] Margarida Gaspar de Matos cv.pdf [52.47 KB]
Supply, supply reduction and crime	Dr. Colman, Charlotte	Member	Professor Drug Policy and Criminology (Department of Criminology, Criminal Law & Social Law, Ghent University)	Belgian	Drug supply markets, Policy evaluation, Drug policy, Criminology, Policy and treatment	Declaration-of-interest-Charlotte-Colman [227.68 KB] Declaration-of-independence-Charlotte-Colman [167.28 KB] Short-CV-Charlotte-Colman.pdf [112.89 KB]
Supply, supply reduction and crime	Dr. Moeller, Kim	Member	Faculty of Health and Society, Department of criminology, Malmö University, Sweden	Danish	Criminology, Drug trafficking	Moeller_001_Declaration of interest_template for members SC_200129-nosign.pdf [251.47 KB] Moeller_001_Declaration of independence_template for members SC_200129-nosign.pdf [122.01 KB] Moeller_001_ShortCV.pdf [84.94 KB]
Supply, supply reduction and crime	Prof. Dr. Liem, Marieke	Member	Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Netherlands	Dutch	Criminology, Clinical psychology	001_Declaration of interest_template for members SC_200129 ML-nosign.pdf [254.53 KB] 001_Declaration of independence_template for members SC_200129 ML-nosign.pdf [121.83 KB] Marieke Liem cv.pdf [125.82 KB]