BLS ACADEMIC BOARD

The BLS Academy content and activities are managed by an academic board elected by the European Conference on BLS education for two years – until the next conference.

In the current period of 2023-2025, the BLS academic board have the following members:

Leader of the board:                 

• Gry Sjøholt, Associate Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway (sjoholt@hvl.no )

Higher education institution representatives:

• Anniina Friiman, Lecturer at Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland (friman@turkuamk.fi )
• Mieke Demeyere, Manager of Bio- and Paramedical Educational Programmes, HOWEST University of Applied Sciences, Belgium (demeyere@howest.be )
• Mario from Lisbon. Waiting for contact information.

Student representatives:

• To be elected by the students’ board of EPBS.

EPBS representatives:

• Fernando Mendes, Ph.D., President of the  European Association of Biomedical Scientists (EPBS), Coimbra, Portugal (president@epbs.net )
• Anneke Geurts-Moespot, Treasurer of European Association for Professions in Biomedical Science, Arnhem-Nijmegen region, Netherlands (a.geurts geurts@epbs.net)