ORAHS

EWG co-coordinators

Professor Roberto Aringhieri – Università degli Studi di Torino – WWW

Professor Dr.-Ing. Melanie Reuter-Oppermann – Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt

Former coordinators

• Ines Marques, Universidade de Lisboa, PT
• Sally Brailsford, University of Southampton, GB
• Jan Vissers, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL
• David Clayden, David Clayden Associated, GB
• Marten Lagergren, Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, SE
• Duncan Boldy, Curtin University, AU

Board Members

During the 2015 annual meeting in Montréal, we decided a new board composition: the board is composed of the coordinators, the organizers of the previous 6 meetings, and a number of ORAHS members to retain an overall balance of countries. The 2025-26 board approved during 2025 annual meeting is the following.

• Melanie Reuter-Oppermann (Joint Coordinator), Germany
• Roberto Aringhieri (Joint Coordinator), Italy
• Sally Brailsford, GB
• Marion Rauner, Austria
• Leonid Churilov, Australia
• Mike Carter, Canada
• [Melanie Reuter-Oppermann and] Stefan Nickel (2019), Germany
• [Marion Rauner and] Patrick Hirsch (2020), Austria
• Sandy Rutherford (Canada) and Marion Penn (GB) (2021)
• Ettore Lanzarone and Giovanni Righini (IT) (2022)
• Nikolaus Furian (AT) (2023)
• [Roberto Aringhieri and] Giuliana Carello and Elena Tànfani (IT) (2024)

Past Members

• Erik Demeulemeester (2009), Belgium
• Angela Testi (2010), Italy
• Paul Harper (2011), GB
• Erwin Hans (2012), Netherlands
• Evrim Didem Gunes and Tugba Cayirli (2013), Turkey
• Ines Marques and Maria Captivo (2014), Portugal
• Patrick Soriano (2015), Canada
• Fermín Mallor Giménez (2016), Spain
• Christos Vasilakis (2017), GB
• Joe Viana and Fredrik Dahl (2018), Norway