Task Force for Young Scientists (TF-YS)

Membership

 

Name Position Country Term Time in Office
D. Gruson Chair BE 1st 2010 01 - 2012 12
G. Ko Member FR 1st 2010 01 - 2012 12
C. McCudden Member US 1st 2010 01 - 2012 12
E. Rusanova Member RU 1st 2010 01 - 2012 12
J. Wijaya Member ID 1st 2010 01 - 2012 12

Aim

The aim of TF-YS is to ensure that young scientists make a significant and growing contribution to the activities of IFCC and to the promotion of laboratory medicine at the centre of healthcare.

Objectives

  • To identify young scientists amongst IFCC Full and Corporate Members
  • To use modern information technology to establish formal and informal networks to facilitate the communication between young scientists who are involved in laboratory medicine. Linkage with national society young scientist initiatives will be encouraged
  • To encourage young scientists to share experience of laboratory medicine and other healthcare practice around the world
  • To disseminate and promote innovation and high quality scientific and clinical practice standards
  • To facilitate opportunities for young scientists to train in modern, state of the art laboratory practice
  • To enable young scientists to participate in scientific, clinical and educational meetings and other learning sessions
  • To encourage young scientists to participate in national and international programmes to promote the essential contribution of laboratory medicine to healthcare
  • To make young scientists aware of the existence and role of IFCC and to encourage their participation in IFCC activities
  • To assure the future of IFCC through the identification of young scientists who may develop into future experts capable of leading IFCC Divisions, Committees and Working Groups and becoming IFCC Officers

Delivery

  • For the purposes of definition a young scientist is a medical or science graduate working or training in laboratory medicine. He/she will normally be aged less than 35y at the time of appointment to work with TF-YS. The term of office of any young scientist involved with TF-YS is three years with renewal for a maximum of one further three year term of office.
  • TF-YS will comprise a Chair and a maximum of four other core members. Core membership of TF-YS will ensure geographical representation and linkage to national societies that have experience of working with young scientists. TF-YS will also have an extensive number of corresponding members. All IFCC Full Members and Corporate Members will be invited to nominate young scientists to serve as core or corresponding members of TF-YS. Membership of TF-YS will be confirmed by the IFCC Executive Board on the recommendation of the TF-YS Chair.
  • TF-YS will communicate mainly through modern electronic and social networking media. Communication will include all core and corresponding members of TFYS and may develop into other networks as agreed by TF-YS.
  • Core members of TF-YS will be invited to attend one Task Force meeting each year with expenses paid for by IFCC. Any corresponding member of TF-YS will be able to attend this annual meeting although IFCC is unable to provide travel or accommodation costs for corresponding members.
  • TF-YS may organise regular workshops for young scientists within the framework of existing IFCC international or regional meetings. With the permission from the organisers TF-YS may also hold occasional workshops within national society or specialist society meetings. No expenses will be paid by IFCC for attendance at these workshops.
  • TF-YS will be able to communicate with and request support from other IFCC functional units.

Accountability

The TF-YS will report directly to the IFCC Executive Board. A nominated member of the Executive Board will act as a liaison person for TF-YS. The TF-YS will prepare an update report for each meeting of the Executive Board and may contact the Board, through the designated liaison person, at other times. Any additional finance raised by TF-YS will be accounted for through normal IFCC accounting procedures and will be subject to financial audit.

List of addresses:

Dr. Damien GRUSON
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc
Avenue Hippocrate
1200 Bruxelles
Belgium
Tel.: +3227646747

Mr. Gabriel KO
Biomnis Paris
78 Avenue de Verdun
94200 Ivry-sur-Seine
France
Tel: +33 6894 25832

Mr. Chris McCUDDEN
University of North Carolina
101 Manning Drive
School of Medicine
CB # 7525, Chapell hill,
NC 27599-7525
USA
Tel: +1 919 966 3726
Fax: +1 919 966 9490

Mrs. Ekaterina RUSANOVA
Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and
Molecular Diagnostics
Center for Laboratory Diagnostics
Pavlov State University
6-8 Lev Tolstoj 197089
St. Petersburg
Russia
Tel: +7 812 2343407
Fax:  +7 812 2339726

Mr. Johnson WIJAYA
Jalan Kramat Raya, 150
Prodia Tower
Jakarta Pusat 10430
Indonesia
Tel: +62 21 3144182
Fax: +62 21 3144181