AGORA organisation
Land
Canton of Vaud
The building
ISREC Foundation
Lausanne institutions
CHUV-EPFL-UNIL (SOC AGORA)
From Lausanne to Lake Geneva
UNIGE-HUG
AGORA Leadership
AGORA Management
The AGORA managing team is responsible for implementing and enforcing all operations at AGORA.
Executive Director – Prof. Michele De Palma
Manager – Dr. Mara Kornete (, +41 79 556 2153)
AGORA Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee defines and implements the strategic vision, scientific programme and operations at AGORA.
Composition 2024
President: Michele De Palma (EPFL)
Professor, Department of Oncology
Alexandre Harari
Head of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology
Fernanda Herrera
Professor, Department of Oncology
Michal Bassani
Professor, School of Life Sciences
Michele De Palma
Professor, School of Engineering & Institute of Bioengineering
Christoph Merten
Director, Institute ISREC-EPFL
Elisa Oricchio
Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences
Andrew Oates
Professor, Department of Fundamental Oncology
Johanna Joyce
Associate Director for Research, Department of Fundamental Oncology
Tatiana Petrova
Dean for Research and Innovation
Margot Thome Miazza
Non-voting members of the Scientific Committee
ISREC Foundation: Susan Gasser (Gasser Lab – fmi.ch)| UNIGE: Mikaël Pittet | SOC AGORA: Mara Kornete, Marjorie Perignon
AGORA Coordination Body
The Coordination Body is the supreme body of the partnership, competent for validating strategic and financial decisions.
Composition 2024
President: Gisou van der Goot (EPFL)
Director General
Director Department of Education and Research,
Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Renaud Du Pasquier
Director Innovation and Clinical Research Department
Mauro Oddo
Vice-President for Responsible Transformation
Gisou van der Goot
Vice President for Operations
Matthias Gäumann
Vice-President a.i. for Finance
Marc Bachelot
Rector
Frédéric Herman
Vice-Rector for Ecological Transition & Campus
Benoît Frund
Vice-Rector for Research
Estelle Doudet
Non-voting members of the Coordination Body
ISREC Foundation: Susan Gasser (Gasser Lab – fmi.ch), Pierre-Marie Glauser | AGORA Scientific Committee: Michele De Palma, Alexandre Harari, Tatiana Petrova | SOC AGORA: Mara Kornete, Marjorie Perignon
