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Annual 8eporL of Lhe LlL1 Alumnl

neLwork (LAn)

2012-2013


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lnLroducLlon ........................................................................................................................................... 4
1he 8oard ............................................................................................................................................... 3
LAn Membershlp ................................................................................................................................... 3
AcLlvlLles relaLed Lo managlng Lhe AssoclaLlon ..................................................................................... 6
LAn membershlp fees ....................................................................................................................... 6
8ank accounL: norwlch CommunlLy accounL", PS8C buslness ........................................................ 6
8oard meeLlng 2013 .......................................................................................................................... 6
MonLhly 1eleconferences .................................................................................................................. 7
l1 ManagemenL .................................................................................................................................. 7
LAn AcLlvlLles ln 2012/2013 .................................................................................................................. 8
1he 2012 Ceneral Assembly .............................................................................................................. 8
!ob offers, courses & conferences alerLs ........................................................................................... 9
CuarLerly LAn newsleLLer .................................................................................................................. 9
Mlnl-Module: Molecular Lpldemlology, 04 november 2013, SLockholm .......................................... 9
CollaboraLlon wlLh LlL1 and LuPLM ........................................................................................... 10
SelecLlon of CohorL 2013 ............................................................................................................. 10
LlL1 1ralnlng SlLe lorum (L1Sl) and !olnL LuPLM lorum MeeLlngs ....................................... 10
LxLernal lellowshlp 8evlew of LlL1 ........................................................................................... 10
LlL1/LuPLM lnLroducLory Course 2013 .................................................................................. 10
LSCAluL 2013 ................................................................................................................................... 11
LAn rlze for 8esL Cral and osLer resenLaLlons ....................................................................... 11
LAn hoLo conLesL ....................................................................................................................... 11
1ravel CranLs 2013 ....................................................................................................................... 11
1he 2013 Members Survey .............................................................................................................. 12
1he 2013 Ceneral Assembly ............................................................................................................ 12


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1reasury reporL .................................................................................................................................... 13
lncome ............................................................................................................................................. 13
SubscrlpLlons .................................................................................................................................... 14
CuLgolngs ......................................................................................................................................... 14
Summary of accounL (esL t) ............................................................................................................. 14
8alance ............................................................................................................................................. 14
AcknowledgemenLs ............................................................................................................................. 13



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uear LAn Members,
lease flnd Lhe 2012-2013 Annual 8eporL of Lhe LlL1 Alumnl neLwork (LAn), whlch alms Lo
summarlse our acLlvlLles relaLed Lo Lhe perlod beLween Lhe 2012 Ceneral Assembly, held ln
Ldlnburgh on 23 CcLober 2012, and Lhe 2013 Ceneral Assembly, held ln SLockholm on 6 november
2013.
As every year, we have been fully lnvolved ln a wlde range of acLlvlLles and, as dlcLaLed by our alms,
we have conLlnued Lo supporL Lhe LlL1 (Luropean rogramme for lnLervenLlon Lpldemlology
1ralnlng) and LuPLM (Luropean rogramme for ubllc PealLh Mlcroblology 1ralnlng) by belng
represenLed ln Lhe LlL1 SelecLlon, Lhe LlL1 1ralnlng SlLe lorum, and Lhe LlL1/LuPLM
lnLroducLory course.
AparL from Lhe sLandard acLlvlLles, Lhe blggesL underLaklng Lhls year has been flnally launchlng Lhe
members survey. 1hls was Lhe flrsL Llme LhaL Lhe LAn conducLed an lnLernal evaluaLlon.
Slnce lLs foundaLlon ln 2001, LAn has grown lnLo a subsLanLlal and unlque body wlLh around 400
publlc healLh professlonals and publlc healLh mlcroblologlsLs. Clven Lhe dlsparlLy ln publlc healLh
Lralnlng ln Lhe dlfferenL counLrles of Lhe Luropean unlon and elsewhere, havlng a neLwork of
professlonals LhaL know each oLher, have a common background, speak Lhe same "language", and
can easlly access each oLher's experLlse, represenLs an lmporLanL resource for Luropean and global
publlc healLh. Pow besL should we develop, manage, and use Lhls resource ln Lhe fuLure?
1he currenL managemenL by Lhe LAn board, conslsLlng of 6 members worklng on a volunLary basls,
would beneflL from supporL Lo meeL Lhe needs of Lhe growlng membershlp and Lhe lncreaslng
acLlvlLles needed for lnLernal and exLernal developmenL. We lnvlLe our members Lo help us wlLh Lhe
runnlng of Lhls neLwork, so LhaL we can conLlnue Lo dellver quallLy servlces Lo Lhe whole
membershlp ln Lhe splrlL of Lhe LlL1 famlly". 1he board wlll communlcaLe whaL speclflc areas need
supporL by means of newsleLLers, emalls eLc, buL by all means do geL ln Louch wlLh us lf you have an
lnlLlaLlve you feel wlll beneflL your fellow members! Meanwhlle, LAn should conslder how Lo flnd
resources for fuLure developmenL, lncludlng new sources of lncome and supporL Lhrough
parLnershlp wlLh oLher organlsaLlons, so LhaL we may conLlnue Lo besL serve our members
We are looklng forward Lo Lhe evoluLlon of Lhls greaL and unlque neLwork.
1hanks for belng parL of lL!
?ours,
1he LAn 8oard
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1he 2012/2013 LAn 8oard composlLlon was:
res|dent Lorenzo ezzoll (LlL1 CohorL 12)
V|ce-res|dent Arnaud Le Menach (LlL1 CohorL 16)
1reasurer ChrlsLopher Wllllams (LlL1 CohorL 11)
1reasurer Clovanna !aramlllo CuLlerrez (LuPLM CohorL 3)
Secretary Ceorgla Ladbury (LlL1 CohorL 16)
Secretary Marla keramarou (LlL1 CohorL13)

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8eLween Lhe 2012 and Lhe 2013 CA, Lhe LAn grew from 366 Lo 401 members.
ln 2013, 39 fellows from CohorL 2013 of Lhe LlL1 Lu- and MS-1racks and Lhe LuPLM programmes
[olned Lhe neLwork.




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8efore presenLlng all Lhe acLlvlLles for Lhe year 2012/2013, allow us Lo geL some "admlnlsLraLlve
announcemenLs" ouL of Lhe way, as usual.
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1he annual membershlp fee ls t20 or 18 and runs from !anuary unLll uecember. lellows ln Lhelr
flrsL and second year of Lralnlng are exempL from paylng membershlp fees.
We klndly ask you Lo conLacL Lhe LAn board (eanboard[gmall.com) lf you wanL lnformaLlon on your
membershlp paymenL.

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Slnce early 2012, we have a bank accounL ln Lhe name of LAn, wlLh one SLerllng accounL and one
Euro account.
The bank details are as follows:
Name of Bank: HSBC UK
Bank address: HSBC UK, 18 London Street, Norwich NR2 1LG, UK
Account Holder: Epiet Alumni Network

In EUROS:
IBAN: GB11MIDL40051571822755
BIC/Swift: MIDLGB22

In pounds:
Sort code 40-35-09
Account number 43922782

NB: the account is in the UK so also payments in GPB are allowed. In case GBP is your preferred
currency contact the EAN Treasurers at eanboard@gmail.com.
Please indicate your name and membership year as reference in the bank transfer and also send an
email to eanboard@gmail.com to inform us about your payment (sometimes names are not
correctly transmitted with the transfer).

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Cn Lhe weekend of 29-31 March 2013, Lhe LAn 8oard held lLs annual meeLlng ln London, hosLed by
Lorenzo. All slx members of Lhe 8oard aLLended for aL leasL parL of Lhe meeLlng.
1hls was Lhe flrsL meeLlng for many members of Lhe board and old members Look Lhe opporLunlLy Lo
explaln Lhe role and duLles of Lhe LAn 8oard Lo Lhe new ones.
1he usual lssues surroundlng Lhe admlnlsLraLlon of Lhe assoclaLlon, flnance, membershlp fees,
opLlons for mlnl modules and general plannlng for Lhe year ahead (lncludlng plans for Lhe upcomlng
members survey) were dlscussed aL Lhe board meeLlng.
Speclflcally, Lhe 8oard dlscussed LAn's role as a counLerparL" Lo LlL1 and lLs relaLlonshlp Lo LCuC,
Lhe LlL1 rogramme offlce and LuPLM rogramme offlce. 1he board agreed Lo focus lLs sLraLegy
on ensurlng presence aL Lhe annual L1Sl meeLlng and aL Lhe lnLroducLory course Lo dellver a


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presenLaLlon abouL Lhe LAn Lo new fellows, encourage LCuC Lo lnclude LAn members as module
faclllLaLors, and openlng a regular communlcaLlon channel beLween Lhe cohorL represenLaLlves and
Lhe LAn board.
ln addlLlon, noLlng LhaL Lhe money avallable for Lravel granLs was very low (only 1174 euros
avallable), Lhe board dlscussed fundralslng opLlons. 1he board agreed LhaL Lhe opLlons of uslng
membershlp fees Lo fund Lravel granLs and of obLalnlng sponsorshlp by pharmaceuLlcal companles
should be revlslLed.

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Cn average Lhe LAn board Lrled Lo have monLhly Leleconferences ln order Lo dlscuss ongolng lssues
and fuLure plans. 1hls was for Lhe maln parL achleved alLhough Lhe full complemenL of board
members was noL always presenL owlng Lo dlfferences ln Llme zones and avallablllLles.

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1he former LAn vlce-resldenL, llorlan 8urckhardL, conLlnued Lo run Lhe baslc servlces of Lhe
webslLe (www.epleLalum.neL). LAn members are encouraged Lo conLrlbuLe ldeas or conLenL Lo puL
on Lhe slLe. ln parallel, Lhe 8oard has lnlLlaLed an lnLernal consulLaLlon on opLlons Lo lmprove Lhe
webslLe, conslderlng Lo glve responslblllLy of Lhe webslLe Lo a professlonal webmasLerlng company.
We use Cmall (eanboard[gmall.com) for our communlcaLlon and sLore all documenLs on Lhe
encrypLed cloud servlce Wuala. We have a Skype accounL (eanboard) vla whlch we hosL our
Leleconferences and whlch can also be used Lo conLacL Lhe eanboard.
1he LAn lacebook page aL hLLp://www.facebook.com/pages/LpleL-Alumnl-neLwork-
LAn/183834294782003 offers soclal neLworklng feaLures and helps Lo organlse soclal evenLs durlng
LAn-board meeLlngs, LSCAluL, or any oLher LAn-relaLed gaLherlng.
Lorenzo ezzoll ls also co-admlnlsLraLor of Lhe LlL1 group on Llnkedln
(hLLp://www.llnkedln.com/groups?gld=136482&Lrk=hb_slde_g) LogeLher wlLh Arnold 8osman.




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As usual, Lhe acLlvlLles of Lhe year sLarLed wlLh Lhe 2012 LAn Ceneral Assembly whlch was held ln
Ldlnburgh durlng LSCAluL on Lhe 23Lh CcLober 2012.
lellows of LlL1 and LuPLM were offlclally welcomed ln Lhe neLwork, Lhey lnclude Lhe followlng
persons:
8en[amln 8lumel Anna kubaLova
Marla Saavedra Campos Amber LlLzroLh
8ebecca Close Lmlly Macdonald
vanessa Cozza Ana Lulsa MaLeus
!ullLa Cll CuesLa kaLrln MeLz
Cavln uabrera Amy Mlkhall
8lLa de Sousa AnLons Mozalevskls
Cayle uolan Luks Mura[da
Mlchael LdelsLeln Moa 8ehn
lro-Zafelroula Lvlampldou !ussl Sane
Agnes leher Susanne Schlnk
MargareLa llLzgerald Sablne Schroeder
Sylwla lurman 8enedeLLo Slmone
Maxlmlllan CerLler leLer SmlL
Carlna Pelmeke nlna SLock
1homas lnns Ma[a Subel[
CharloLLe k[elso Sandra van uam
CerlL korr Sablne vygen
Manuela krleck Allna Zaharla

uurlng Lhe CA, Lhe dlscusslon focussed on many of Lhe lssues presenLed elsewhere ln Lhls reporL,
speclflcally: Lhe fuLure of LlL1, fundlng sources for Lravel granLs, professlonallslng Lhe LAn, and
asklng for volunLeer supporL from our members.
Arnold 8osman also gave an updaLe on Lhe fuLure ouLlooks of Lhe LlL1 programme afLer Lhe broad
consulLaLlon. Pe conflrmed LhaL 8 Lu-Lrack fellows lnsLead of Lhe 7 lnlLlally proposed were parL of
Lhe 2012 cohorL. Addlng LhaL ln Lhe fuLure, Lhe balance MS/Lu Lracks should geL Lo:
- 12 Lu Lrack
- 12 MS Lrack
- 4-8 LuPLM
lurLhermore, Lhe moLlon Lo change Lhe sLaLuLes Lo lnLegraLe Lhe LuPLM rogramme has been
accepLed wlLh
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llnally Lhe elecLlons for vlce-resldenL, Lwo SecreLarles, and one 1reasurer were held.
CandldaLes and elecLlon resulLs were as follows:
V|ce pres|dent:
Arnaud Le Menach: 43 voLes - e|ected
Saverlo Calnl: 33 voLes

Secretar|es:
Ceorgla Ladbury: 36 voLes - e|ected
Marla keramarou: 49 voLes + 4 board voLes - e|ected
MarLlna Lscher: 49 voLes + 2 board voLes

1reasurer:
Clovanna !aramlllo: 33 voLes - e|ected
Alma 1osLmann: 29 voLes

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As usual, durlng Lhe year, over 300 [ob offers were clrculaLed vla our weekly emall dlgesL. 1he dlgesL
also lncluded lnformaLlon on courses and conferences, as recelved by oLher members ln Lhe
neLwork, and alerLs from Lhe WPC Clobal CuLbreak AlerL & 8esponse neLwork (CCA8n), of whlch
LAn ls a parLner.

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lour seasonal LAn newsleLLers were lssued: WlnLer 2012, Sprlng 2013, Summer 2013, and AuLumn
2013. 1he newsleLLers comblned Lechnlcal pleces, lncludlng "sLorles from Lhe fleld" by currenL lL1,
LlL1 and LuPLM fellow, Where Are ?ou now?" updaLes from alumnl, and admlnlsLraLlve
announcemenLs from Lhe board for Lhe lnformaLlon of members of Lhe neLwork.
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Clven Lhe successful and well aLLended mlnl-module on ClS organlzed ln 2012, LAn, Lhanks Lo Lhe
lnlLlaLlve of one of our members, 8emko Lnserlnk, kepL Lhe momenLum golng and organlzed a one
day Lralnlng workshop on Molecular Lpldemlology.
1he 'Molecular CuLbreak Lpldemlology' mlnl-module was organlzed on Lhe 4Lh of november, Lhe
day precedlng LSCAluL 2013, by Lhe LAn and Lhe uuLch lnsLlLuLe of ubllc PealLh (8lvM), and hosLed
by Lhe Swedlsh lnsLlLuLe for Communlcable ulsease ConLrol (SMl). 1he goal of Lhe workshop was Lo,
uslng 8, geL famlllar wlLh a recenLly proposed meLhod Lo analyze Lhe dynamlcs of an lnfecLlous
dlsease ouLbreak where epldemlologlcal and geneLlc daLa were comblned. laclllLaLors were


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rofessor ur. lernando Conzalez Candelas (unlverslLy of valencla, Spaln) ur. SLeen LLhelberg (SSl,
uenmark), ur. 8olf ?pma (unlverslLy of Cambrldge, uk), and ur. 1hlbauL !ombarL (lmperlal College,
London). 1he module was aLLended by 23 parLlclpanLs. 1he workshop broughL LogeLher Lhe worlds of
Lhe populaLlon geneLlclsL, mlcroblologlsL, epldemlologlsL and maLhemaLlclan ln a very
lnLerdlsclpllnary fashlon. 1he module was a greaL success wlLh conLrlbuLors from lnslde and ouLslde
Lhe neLwork. We encourage members Lo communlcaLe and develop ldeas for fuLure workshops and
semlnars [usL llke 8emko dld, and Lhank hlm for hls lnlLlaLlve and hard work!

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ln 2013, alLhough, we dld noL have a formal seaL aL Lhe LlL1 SelecLlon panel for CohorL 2013, we
were represenLed by llorlan 8urckhardL, who was Lhere prlmarlly as Lralnlng slLe represenLaLlve buL
klndly accepLed Lo hold Lhe LAn flag for us. More Lhan 140 appllcaLlons were recelved for 12 Lu-
Lrack LlL1 fellowshlps. AbouL 80 fulfllled Lhe formal crlLerla llned ouL ln Lhe appllcaLlon. 1he flnal
selecLlon happened ln May ln SLockholm as per usual.

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As per usual we conLlnued our role as members of Lhe LlL1 1ralnlng SlLe lorum (L1Sl) and slnce Lhe
formal lnLegraLlon of LuPLM Lhls year we also parLlclpaLed ln Lhe LuPLM forum. 1he LlL1
1ralnlng SlLe lorum (L1Sl) and !olnL LuPLM lorum MeeLlngs were held on 4 november 2013 aL
LCuC ln SLockholm. 1hls year Lhe L1Sl, aLLended by Lorenzo ezzoll, was organlzed ln dlfferenL
worklng groups LhaL ln Lhe board's oplnlon were very operaLlonal and an efflclenL use of Llme. 1hese
were: 1. CompeLencles, 2. SelecLlon, 3. AbsLracL 8evlew, 4. MS-Lrack, and 3. CuallLy of Lralnlng slLes.
Clven our poslLlon, LAn aLLended Lhe worklng group on compeLencles. Clovanna !aramlllo, Lhe
Lreasurer and LuPLM alumnus, aLLended Lhe LuPLM forum.

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Lorenzo ezzoll represenLed LAn aL Lhe plloL LxLernal lellowshlp 8evlew for Lhe Luropean
rogramme of lnLervenLlon Lpldemlology 1ralnlng (LlL1) meeLlng whlch was held aL LCuC,
SLockholm, Sweden, on 8 november 2013. 1he alm of Lhls revlew, as planned for Lhls plloL LesLlng,
was Lo ask an commlLLee of exLernal experLs (l.e., noL lnvolved ln LlL1 coordlnaLlon) Lo revlew Lhe
dellverables of Lhe fellows as summarlzed ln Lhe fellowshlp summary reporL (lS8s) or 'fellowshlp
porLfollo' ln order Lo provlde feedback for Lhe lmprovemenL of Lhe quallLy of Lhe programme.
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Marla keramarou also represenLed LAn aL Lhe lnLroducLory Course whlch was held ln SpeLses Lhls
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1he sevenLh Luropean SclenLlflc Conference on Applled lnfecLlous ulsease Lpldemlology (LSCAluL)
was held beLween 3-7 november 2013 ln SLockholm, Sweden. As every year, LAn, represenLed by
Lhe resldenL, was parL of Lhe SclenLlflc CommlLLee of Lhe conference.
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ConLlnulng Lhe LradlLlon sLarLed ln 2010 on Lhe lnlLlaLlve of LAn member Saverlo Calnl, we asslgned
a prlze aL LSCAluL for Lhe Lwo presenLaLlons (one oral and one posLer) LhaL were mosL effecLlve ln
LransmlLLlng a publlc healLh message.
1hls year's wlnners were:
8est ora| presentat|on: "unproLecLed casual sex equally common wlLh local and wesLern
parLners among long-Lerm uuLch Lravellers Lo (sub)Lroplcal counLrles, respecLlvely" by
Iane Whe|an.
8est poster presentat|on: "lmmunlzaLlon relaLed behavlor among PealLh Care Workers
ln Lurope - 8esulLs of Lhe Prolmmune survey" by Agor|tsa 8aka.
As usual we are very graLeful Lo Lhe members who volunLeered Lo be parL of Lhe LAn rlze
commlLLee members and we also acknowledge Lhe conLrlbuLlon of Lhe sesslon moderaLors ln scorlng
Lhe presenLaLlons.

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ln 2013 lL was Lhe second year LhaL we organlzed also a phoLo conLesL aL LSCAluL. We recelved ln
LoLal 16 phoLos (a llLLle fewer Lhan lasL year) and dlsplayed Lhem aL Lhe conference. We leL Lhe
aLLendees voLe for Lhelr favourlLe phoLograph.
1he wlnners were:
1st Prize: "Waiting to be interviewed -with style" by Ioannis Karagiannis
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Speclal Lhanks go Lo Luclana Muresan from LCuC, who was of greaL help ln prlnLlng Lhe lmages and
also ln supporLlng us wlLh Lhe organlzaLlon.

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As every year, LAn provlded Lravel granLs Lo colleagues from low and mlddle lncome counLrles Lo
aLLend LSCAluL and presenL Lhe resulLs of Lhelr work. 1hls year, LAn used resources derlved dlrecLly
from membershlp fees, from LCuC/L1Sl crowdsourclng and from one donor who wlshes Lo remaln
anonymous. Also, speclal Lhanks Lo people who offered accommodaLlon soluLlons Lo our granL
recelvers (parLlcularly Lo 1arlk uerrough for hls conLrlbuLlon)!
CranL reclplenLs and LlLles:
kamesh A||am (Ind|a)
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Lherapy (A81), Andhra radesh, lndla, 2008-2011 (oral presenLaLlon)
Sa|ndou 8e| A|| Mbae (Un|ons des Comores)
lood-polsonlng ouLbreak and faLallLy followlng lngesLlon of sea-LurLle meaL ln Lhe rural communlLy
of ndrondronl, Mohell lsland, Comoros, uecember 2013. (oral presenLaLlon)
C|r|t Csman (1urkey)
Mlcroorganlsms lsolaLed from blood samples and Lhelr anLlmlcroblal suscepLlblllLles (posLer)

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8eLween 27 May and 22 !une 2013, we dlsLrlbuLed an on-llne quesLlonnalre by emall Lo all 362 LAn
members reglsLered ln our daLabase, collecLlng daLa on demographlcs, academlc/Lralnlng hlsLory,
currenL professlonal acLlvlLles and compeLencles, and aLLlLudes Lowards Lhe neLwork.
CuL of 362 members reglsLered ln our conLacLs daLabase, 189 (32) responded. 1helr age ranged
from 26 Lo 64 years (mean=39), 63 were female. CurrenL fellows were 18, former fellows 73,
and 9 were "exLernal members" (l.e. publlc healLh professlonals who have noL compleLed LlL1,
Luropean lL1s or LuPLM). 8espondenLs were currenLly resldlng ln Lurope (90), Afrlca (4),
Amerlcas (3), Asla (2), and Cceanla (3), 33 llved ln Lhelr counLry of orlgln or clLlzenshlp. Cnly
one reporLed belng currenLly unemployed. ApproxlmaLely half (49) of respondenLs reporLed havlng
a "vocaLlonal" (e.g. Medlclne, veLerlnary, harmacy, or nurslng) professlonal background, and 71
reporLed havlng an academlc background. 1he hlghesL academlc quallflcaLlon was hu for 44,
MasLer's degree for 33, and undergraduaLe for 1. 1he ma[orlLy (73) reporLed "publlc healLh
epldemlology" as Lhelr maln fleld of graduaLlon, followed by medlclne (48), blologlcal sclence
(10), veLerlnary (8), and molecular blology or cllnlcal mlcroblology (boLh aL 7), 61 work as
epldemlologlsLs and 10 as academlcs. Cne Lhlrd (33/133, 34) reporLed worklng ln naLlonal publlc
healLh lnsLlLuLes (Pls), followed by lnLernaLlonal Pls (16), lncludlng LCuC, reglonal Pls (10),
and research lnsLlLuLlons (8), 84 were hlghly saLlsfled wlLh LAn, 40 would llke more
opporLunlLles for conLlnulng professlonal developmenL from LAn.
MosL of members work ln publlc healLh lnsLlLuLes across Lurope. AlmosL one Lhlrd work ln a forelgn
counLry. Pavlng a funcLlonal assoclaLlon helps malnLalnlng a neLwork of professlonals locaLed ln
many dlfferenL counLrles Lo beLLer respond Lo Lhe challenges of lnfecLlous dlsease prevenLlon and
conLrol ln a global world.
G*& ABCD I&0&(/F "))&%'F:
llnally Lhe acLlvlLles of Lhe year ended wlLh Lhe 2013 LAn Ceneral Assembly whlch was held ln
SLockholm on Wednesday, 6 november 2013. 1he board presenLed Lhe acLlvlLles of Lhe year, and
Lhen Lhe floor was opened for dlscusslon. 1he flrsL lLem under dlscusslon was wheLher LAn member
fees should be used for Lravel granLs every year. Marlon Muehlen suggesLed LhaL 10 of LAn funds
should be used every year for Lravel granLs. Lorenzo ezzoll suggesLed LhaL Lhe maLLer should be puL
for voLlng onllne. Also fuLure modules ldeas were dlscussed. 8losLaLlsLlcs was menLloned as a
poLenLlal Loplc for an LAn mlnl-module lnsLead of ClS. 1he opporLunlLy Lo creaLe a newsleLLer
edlLorlal Leam, comprlsed of volunLeerlng LAn members and a board-level LdlLor ln Chlef was also


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dlscussed. ulscusslon also Louched on a proposal by CohorL 2013 Lo enLer LAn sooner and pay Lhe
annual membershlp (noL Lo walL unLll graduaLlon), buL Lhe ma[orlLy of members dld noL agree wlLh
Lhls moLlon and felL full membershlp of Lhe LlL1 Alumnl neLwork should be avallable Lo alumnl only
1he CA ended wlLh elecLlons of new board members. 1hls year Lhe poslLlon of resldenL and one
Lreasurer were comlng Lo Lerm.
1wo candldaLes presenLed Lhemselves for resldenL: naoml 8oxall and 8laglo edallno. Cne
candldaLe, !avlera 8ebolledo, for Lreasurer.
8esulLs were as follows:
res|dent
naoml 8oxall: 34 voLes (elecLed)
8laglo edallno: 43 voLes
1reasurer
!avlera 8ebolledo: 83 voLes (elecLed)
1herefore Lhe 2012/2013 LAn board wlll comprlse:
res|dent naoml 8oxall (LlL1 CohorL 12)
V|ce-res|dent Arnaud Le Menach (LlL1 CohorL 16)
1reasurer Clovanna !aramlllo CuLlerrez (LuPLM CohorL 3)
1reasurer !avlera 8ebolledo (LlL1 CohorL 16)
Secretary Ceorgla Ladbury (LlL1 CohorL 16)
Secretary Marla keramarou (LlL1 CohorL 13)


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1he followlng flnanclal reporL refers Lo Lhe perlod from Lhe 20/10/2012 Lo 24/10/2013
H023%&
1ype Amount
SubscrlpLlon fees 8277
uonaLlon 1300
unknown 120
1oLal 9697


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lor comparlson ln 2012, subscrlpLlons 2238 Luros and Lhe LoLal lncome was 3070 lncludlng 2238
from subscrlpLlon.
>4')2(+,5+30)
93 annual membershlp (t4993)
16 llfe membershlp (t3284)
1ota|: 8277
S45@3+0@)
1ype Amount
8ank charges -237
LAn board meeLlng
expenses -1123
LSCAluL expenses
(lncludlng mlnl-module) -887
1ravel CranL -1790
1oLal -4039

lor comparlson ln 2012, a LoLal of 2,729 Luros were spenL lncludlng 933 Luros for LAn board
expenses, and 129 for bank charges. 1he maln dlfferences compared Lo lasL year are explalned by
Lhe Lravel granL (-1790 Lhls year compared Lo 0 lasL year as Lhe Lravel granLs were funded by exlsLlng
granLs). Cur board meeLlng expenses remaln very low conslderlng a board of 6 members sLaLloned
ln dlfferenL parLs of Lhe world.
>4%%/(: 3- /223405 T&)5 UV
1ype Ma|n account
lncome 9697
LxpendlLure 4039
neL 3638
1ota| 8a|ance 21 948

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24 CcLober 2013: t21 948
t20 067 ln LAn Luro accounL
1 492 ln LAn SLerllng (C8) accounL


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1he 8oard wlshes Lo acknowledge all members who have supporLed Lhe acLlvlLles ouLllned ln Lhls
reporL. We are also graLeful for conLrlbuLlons from ouLslde Lhe neLwork.