MAGNET · COST Action CA25124
Core Group
Meet the people coordinating MAGNET’s scientific work, training and collaboration.
The Core Group brings together the Action leadership, Working Group leaders and co-leaders, and colleagues coordinating communication, grants, teaching and scientific advice.
WG1 · Public and One Health
Dr. Julian Merder
Action Vice Chair · WG1 Environmental Health Co-Leader
Aarhus University
Department of Environmental Science
🇩🇰 Denmark
WG1 · Public and One Health
Prof. Kevin Burke
WG1 Leader
University of Limerick
School of Medicine
🇮🇪 Ireland
WG1 · Public and One Health
Dr. Jasna Prodanov-Radulović
WG1 Animal Health Co-Leader
Scientific Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad”
Department of Epizootiology, Clinical Diagnostics and DDD
🇷🇸 Serbia
Action-wide · Training
Prof. Andreas Mayr
Teaching Lead
Philipps University Marburg
Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics
🇩🇪 Germany
WG3 · Predictive Risk Modelling & Software
Prof. Nikolaus Umlauf
WG3 Leader
University of Innsbruck
Department of Statistics
🇦🇹 Austria
WG2 · Infectious-disease modelling
Prof. Giota Touloumi
WG2 Leader
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Medical School
🇬🇷 Greece
WG3 · Predictive Risk Modelling & Software
Prof. Dimitrios Stasinopoulos
WG3 Co-Leader
University of Greenwich
Statistics, Operational Research and Mathematics
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
WG2 · Infectious-disease modelling
Prof. Magdalena Rosińska
WG2 Co-Leader
National Institute of Public Health NIH – National Research Institute
Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance
🇵🇱 Poland
WG4 · Networking and knowledge sharing
Dr. Sara Estecha Querol
WG4 Leader
Independent Researcher
🇪🇸 Spain
WG4 · Networking and knowledge sharing
Dr. Paola Tello Valverde
WG4 Co-Leader
Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam
Radiation Oncology
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Action-wide · Communication
Dr. Hannah Klinkhammer
Scientific Communication Coordinator
University of Helsinki
Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM)
🇫🇮 Finland
Action-wide · Grant coordination
Prof. Codruța Mare
Grant Awarding Coordinator
Babeș-Bolyai University
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
🇷🇴 Romania
Action-wide · Scientific advice
Prof. Robert Rigby
Scientific Advisor
University of Greenwich
Statistics, Operational Research and Mathematics
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Action-wide
Dr. Konstantinos Pateras
Action Chair · Grant Holder Scientific Representative
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Department of Psychology
🇬🇷 Greece
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MAGNET CA25124
Keywords
Public health
Surveillance
One Health
GAMLSS
Distributional regression
MAGNET CA25124
Details
Grant Holder: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Start of Action: 12 October 2026
End of Action: 11 October 2030
CSO approval: 19 May 2026
Action email: contact@magnet-cost.eu
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