Committees

The ISAM 2026 committees bring together international expertise to ensure a strong, innovative, and impactful congress.

Local
Organising
Committee

Peter Vossenberg, MD, VVGN

Ineke de Noord, MD, VVGN

Mary Janssen van Raay, MD, Radboudumc

Niki Lijftogt, MD, PhD, VVGN

Bart Kooiman, MSc, VVGN

Juliette Frohn, MSc, VVGN

International
Scientific
Committee

 

 

 

Albert Batalla, MD, PhD, UMC Utrecht

Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, PhD, Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS)

Prof. Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, PhD, Monash University

Prof. Arnt Schellekens, MD, PhD, Radboudumc

Prof. Atul Ambekar, MD, All India Institute of Medical Science

Prof. Dario Gigena Parker, MD, Cordoba University

Assistant Prof. David Martell, MD

Dr. Gregory Bunt, MD, Daytop Village

Dr. Hamed Ekhtiari, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Esther Croes, PhD, Trimbos

Prof. Gabriele Fischer, MD, PhD, Medical University Vienna

Prof. Geert Dom, MD, PhD, Universiteit Antwerpen

Prof. John Strang, MD, National Addictions Centre, King’s College London

Assistant Prof. Jonna Levola, MD, PhD, University of Helsinki

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rehm, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Kor Spoelstra, MD, PhD, Verslavingszorg Noord Nederland (VNN)

Prof. Louisa Degenhardt, PhD, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)

Maarten Belgers, MD, Radboudumc

Prof. Marc Potenza, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine

Prof. Marcin Wojnar, MD, PhD, Medical University of Warsaw

Marica Ferri, PhD, European Union Drug Agency (EUDA)

Mary Janssen van Raay, MD, Radboudumc

Prof. Michael Farrell, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)

Peter Vossenberg, MD, Vereniging voor Verslavingsgeneeskunde Nederland (VVGN)

Assistant Prof. Dr. Rabin Bilici, MD, University of Istanbul

Rachel Btaiche, National Observatory on Drugs and Drug Addiction, Ministry of Public Health

Prof. Rainer Spanagel, PhD, University of Heidelberg

Ravindra Rao, MD, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre

 Shalini Arunogiri, MD, Monash University

Sophia Achab, MD, PhD, Monash University

Dr. Victoria Manning, PhD, Monash University

Prof. Vincent Hendriks, PhD, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)

Wilco Sliedrecht, MD, PhD, Vereniging voor Verslavingsgeneeskunde Nederland (VVGN)

Em. Prof. Wim van den Brink, PhD, Amsterdam UMC