ADS Sub Committees

ADS Office Bearers for 2024-26:

RolePosition  Representative
ADS Office BearersPresidentJosephine Forbes
President Elect and Vice PresidentJonathan Shaw
Honorary SecretaryMelkam Kebede
Honorary TreasurerJerry Greenfield
Chief Executive OfficerSof Andrikopoulos

Representative appointments on the following ADS & External Committees for 2024-26:

Role Committees Representatives
ADS Key Strategic Pillars Clinical Standards/Guidelines (Medical Affairs Committee) Chair: Jonathan Shaw
Members: Gary Deed, Thomas Dover, Elif Ekinci, Jerry Greenfield, Emily Hibbert, Jane Holmes-Walker, Diana MacKay, Roy Rasalam, Stephen Stranks, Shoshana Sztal-Mazer, Sof Andrikopoulos
Research (Scientific Affairs) Committee Chair: Josephine Forbes
Members: Trevor Biden, Matthew Hare, Ryan Jalleh, Alicia Jenkins, Melkam Kebede, Magdalene Montgomery, Christopher Nolan, John Wentworth, Sof Andrikopoulos
Advocacy Committee Chair: Josephine Forbes
Members: Tomasz Block, Emma Hamilton, Karin Jandeleit-Dahm, Anna McLean, Paul Moger, Natassia Rodrigo, Glynis Ross, Anthony Russell, Jonathan Shaw, Mary White, Sof Andrikopoulos
Education Committee Chair: Glynis Ross
Members: Rahul Barmanray, Roger Chen, Melkam Kebede, Shanal Kumar, Roy Rasalam, Natalie Wischer, Vincent Wong, Anna Wood, Sof Andrikopoulos, Linda Valenzisi
ADS Divisions National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC) Chair: Christopher Nolan
Members: Natalie Wischer (NADC CEO), Anna Wood, Anthony Russell, Glynis Ross, Marg McGill, Sophia Zoungas, Elaine Pretorius, Konrad Kangru, Michelle Robins, Elizabeth Davies
Diabetes Feet Australia (DFA) Chair: Byron Perrin
Members: Anthony Russell, Stephen Twigg, Natalie Wischer, Jon Golledge, Rob Fitridge, Hayley Ryan, Laurens manning, Vivienne Chuter, Emma Hamilton, Peter Lazzarini
ADS Subcommittees Living Diabetes Guidelines Development Group Chair: Sophia Zoungas
Members: Sof Andrikopoulos, Spiros Fourlanos, Christopher Nolan, Richard MacIsaac, Glynis Ross, Jerry Greenfield, Jonathan Shaw, Tanya Millard, Heath White
Diabetes and Liver Disease Committee Chair: Stephen Twigg
Members: Leon Adams, Oyekoya Ayonrinde, Thora Chai, Sunita Date, Timothy Davis, Jacob George, Mark Gorrell, Tania Markovic, Sarah Parry, Jonathan Shaw, Ashim Sinha, Natalie Wischer
Early Career Network Subcommittee Chair: Lisa Raven
Members: Irina Buckle, Melkam Kebede, Lisa Nicholas, Jina Rhou, Natassia Rodrigo, Anna Wood
ADS Council Committees ADS/ADEA Collaborative Committee Anthony Russell, Josephine Forbes, Sof Andrikopoulos
RACP Adult Medicine Division Anthony Russell (Alt: Jerry Greenfield)
Australian Diabetes Data Network (ADDN) Anthony Russell
ADS NDSS Committees Medical, Education & Scientific Advisory Committee (MESAC) Sue Lyn Lau, Gregory Ong, Rebecca Goldstein, Natalie Nanayakkara
MESAC CGM Subcommittee Chair: Glynis Ross
Members: Stephen Stranks, Anthony Russell, Christopher Nolan, Sarah Price, Amanda Bartlett
NDSS Foot Forward for Diabetes Program Stephen Twigg, Natalie Wischer, Sof Andrikopoulos
ADS ADC Committees 2024 ADC (Perth) Program Organising Committee Co-Chairs (Clinical): Jerry Greenfield, Spiros Fourlanos
Co-Chairs (Discovery Science): Melkham Kebede, Ross Laybutt
Members: Sof Andrikopoulos, Linda Valenzisi, Shanal Kumar (ECN Chair)
2024 ADC (Perth) Local Organising Committee Sof Andrikopoulos, Linda Valenzisi

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