Our Board

DSA Board 2026

The DSA Board oversees the organisation’s operations and is elected at the Annual General Meeting, which usually takes place in November each year. Other positions such as those of doctoral student representatives are also being decided on the same day.

Chairperson: Sylvya Pasca (Onc-Pat)

Vice-Chair: Margaux Mariaz (MEB)

Secretary: Sofija Sundman (MMK)

Treasurer: Andreas Brutscher (MedS)

Board Members: Buse Yel Bektash (MMK), Meike Bleeksma (Neuro), Wanmin dai (MedS), Mariam Shahata (MedS), Malva Doroshenko (FyFa)

Previous DSA Boards

DSA Board 2025

From December 1st 2024 until November 30th 2025

Chairperson: Leo Gkekos (MEB)

Vice-Chair: Sara Licaj (MEB)

Treasurer: Jing Zhou (IMM)

Secretary: Mohammed Rasul (KBH)

Board Members: Hager Saleh (GPH), Katalin Vincze (MEB), Reza Ebrahimian Baboukani (CNS), Sylvya Pasca (Onc-Pat), Avadhoot Jadhav (MedS), Heba Ali (NVS)

DSA Board 2024

Mandate ended November 2024 due to a change in the DSA Bylaws. The mandate of the DSA Boards will now run from December 1st until November 30th

Chairperson: Leo Gkekos (MEB)

Vice-Chair: Ioanna Tsea (KBH)

Secretary: Tracer Yong (MTC)

Treasurer: Sviatlana Sukhanava (BioNut)

Board Members: Hager Saleh (GPH), Katalin Vincze (MEB), Martha Paskin (CNS), Angelo Giose Mezzoiuso (MEB), Maya Molinari (Neuro), Sylvya Pasca (Onc-Pat), Daniel Doyon (Neuro).

DSA Board 2023

Chairperson: Fredrika Hellgren (MedS) (active from Sept-Dec 2023), Manouk Verhoeven (KBH) (active from Jan-Sept 2023)

Secretary: Niels Krämer (CMB)

Treasurer: Sviatlana Sukhanava (BioNut)

Board Members: Osheen Sharma (Onc-Pat), Luca Love (BioNut), Jelena Misic (MBB), Linnea Påvenius (KBH), Ioanna Tsea (KBH), Axel Winroth (MedH).

DSA Board 2022

Chairperson: Manouk Verhoeven (KBH)

Vice-Chairperson: Lara Sweetapple (MBB)

Secretary: Jan Philipp Reising (KBH)

Treasurer: Leonie Vetter (MTC)

Board Members: Ioanna Tsea (KBH), Luca Love (BioNut),Shengxin Liu (MEB), Marco Loreti (MedS), Fredrika Hellgren (MedS), Julia Spielbauer (CNS), Jet Termorshuizen (CEDI).

DSA Board 2021

Chairperson: Sebastian Ols (MedS)

Vice-Chairperson: Manouk Verhoeven (KBH)

Secretary: Roberto Ballarino (MBB)

Treasurer: Leonie Vetter (MTC)

Board Members: Jan Philipp Reising (KBH), Valeria Messina (KBH), Dina Dabaghie (LabMed), Lea Van Husen (NVS), Weiyingqi Cui (OnkPat), Yangjun Liu (MMK) and Jessica Gracias Lekander (FyFa).

DSA Board 2020

Chairperson: Mirco Martino (Onk-Pat)

Vice-Chairperson: Sebastian Ols (MedS)

Secretary: Gabriele Girelli (MBB)

Treasurer: Leonie Vetter (MTC)

Board Members: Marco Mandolesi (MTC), Yildiz Kelahmetoglu (FyFa), Amineh Ghaderi (Onk-Pat), Jan Philipp Reising (KBH), Abishek Arora (KBH), Valeria Messina (KBH), and Yujiao Wu (MedS).

DSA Board 2019

Chairperson: Qiaoli Wang (MMK)

Vice-chairperson: Mirco Martino (Onk-Pat)

Secretary: Henna Salo (MedS)

Treasurer: Hannes Eichner (MTC)

Board Members: Sebastian Ols (MedS), Marco Manodelsi (MTC), Yildiz Kelahmetoglu (FyFa), Elene DiMartino (KBH), Susanne Neumann, Chenhong Lin (NVS), Anna Huguet Ninou (Onk-Pat), and Johanna Wolfsberger (MTC).