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.
Secretary General – Dr. Jovan Mirkovitch
Executive Director – Prof. Michele De Palma
Manager – Dr. Mara Kornete (mara.kornete@chuv.ch, +41 79 556 2153)
AGORA Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee defines and implements the strategic vision, scientific programme and operations at AGORA.
Composition 2022
President: Michele De Palma (EPFL)
Head of Department of Oncology
George Coukos
Head of Radio-Oncology – Department of Oncology
Jean Bourhis
Head of Precision Oncology – Department of Oncology
Olivier Michielin
Professor, School of Life Sciences
Michele De Palma
Professor, School of Engineering, Institute of Bioengineering
Christoph Merten
Director Institute ISREC-EPFL
Elisa Oricchio
Dean of the 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
Claudia Bagni
Non-voting members of the Scientific Committee
ISREC Foundation: Susan Gasser (Gasser Lab – fmi.ch), Philippe Moreillon | UNIGE: Mikaël Pittet | SOC AGORA: Jovan Mirkovitch, Mara Kornete
AGORA Coordination Body
The Coordination Body is the supreme body of the partnership, competent for validating strategic and financial decisions.
Composition 2022
President: Gisou van der Goot (EPFL)
Director General
Philippe Eckert
Director Department of Education and Research
Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Manuel Pascual
Vice-President for Responsible Transformation
Gisou van der Goot
Vice President for Operations
Matthias Gäumann
Vice-President a.i. for Finance
Marc Bachelot
Rector
Frédéric Herman
Vice-Rector for Ecological Transition & Campus
Benoît Frund
Vice-Rector for Research
Estelle Doudet
Non-voting members of the Coordination Body
ISREC Foundation: Susan Gasser (Gasser Lab – fmi.ch), Philippe Moreillon | AGORA Scientific Committee: Michele De Palma, Georges Coukos, Freddy Radtke, Tatiana Petrova | SOC AGORA: Jovan Mirkovitch, Catherine Borghini-Polier, Mara Kornete
