In this confederation different disciplines are recognized as important partners in Laboratory Medicine. The main disciplines are : Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Immunology, Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Haematology and Pathological Anatomy.
In this confederation many activities are clustered. An important activity is the accreditation of medical laboratories on a European scale.
At the managing board of ECLM, EFIS is represented by Prof. Marie-Christine Béné, Medical Faculty, University Nancy, France, and by Prof. Reinhold Schmidt, University of Hannover, Germany.
Besides EFIS activities inside the ECLM, EFIS has formed a Clinical Immunology Group, EFIS-CIG. The activities of this group have resulted in a position paper on Clinical Immunology in Europe scheduled to appear in Immunology Today. This group is planning more actions of information and education.
EFIS group for Clinical Immunology:
Hannes STOCKINGER, Walter KNAPP, Gerhardt ZLABINGER (Austria), Michel GOLDMAN (Belgium), Christo TASKOV (Bulgaria), Sabina RABATIC (Croatia), Jens Chr. JENSENIUS, Jasper ZENTHEN (Denmark), Raivo UIBO (Estonia), Marie Christine BENE, Jean Louis PREUD'HOMME (France), Reinhold SCHMIDT, Jochem KALDEN (Germany), Helen CHOREMI PAPADOPOULOU (Greece), Sandor SIPKA, Katalin PALOCZI (Hungary), Yvonne WILLIAMS (Ireland), Francesco PUPPO (Italy), Arthur SOCHNEVS (Latvia), Radvile MALICKAITE (Lithuania), Waldemar OLSZEWSKI (Poland), Ioana MOLDOVAN, Manole COJOCARU (Romania), Anatoly CHEREDEEV (Russia), Milan BUC, S. NYULASSY (Slovakia), Eduardo FERNANDEZ-CRUZ, Jose PE„A (Spain), Jean-Michel DAYER (Suisse), Marie-Louise HAMMARSTR…M (Sweden), Herbert HOOIJKAAS, Peter J.A. CAPEL (The Netherlands), Pamela RICHES, Helen CHAPEL, Mansel HAENEY (UK).Coordination:
Pr. Marie-Christine BénéHome
Laboratoire d'Immunologie
Faculté de Médecine de Nancy
BP 184
54500 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy
France
bene@grip.u-nancy.fr