About

Members

The people who make WG EDU: chairs and board, national representatives, individual and institutional members.

Members

Member list as published on efmi.org in October 2026. LinkedIn links come from efmi.org; ORCID iDs were matched by name and affiliation in the public ORCID registry. TO VALIDATE: each member to confirm name, affiliation and consent to be listed

Chairs & board

  • Kaija SarantoChair since 2021 · Department of Health and Social Management, University of Eastern Finland, FinlandLinkedIn · ORCID
  • Ricardo CorreiaCo-chair · Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, PortugalLinkedIn · ORCID
  • John MantasHonorary chair · Health Informatics Laboratory, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GreeceLinkedIn · ORCID
  • Nicole EgbertExecutive memberLinkedIn · ORCID
  • Pauleen MannevaaraExecutive memberLinkedIn · ORCID
  • Sabrina AraujoExecutive memberLinkedIn · ORCID

National representatives

Contact points nominated by EFMI national member societies.

  • Inge Cort MadsenDenmarkORCID
  • Daniel RodriguesPortugalLinkedIn
  • Hanna SuominenAustralia (corresponding)ORCID

Is your national society not listed? Ask your EFMI national representative to nominate a contact point for education. See How to participate.

Individual & institutional members

  • Pedro MarquesInstitutional contact · University of Porto, PortugalLinkedIn
  • Elske AmmenwerthInstitutional contact · UMIT TIROL, AustriaORCID
  • Alfred WinterLeipzig University, GermanyORCID
  • Birgit SchneiderLeipzig University, GermanyORCID
  • Antoine LamerUniversity of Lille, FranceORCID
  • Mihaela VidaPolitehnica University Timișoara, RomaniaORCID
  • Georgi ChaltikyanDeggendorf Institute of Technology, GermanyORCID
  • Somayeh AbedianLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention, AustriaORCID
  • Maria TsirintaniUniversity of West Attica, GreeceTO VALIDATE: profile links
  • Maryam JafarpourMedical University of Vienna, AustriaORCID
  • Oliver Johannes BottUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover, GermanyORCID

Past chairs

  • Rory O'MooreChair · 1985–1994
  • Arie HasmanChair · 1995–2007
  • John MantasChair · 2008–2021
  • Kaija SarantoChair · since 2021

Former members

TO VALIDATE Former members of WG EDU and of the AC2 database team to be added by the chairs.