Leadership & Structure of the Leibniz Lab Pandemic Preparedness
The Steering Committee meets every two weeks and plays a central role in driving our mission. It is responsible for implementing the research agenda and allocating funds, ensuring that all participating institutes are actively involved in decision-making.
The committee is chaired by the spokesperson and co-spokesperson, who serve as the vital link between the Executive Committee and our broad network of stakeholders.
Our stakeholders include a diverse range of federal ministries, authorities, and institutions, all of whom contribute to shaping and supporting our work. Key stakeholders include:
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMBF), Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (BMEL), Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Federal Ministry of Education, Family, Seniors, Women, and Youth (BMFSFJ), Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV), Federal Foreign Office, Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK), Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI), Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI), World Health Organization (WHO), Federal Institute for Prevention and Education in Medicine (BIPAM)
Collaborations: The Leibniz Lab Pandemic Preparedness benefits from extensive collaboration with Leibniz research associations and networks. These include universities, research institutes, and centers of excellence outside the university sector. Together, they work on current, high-impact scientific and social challenges in a deeply interdisciplinary way.
All members of the 41 Leibniz Institutes are Scientific Board Members.
The Scientific Advisory Board consists of:
Prof. Dr. Stefan Bornstein, Medical Clinic and Polyclinic III, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital Dresden, Germany
Prof. Dr. Christine Falk,Institute for Transplantation Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
Prof. Dr. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Berlin Social Science Center, Professor of Macroeconomics and Development, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Prof. Dr. Aris Katzurakis, Professor of Evolution and Genomics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Nicole Kemper, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation, Institute for Animal Hygiene, Animal Welfare and Farm Animal Ethology (ITTN), Germany
Prof. Dr. Stephan Lewandowsky, CChair in Cognitive Psychology, School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Jörg Meerpohl, University Medical Center Freiburg – Institute for Evidence in Medicine, Germany
Prof. Dr. Inge Molenaar, Director National Education Lab AI, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Richt, NIH Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Kansas University, USA
Prof. Dr. Urte Scholz, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Devi Sridhar, Chair in Global Public Health, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Lothar Wieler, Director, Digital Global Public Health, Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, Germany
Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen, Center for Life Ethics, University of Bonn, Germany
Prof. Dr. Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Accra, Ghana