Participating Countries (October 2005)

Belgium  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Iceland  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Poland  Portugal  Serbia  Slovakia  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Turkey  United Kingdom 

Chairman of the COST Action B26:
Prof. Walter McNicholas - IRELAND
Vice-Chairmanof of the COST Action B26:
Dr. Patrick Levy - FRANCE
COST Scientific Secretary of the COST Action B26:
Prof. Mihail Pascu - COST OFFICE
DC BMBS RAPPORTEUR:
Professor Jaroslav VESELY

Members of the Management Committee

The implementation of a COST Action is supervised and coordinated by a Management Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "MC"). The MC will be composed of no more than two representatives of each Signatory, who ensure the scientific coordination of the Action at the national level, and no more than one representative of any non-COST institution admitted to participate in the Action.

Belgium

Wilfried DE BACKER
Universiteit Antwerpen, UZA
Wilrijkstraat 10
2650 EDEGEM
Tel. +32-3-821 34 47
Fax +32-3-821 44 47
E-mail wilfried.debacker@ua.ac.be
D. RODENSTEIN
Universit? catholique de Louvain - Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc - Pneumologie
Av. Hippocrate 10
1200?BRUXELLES
Tel. +32-2-764 28 86
Fax +32-2-764 28 31
E-mail rodenstein@pneu.ucl.ac.be

Denmark

Poul J?rgen?JENNUM
University Hospital Glostrup, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology - Center for Sleep Medicine
2600?Glostrup
Tel. +45 43232505
Fax +45 43233933
E-mail poje@glostruphosp.kbhamt.dk
Dr. Philip T?NNESEN
Copenhagen, Gentofte Hospital, Pulmonary/research, Opgang 3A, 2.sal
Niels Andsersensvej 65
2900 Hellerup
Tel. +45 39 644545
E-mail philipt@dadlnet.dk

Finland

Olli?POLO
Department of Pulmonary Medicine - Tampere University Hospital
POBox 2000
FI-33521?TAMPERE
Tel. +358-50 3054 739
E-mail ollipolo@utu.fi

France

Dr. Patrick LEVY
Laboratoire d?Exploration Fonctionelle Cardio-respiatoire
CHU Grenoble
38043 Grenoble cedex
Tel. 0476 765516
Fax 0476 765586
E-mail plevy@chu-grenoble.fr

Germany

Dr. med. Ingo Fietze
Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin - Campus Charit? - Mitte - Medizinische Klinik m.S. Kardiologie, Pulmologie, Angiologie - Schlafmedizinisches Zentrum
Luisenstra?e 13a
10117 Berlin
Tel. +49 (0)30 450-513 136
Fax +49 (0)30 450-513 906
E-mail ingo.fietze@charite.de
Dr. med. Konstanze Diefenbach (SUBSTITUTE)
Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin - Campus Charit? - Mitte - Medizinische Klinik m.S. Kardiologie, Pulmologie, Angiologie - Schlafmedizinisches Zentrum
Luisenstra?e 13a
10117 Berlin
Tel. +49 (0)30-450-525 120
E-mail konstanze.diefenbach@charite.de
Dr. med. Richard Schulz
Schlaflabor Medizinische Klinik II - Klinik Seltersberg, Station 10 - Justus-Liebig-Universit
Paul-Meimberg-Str. 5
35392 Gie?en
Tel. +49 (0)641 99-42525
Fax +49 (0)641 99-42529
E-mail Richard.Schulz@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
Prof. Dr. Thomas Penzel (SUBSTITUTE)
Charit? - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin - Campus Charit? - Mitte - Medizinische Klinik m.S. Kardiologie, Pulmologie, Angiologie - Schlafmedizinisches Zentrum
Luisenstra?e 13a
10117 Berlin
Tel. Tel. +49 (0)641 99-42525
Fax Fax +49 (0)641 99-42529
E-mail penzel@charite.de

Iceland

Professor Thorarinn GISLASON
Landspitali University Hospital, Respiratory Medicine and Sleep
E7 Landspitali Haskolasjukrahus Fossvogi
105 Reykjavik
Tel. +354-8245727
Fax +354-3546568
E-mail thorarig@landspitali.is

Ireland

Prof Walter McNicholas
Dept of Respiratory Medicine - St Vincent's University Hospital - Elm Park
Dublin 4 - Ireland
Tel. +353-1-260-1188
Fax +353-1-269-7949
E-mail walter.mcnicholas@ucd.ie

Israel

Prof. Peretz LAVIE
Head, Diagnostic Sleep Laboratory - Faculty of Medicine
Technion-Haifa 32000 - Israel
Tel. +972-4-8292328
Fax +972-4-8323045
E-mail bialer@md.huji.ac.il

Italy

Prof. Maria Rosaria Bonsignore
Istituto di Medicina Generale e Pneumologia dell?Universit? di Palermo - Ospedale Cervello
Via Trabucco 180
90146 Palermo
Tel. +39 091 680 2714
Fax +39 091 680 9122
E-mail Marisa@ibim.cnr.it
Prof. Gianfranco Parati
Universit? Milano La Bicocca Istituto Aniologico Italiano - Cardiologia 2 Ospedale S. Luca
Via Spagnoletto 3
20149 Milano
Tel. +39 02 619 112890
Fax +39 61911 2956
E-mail Gianfranco.parati@unimib.it

Lithuania

Audrius?ALONDERIS
Institute Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation
Vydūno str. 4
LT-00135?Palanga
Tel. +370 460 30012
Fax +370 460 30014
E-mail audriusa@ktl.mii.lt
Giedrius?VARONECKAS
Institute Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation
Vydūno str. 4
LT-00135?Palanga
Tel. +370-698-44564
Fax +370 460 30013
E-mail giedvar@ktl.mii.lt

Poland

Pawel?SLIWINSKI
National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute
26, Plocka Str.
PL - 01-138?Warsaw
Tel. +4822 43 12 144
Fax +4822 43 12 454
E-mail p.sliwinski@igichp.edu.pl
Jan?ZIELINSKI
National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute
26, Plocka Str.
PL - 01-138?Warsaw
Tel. +4822 43 12 144
Fax +4822 43 12 454
E-mail j.zielinski@igichp.edu.pl

Slovakia

Prof. Viliam DONIC
Department of Physiology and Sleep Laboratory - Faculty of Medicine - University of P.J. Safarik
SNP 1
SK-040 11 Kosice
Tel. +421 55 6423 763
Fax +421 2 55 6423 763
E-mail donicviliam@mac.com

Spain

Ferran?BARBE ILLA
Servei de Neumolog?a - Hospital Son Dureta -
Andrea Doria 55
07014?Palma de Mallorca
Tel. +34 971 175112
Fax +34 971 175228
E-mail fbarbe@hsd.es
Josep M??MONTSERRAT
Hospital Cl?nico Respiratorio
C/ Villarroel 170
Tel. +34 93 2275746
E-mail jmmontserrat@ub.edu

Sweden

Karl?FRANKLIN
Ume? Universitet - Folkh?lsa och klinisk medicin
901 85 Ume
Tel. +46 090 785 1874
E-mail karl.franklin@lung.umu.se
Ludger?GROTE
G?teborgs universitet - Sahlgrenska akademien
Box 400
405 30?G?teborg
Tel. +46 031 773 1000
E-mail ludger.grote@lungall.gu.se
Jan?HEDNER
Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
S?mnlaboratoriet
413 45?G?teborg
E-mail jan.hedner@lungall.gu.se

Switzerland

Dr. Emilia SFORZA
Universite de Geneve - Departement de Psychiatrie - Laboratoire du Sommeil du Service de Psychiatrie Adulte
Chemin du Petit-Bel-Air 2
CH ? 1225 Chene-Bourg
Tel. +41 22 305 53 29
Fax +41 22 305 53 43
E-mail emilia.sforza@hcuge.ch

Turkey

Professor Nesrin KARTAL OZER
Marmara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry
34668 Haydarpasa
Tel. +90 216 4144733
Fax +90 216 4181047
E-mail nkozer@marmara.edu.tr

United Kingdom

Peter?CALVERLEY
Division of Infection and Immunity - Clinical Sciences Centre - University Hospital Aintree
Lower Lane
L9 7AL?Liverpool
Tel. + (0)151 529 5886
Fax + (0)151 529 5888
E-mail pmacal@liverpool.ac.uk
Renata?RIHA
Department of Sleep Medicine - The Royal Infirmary Edinburgh
51 Little France Crescent
EH16 4SA?Edinburgh
Tel. + 44 131 242 1836
Fax +44 131 242 1776
E-mail rriha1@ed.ac.uk