AboutOrganisation

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 (, +41 79 556 2153)

AGORA Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee defines and implements the strategic vision, scientific programme and operations at AGORA.

Composition 2024

President: Michele De Palma (EPFL)

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Head of Department of Oncology

George Coukos

Associate Physician, Group Leader, Department of Oncology

Fernanda Herrera

Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology

Michal Bassani

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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

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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 2024

President: Gisou van der Goot (EPFL)

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Director General

Nicolas Demartines

Director Department of Education and Research,
Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine

Manuel Pascual

Director Innovation and Clinical Research Department

Mauro Oddo

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Vice-President for Responsible Transformation

Gisou van der Goot

Vice President for Operations

Matthias Gäumann

Vice-President a.i. for Finance

Marc Bachelot

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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, Tatiana Petrova | SOC AGORA: Jovan Mirkovitch, Mara Kornete