Organization
The Foundation is composed of:
THE FOUNDATION COUNCIL
The Foundation Council is the highest managing authority of the Foundation. It allocates resources, appoints its members as well as those of the Scientific Board, of the Management and of the Financial Auditors. Moreover, it approves the annual budget and the Foundation accounts.
President
Prof. Pierre-Marie Glauser BIOGRAPHY
Lawyer and professor of tax law at the UNIL (University of Lausanne), Associate at Abels Oberson SA
Members
Mrs. Claudine Amstein
Independent administrator
Mr. Yves Henri Bonzon
Head Investment Management Julius Bär / CIO and member of the Executive Board
Prof. Nicolas Demartines
General Director, CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois)
Prof. Michael N. Hall
Professor at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, specialist in fundamental research and biochemistry
Mr. Bertrand Levrat
General Director, HUG (Geneva University Hospitals)
Prof. Philippe Moreillon
Former Vice-rector, UNIL (University of Lausanne), Professor emeritus
Dr Thomas W. Paulsen
CEO, Chief Financial Officer, Head of Finance and Risk Division, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
Prof. Béatrice Schaad
Director of the Communications Department, CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois)
Dr. Fritz Schiesser
Lawyer and notary public, former member of the Swiss Council of States, former president of the Foundation Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), former president of the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH Board)
Prof. Didier Trono
Full Professor, GHI (Global Health Institute),EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Honorary presidents
Dr. Rodolphe Stadler †, appointed in 1972
Mr. Jean-Jacques Cevey †, appointed in 2000
Prof. Georges Muller †, appointed in 2005
Mr. Yves J. Paternot †, appointed in 2016
Mrs Catherine Labouchère, appointed in 2021
Honorary members
Henri Isliker †, appointed in 2000
THE SCIENTIFIC BOARD
The scientific Board is composed of experts of international renown in various fields of cancer research.
President
Prof. Michael N. Hall
Specialist in fundamental research and biochemistry
Professor at the Biozentrum, University of Basel
Latest Awards
2021 Prix mondial Nessim Habif
2017 Albert-Lasker Award, Fundamental Research
2012 Marcel Benoist Award
2009 Louis-Jeantet Award for Medicine
2003 Cloëtta Award for Biomedical Research
Members
Prof. Dr. med. Andrea Alimonti
Solid tumor specialist and expert in the field of immuno-oncology
Director of the Molecular Oncology Department, Institute of Oncology Research, Bellinzona
Recent awards
2019 Robert Wenner Award, Swiss Cancer League
2019 PCF Challenger Award
2019 Pfizer Research Prize in Oncology
2015 J. Steiner Cancer Research Award
2010 Swiss Bridge Award
Fabrice André MD, PhD
Specialist in the field of breast cancer and novel drugs
Research director, head of INSERM Unit U981 (Institut National des Sciences et de la Recherche Médicale), associate professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Latest Awards
2021 Outstanding Investigator Award - AARC
2011 Georges Mathé ESMO Award
2006 “Career Development” ASCO Award
2002 Young Investigator ASCO Award
Prof. Peter Johnson MA, MD, FRCP
Specialist in the field of lymphoma and immunotherapy
Professor of medical oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, England
Latest Award
2016 Queen Elizabeth CBE Award
Prof. Dr. Anne Müller
Specialist in the field of immunobiology
Associate professor of experimental medicine, Institute for Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Latest Awards
2021 Cloëtta Prize
2012 Georg Friedrich Götz Award
2001 Dissertation Award Hygiene & Microbiology
2001 Otto Hahn Junior Scientist Award
Prof. Dr. Federica Sallusto
Specialist in Immunology
Full professor in medical immunology at the ETH Zurich and at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano (joint professorship)
Member of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Recent distinctions
1999 Pharmacia Research Foundation Award
2009 Behring Lecture Prize
2010 Science Award from the Foundation for Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases
THE MANAGEMENT
With the help of Scientific Board, the Management selects the research projects to be supported and addresses its opinion to the Foundation Council. It develops and proposes a strategy of fundraising and assumes the tasks allotted by the regulations of the Foundation.
Prof. Susan M. Gasser BIOGRAPHY
Director
Mrs. Aylin Niederberger
Managing Director
AMBASSADORS
Our ambassadors raise awareness for our cause among our friends, patrons and donors.
Didier Grobet
Ambassador for French-speaking Switzerland
Andreas Choffat
Ambassador for German-speaking Switzerland
THE FINANCIAL AUDITORS
The financial auditors, whose tasks are allotted by law, are nominated by the Foundation Council and are re-elected annually. The current mandate was entrusted to PricewaterhousCoopers SA, Swiss Fiduciary and Audit Company recognized by the Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants.
FISCAL STATUS
The ISREC Foundation is recognized as an institution of public utility and is subject to supervision by the Swiss federal government. It is entitled to tax exemptions on successions and donations.
