Advisory Board

A Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and an Ethics Advisor will support the Obelisk consortium.

The SAB monitors progress and provides external scientific advice to the consortium to continuously improve the quality and excellence of the project’s research.

The Ethics Advisor ensures that ethical issues are properly addressed and ethical obligations are fulfilled throughout the project.

Scientific Advisory Board

These representatives, detailed below, are external to the project consortium and are experts in childhood obesity and other relevant areas.

Name	Country	Role	Organisation
Anke Hinney	Germany	Professor, Head of the Section of Molecular Genetics in Mental Disorders and Institute of Sex and Gender-Sensitive Medicine Vice Dean for Young Scientists and Diversity, Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen	University of Duisburg-Essen
Antje Körner	Germany	Professor and Head at Center of Pediatric Research, Leipzig University Children’s Hospital, Leipzig and Head of Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Research Helmholtz-Institut für Metabolismus-, Adipositas- und Gefäßforschung (HI-MAG)	University Children’s Hospital, Leipzig
David Meyre	France	University Professor (University of Lorraine) - Hospital Practitioner (Nancy University Hospital) Director of the INSERM / University of Lorraine UMR1256 Nutrition-genetics and exposure to environmental risks (NGERE) Research Unit Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France	University Hospital of Nancy

Ethics Advisor

Name	Country	Role	Organisation
Daniel Vasmant	France	Dr (MD, PhD) Nephrologist, Coordinator at Regional Association of Nephrology of Ile-de-France (RENIF)	(RENIF), Paris

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