The Board of Trustees of the European Genetics Foundation is currently composed of the following international team of scientists:

Giovanni Romeo – President. Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Bologna Medical School;
Roberto Ravazzolo – Vice-President. Professor of Human Genetics, University of Genoa Medical School and Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa;
Giorgio Palmeri – Secretary-General. Business Consultant in Bologna. President of the “Augusta Pini e Ospizi Marini Onlus Foundation”;
Stephen Desiderio – Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Baltimora, USA;
Thomas Meitinger – Director of the Institute of Human Genetics, GSF,Munich, Germany;
Jennifer Howse – President of the March of Dimes,New York, USA.

Our history

Eight years after the founding of the European School of Genetic Medicine (ESGM) in 1988, it became necessary to establish an organizing and governing body to oversee not only the School's activities but also the School's expansion.
Thus, the European Genetics Foundation was established in 1996 by a group of geneticists already involved in the activities of the School.
In March 1997, during the 29th Congress of the European Society for Human Genetics in Genoa, Italy, the European Genetics Foundation organized a series of concerts to accompany the scientific programme of the Congress.
This "Meeting of Music and Genetics" promoted a further expansion of the European School of Genetic Medicine.
The initiative proved extremely successful, allowing the ESGM to upgrade its facilities, to double the number of its courses and to attract an increasing number of students from across Europe.
Furthermore, the funds raised at the time allowed EGF to organize various projects for the public awareness of genetics.

Since then, EGF and ESGM have grown, providing specialized education to thousands of young scientists, coordinating international research projects and establishing collaborations between research institutions, private companies, and the European Union.