Our Organisation

The European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) is founded in 1989, and was formally registered as a Charity organisation in the United Kingdom in November 1992 until May 2023. In October 2021, EACD was registered as an international not-for-profit association located in Belgium. 

EACD is a multidisciplinary, welcoming, constructive academy, whose members consist of like-minded individuals who want to build together a better future for people with childhood-onset disabilities. Education, ethics and social commitment are of paramount importance to EACD, bridging cultural, societal, economical, and lingual differences across the entire European region for the benefit of people with childhood-onset disabilities.

EACD Chairs

1989-2000: Brian Neville, United Kingdom

2000-2008: Martin Bax, United Kingdom

2008-2014: Hans Forssberg, Sweden

2014-2020: Giovanni Cioni, Italy

2020-2023: Arnab Seal, United Kingdom

2023-now: Bernard Dan, Belgium

EACD Secretaries (since 2004)

2004-2009: Mijna Hadders-Algra, The Netherlands

2009-2012: Leena Haataja, Finland

2012-2018: Arnab Seal, United Kingdom

2018-2024: Elegast Monbaliu, Belgium

2024-now: Erika Cloodt, Sweden

EACD Treasurers (since 2004)

2004-2011: Paul Gorham, United Kingdom

2011-2017: Jenny Carroll, United Kingdom

2017-2023: Therese Millar, United Kingdom

2023-now: Anina Ritterband-Rosenbaum, Denmark

EACD GMC Members (since 2007)

Elected members:

2007-2011: Eva Brogren-Carlberg, Sweden

2007-2011: Lindsay Pennington, United Kingdom

2008-2011: Carmen Matey, Spain 

2008-2011: Vlatka Mejaski-Bošnjak, Croatia

2010-2014: Giovanni Cioni, Italy

2011-2016: Nicola Jolleff, United Kingdom

2011-2017: Bernard Dan, Belgium

2014-2017: Guro Andersen, Norway

2017-2018: Elegast Monbaliu, Belgium

2016-2022: Lorna Wales, United Kingdom

2017-2023: Elisabet Rodby-Bousquet, Sweden

2022-2024: Jackie Casey, United Kingdom

2019-now: Jeroen Vermeulen, The Netherlands

2023-now: Giuseppina Sgandurra, Italy


Co-opted members:

2007-2008: Giovanni Cioni, Italy (Chair of Scientific Committee)

2008-2013: Rainer Blank, Germany (Chair of Scientific Committee)

2013-2018: Bernard Dan, Belgium (Chair of Scientific Committee)

2018-2023: Christopher Newman, Switzerland (Chair of Scientific Committee)

2023-now: Annemieke Buizer, The Netherlands (Chair of Scientific Committee)


2011-2012: Lluis Farres Spain (parent representative)

2012-2022: Alain Chatelin, France (parent representative)

2022-now: Teresa Mano da Costa, Portugal (Families & Users' Forum Coordinator)

2022-now: Niek De Taeye, Belgium (Families & Users' Forum Coordinator)


2011-now: Oleh Kachmar, Ukraine (Edu.EACD webmaster)


2018-now: Bernard Dan, Belgium (DMCN Editor-in-Chief)


2020-2024: Sylvain Brochard, France (Lead of Technology & Innovation Task Force)

2024-now: Elegast Monbaliu, Belgium (Lead of Technology & Innovation Task Force)


2023-now: Arnab Seal, United Kingdom (IAACD representative)


2024-now: Lorna Wales, United Kingdom (Deputy GMC Member & Communication Officer)

EACD Meeting Presidents (since 2007)

2007: Mijna Hadders-Algra, The Netherlands

2008: Vlatka Mejaski-Bošnjak, Croatia

2009: Dainius Puras, Lithuania

2010: Bernard Dan, Belgium

2011: Enrico Castelli, Italy

2012: Meral Topçu, Turkey

2013: Lindsay Pennington, United Kingdom

2014: Friedrich Brandstetter, Austria

2015: Jens Bo Nielsen, Denmark

2016: Ann-Christin Eliasson, Sweden

2017: Jules Becher, The Netherlands

2018: Nana Tatishvili, Georgia

2019: Sylvain Brochard, France

2020: Marek Jozwiak, Poland

2021: Christopher Newman, Switzerland

2022: Mercedes Martinez Moreno

2023: Katja Groleger Srsen

2024: Elegast Monbaliu, Belgium

2025: Rainer Blank, Germany

2026: Hazel Killeen, Ireland

2027: Maria Pyrgeli, Greece


EACD MEMBER ACCOUNT


ABOUT ASSOCIATION

The European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) is an international not-for-profit association founded in 1989, and is an association for anyone with a clinical and/or scientific interest in childhood-onset disabilities in Europe and beyond. EACD's mission is to promote research and education for the benefit of people with childhood-onset disabilities throughout Europe and beyond. 


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