ISABS Committee

ISABS registration number: 21003655
Date of registration: August 27, 2004
Founding year: 1997

ISABS Conferences Founding Members:
Dragan Primorac (ISABS & St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia; Universities of Split, Osijek and Rijeka, Croatia; Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, PA, USA; The Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA; Regiomed Kliniken, Coburg, Germany)
Moses Schanfield (†) (George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
Stanimir Vuk-Pavlović (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA)

President: Dragan Primorac (ISABS & St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia; Universities of Split, Osijek and Rijeka, Croatia; Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, PA, USA; The Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA; Regiomed Kliniken, Coburg, Germany)
Vice President: Gordan Lauc (Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb and Genos Ltd, Zagreb, Croatia)
Secretary-General: Petar Projić (International Center for Applied Biological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)

Director of the Forensic and Anthropological Genetic Programs of ISABS 2013-2022: 
Manfred Kayser (Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Director of Mayo Clinic Lectures in Individualized Medicine Programs of ISABS 2013-2022:
Tamás Ördög (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)

Croatian Medical Journal:
Svjetlana Kalanj Bognar (School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Hrvoje Barić (University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)

Scientific Committees:
Molecular and Cellular Medicine Committee:
Anthony Atala (Wake Forest Institute For Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA)
Aaron Ciechanover (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004; Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)
Henry Erlich (Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA)
Francis Glorieux (Genetics Unit, Shriners Hospital for Children and McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada)
Robert Huber (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988; Max-Planck-Institute, Martinsried, Germany)
Doron Lancet (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
Paul Modrich (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA)
Sir Richard J. Roberts (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1993; New England Biolabs, Ipswich, USA)
David I. Smith (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA)
Ada Yonath (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009; Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)

Anthropology and Global Health Committee:
Damir Marijanović (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia), Chair
Saša Missoni (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Noel Cameron (School of Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK)
Ranjan Deka (Center for Genome Information, Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, USA)
Ellen Demerath (Center for Neurobehavioral Development, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, USA)
Florin Grigorescu (UMR204 NUTRIPASS, University of Montpellier, France)
Slawomir Koziel (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)
Mathieu Roelants (Department of Youth Health Care, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
Pavao Rudan (Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia)
Frank Rühli (Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Lawrence M. Schell (Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, USA)
Serena Tucci (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA)

Forensic Genetics and Legal Frameworks Committee:
Mitchell Holland (The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA), Chair
Michael Baden (former Chief Medical Examiner, New York City, NY, USA)
Frederick Bieber (Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)
Zoran Budimlija (NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA)
Bruce Budowle (Health Science Center, University of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX, USA)
Cassandra Calloway (UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA)
Manfred Kayser (Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Sree Kanthaswamy (University of California–Davis, Davis, CA, USA, and The University of California Davis, College of Biological Sciences, Davis, CA, USA)
Henry Lee (†) (Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, and Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, West Haven, CT, USA)
Walther Parson (Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria)
Damir Primorac (Faculty of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Antti Sajantila (Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland)

Course Committee:
Vedrana Škaro (International Center for Applied Biological Research, Zagreb, Croatia), Chair
Damir Marjanović (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia and International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina  ), Vice-Chair
Miran Čoklo (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Henry C Lee (Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice & Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA)

International Advisory Committee:
Martina Glavan
(Yale University, New Haven, USA), Chair
Jasna Karačić Zanetti (Health Diplomacy, Bruxelles, Belgium), Vice Chair
Tejas Patel (Apex Heart Institute, Ahmedabad, India)
Lara Primorac (UPenn, Philadelphia, USA)
Alen Juginović (Harvard University, Boston, USA)

ISABS Young Investigator Programme Committee:
Šimun Anđelinović
 (University Hospital Center, Split, Croatia, School of Medicine and University Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia), Chair
Anthony Atala (Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA), Vice Chair
Ivana Erceg Ivkošić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Manfred Kayser (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Ljubica Odak (Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Tamas Ordog (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
Andrea Skelin (Genos Ltd, and St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Vedrana Škaro (International Center for Applied Biological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Inga Urlić (Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)

Future Scientist Award Committee:
Dragan Primorac
 (ISABS & St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia; Universities of Split, Osijek and Rijeka, Croatia; Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, State College, PA, USA; The Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA; Regiomed Kliniken, Coburg, Germany), Chair
Aaron Ciechanover (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004; Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel), Vice Chair
Sir Richard John Roberts (Nobel Prize in medicine in Physiology and Medicine, 1993;
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA & New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA)
Božo Pavičin (Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia)
Dubravka Brezak Stamać (Education and Teacher Training Agency of the Republic of Croatia)
Manolis Kelis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Broad Institute,
Cambridge, MA, USA),
Tamas Ordog (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
Mitchell Holland (Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA)
Henry Erlich (Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA)
Damir Marjanović (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia, and International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Henry Lee (Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, and Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, West Haven, CT, USA)
Petar Projić (International Center for Applied Biological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)

Science, Society & Ethical Committee:
Johannes Brachman (Medical School Regiomed, Germany; University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Alemka Markotić (Clinic of Infectious Diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”, Zagreb, Croatia)
Renata Zadro (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Matea Primorac (McKinsey & Co., Croatia)

Fellowship Committee:
Natalija Novokmet 
(Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Jelena Šarac (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Inga Urlić (Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia)

Publications, Electronic Information & Communications Committee:
Miran Čoklo
 (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia), Chair
Jelena Šarac (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia), Vice-Chair
Moti Giladi (ISABS Office in Caesarea, Caesarea, Israel)
Ivana Šamija Projić (University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Josip Crnjac (Faculty of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia)

Membership & Publication Committee:
Petar Brlek (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Petar Projić (International Center for Applied Biological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)

General Service Committee:
Davor Babić 
(University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Zabok, Croatia), Chair
Nataša Ćuk Roland
 (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)

Ph.D. Students Committee:
Martina Smolić (University of Osijek, Medical School, Osijek, Croatia), Chair
Damir Marjanović (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia and International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina  ), Vice-Chair
Johannes Brachman (Sana Kliniken, Coburg, Germany)

Students Committee:
Luka Bulić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia), Chair
Petar Brlek 
(St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia), Co-chair
Mei Dulabic Chalfe (Columbia University, New York, NY, United States)
Tonia Škoprc (Medical School, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Ante Čolak (Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Đurđica Kovačić (Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Jelena Kovačić (Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Jana Mešić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Nika Miličević (Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Zvonimir Mlinarić (Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)

High School Students Committee:
Luka Bulić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia), Chair
Mitchell Holland (Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA)
Henry Erlich (Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA, USA)
Frederick Bieber (Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)
Vanessa Dimov (ROSS SCHOOL, East Hampton, NY, United States)
Josip Crnjac (Faculty of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Ivana Erceg Ivkošić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia) Chair
Ante Ivkošić (Clinical Hospital "Sveti Duh; Zagreb, Croatia)
Natalija Novokmet (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Petar Projić (International Center for Applied Biological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Vedrana Škaro (International Center for Applied Biological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Eva Brenner (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Inga Urlić (Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)

2026 ISABS Organizing Committee:
Damir Marjanović (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia, and International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Chair
Gordan Lauc (Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb and Genos Ltd, Zagreb, Croatia), Vice Chair
Davor Babić (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Zabok, Croatia)
Lidija Bach Rojecky (University of Zagreb, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb, Croatia)
Anja Bošnjaković (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Eva Brenner (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Petar Brlek (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Luka Bulić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Krešimir Budić (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Josip Crnjac (Faculty of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Miran Čoklo (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Ivana Erceg Ivkošić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Dubravka Havaš Auguštin (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Antonija Jonjić (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Jasna Karačić Zanetti (Health Diplomacy, Brussels, Belgium)
Nina Karlović (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Diana Kiršić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Vid Matišić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Jana Mešić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Zvonimir Mlinarić (Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Vilim Molnar (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Rafaela Mrdjen Hodžić (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Natalija Novokmet (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Ljubica Odak (Children's Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Eduard Stjepan Pavelić (St. Catherine Specialty Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
Irena Polić 
(Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Damir Primorac (Faculty of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Petar Projić (International Center for Applied Biological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Jelena Šarac (Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Vedrana Škaro (International Center for Applied Biological Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Inga Urlić (Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)

Osijek:
Marija Hefer (University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia)
Lucija Kuna Roguljić (University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia)
Tea Omanović Kolarić (Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)
Ana Petrović (University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia)
Nikola Raguž-Lučić (University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia)
Martina Smolić (Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health and Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)
Robert Smolić (University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health and Medical Center Mursa, Osijek, Croatia)
Vice Tomičić (Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)
Aleksandar Včev (University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia)

Split:
Šimun Anđelinović (University Hospital Center, Split, Croatia, School of Medicine and Faculty of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Croatia)
Ivana Anterić (Faculty of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Željana Bašić (Faculty of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Josip Crnjac (Faculty of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Josip Kasum (Faculty of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, Split, Croatia)

Rijeka:
Nenad Hrvatin (Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)

IT Services:
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Conference Technical Organizer:
PCOe-Tours d.o.o.Ulica grada Vukovara 5/1, Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385 1 6176 127E-mail: isabs@etours.hr