Steering Committee
Martijntje Bakker
Name: Martijntje Bakker
Position: Chair
Affiliation: ZonMw
Country: the Netherlands
Bio:
Martijntje Bakker is deputy director of ZonMw (The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development). In the past she has worked at Universities (with a PhD in health sciences), local government and national funding organisations. A major part of her career dealt with international collaboration in scientific projects (as project manager), as editor of a publication on policies and interventions dealing with reducing socioeconomic inequalities in health and as an independent adviser. Currently she is the Dutch MB member in three JPIs, dealing with A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life (interim chair), Antimicrobial Resistance (steering committee member) and More Years Better Lives.
Erika Ax
Name: Erika Ax
Position: JPI HDHL MB member
Affiliation: Formas
Country: Swedens
Bio:
Erika is a Senior research officer at Formas – A Swedish Research Council for sustainable development (The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning) she has a PhD in nutrition and works now in the area of food research. Erika is the coordinator for the National research programme from food, from its start in 2017. She works both actively in the research funding process, managing calls and putting together expert panels as well as on strategic level for food research both nationally and internationally.
Oliver Mayer
Name: Oliver Mayer
Position: JPI HDHL MB member
Affiliation: BMBWF
Country: Austria
Bio:
Oliver Mayer works as Scientific Officer in the Life Sciences Unit of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF). After he finished his PhD (molecular biology) he worked at Universities as scientist and later on in the areas of project and research management and in science-communication agencies. At the BMBWF he is responsible for national and international activities in the areas of life-science and medical research as well as research strategy- or policy-development. Currently Oliver is the Austrian representative in the governing boards of two Joint Programming Initiatives (A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life as Management Board and Steering Committee Member; Neurodegenerative Diseases as Management Board Member) and in the Assembly of Members of the Biobanking ESFRI-Infrastructure (BBMRI-ERIC). On national level he is for example member of the Advisory Board for Rare Diseases
Minna Huttunen
Name: Minna Huttunen
Position: JPI HDHL MB member
Affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Country: Finland
Bio:
Minna Huttunen is a senior officer on food policy at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland. She is a member of the National Nutrition Council of Finland and a secretary for the Food Policy Committee. Her tasks include food and nutrition policy related collaboration on national and international level. She is a co-chair for SCAR food systems working group and a management board member of JPI HDHL. She has a PhD in human nutrition.
