AGORA organisation
Land
Canton of Vaud
The building
ISREC Foundation
Lausanne institutions
CHUV-EPFL-UNIL (SOC AGORA)
From Lausanne to Lake Geneva
UNIGE-HUG
AGORA Leadership
AGORA Management
The AGORA managing team is responsible for implementing and enforcing all operations at AGORA.
Director of Operations – Dr. Mara Kornete (, +41 79 556 2153)
AGORA Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee defines and implements the strategic vision, scientific programme and operations at AGORA.
Composition 2025/2026
President: Margret Schottelius (CHUV)
Professor, Department of Nuclear
Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Margret Schottelius
Professor, Department of Oncology
Bernhard Gentner
Head of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology
Fernanda Herrera
Professor, School of Life Sciences
Michele De Palma
Professor, School of Engineering & Institute of Bioengineering
Christoph Merten
Director, Institute ISREC-EPFL
Elisa Oricchio
Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences
Andrew Oates
Professor, Department of Fundamental Oncology
Johanna Joyce
Associate Director for Research, Department of Fundamental Oncology
Tatiana Petrova
Dean for Research and Innovation
Jérôme Goudet
Non-voting members of the Scientific Committee
ISREC Foundation: Susan Gasser (Gasser Lab – fmi.ch) | UNIGE: Mikaël Pittet | SOC AGORA: Mara Kornete, Marjorie Perignon
AGORA Coordination Body
The Coordination Body is the supreme body of the partnership, competent for validating strategic and financial decisions.
Composition 2025/2026
President: Claire Charmet (CHUV)
Director General
Claire Charmet
Director Department of Education and Research
Renaud Du Pasquier
Directeur administratif et financier
Emmanuel Bourquin
Vice President for Support to Strategic Initiatives
Stéphanie Lacour
Vice President for Operations
Adrian Wägli
Vice-President for Finance
Marc Bachelot
Rector
Christophe Champod
Vice-Rector Academics and Student Affairs
Pierre-Alexandre Bart
Vice-Rector, Research and Innovation
Nicolas Salamin
Non-voting members of the Coordination Body
ISREC Foundation: Susan Gasser (Gasser Lab – fmi.ch), Pierre-Marie Glauser | UNIGE: Antoine Geissbuhler | AGORA Scientific Committee: Michele De Palma, Margret Schottelius, Tatiana Petrova | SOC AGORA: Mara Kornete, Marjorie Perignon
