All members serve from 1998-2002 unless otherwise indicated

President
Professor Stephan Rössner
Karolinska Institutet
Huddinge University Hospital
Obesity Unit M73
SE- 141 86  Huddinge
Sweden
Fax:+46 8 774 9962
Tel:+ 46 8 585 82997
E-mail: Stephan.Rossner@medhs.ki.se

President-elect
Professor Claude Bouchard Ph.D
Executive Director
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
6400 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge
Louisiana 70808-4124
USA
Fax:+1 225-763-0935
Tel: +1 225-763-2513
 E-mail: bouchac@pbrc.edu

Secretary (1994-2002)
Professor Arne Astrup
Director,
The Research Dept. of Human Nutrition
The Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University
Rolighedsvej 30
DK-1958 Frederiksberg C
Denmark
Fax:+45 35 28 24 83
Tel: +45 35 28 24 76
E-mail: ast@kvl.dk

Treasurer
Dr David A. York, PhD
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University
6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge
LA 70808-4124
USA
Fax:+1 225 763 3030
Tel: +1 225 763 2548
E-mail: YorkDA@pbrc.edu

Director (ex  officio)
Ms Kate Baillie MA
IASO
231 North Gower Street
London NW1 2NS
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7387 6033
Tel:  +44  (0) 20 7691 1914
Email: kate.baillie@iaso.org

Vice-President for North America
Dr. James O. Hill
Pediatrics/Center for Human Nutrition
University of Colorado Health Sciences
Cen-ter
4200 East Ninth Avenue, Campus Box C225
Denver, CO 80262
USA
Fax:+1 303 315 3273
Tel:+1 303 315 4924
E-mail: james.hill@uchsc.edu

 Vice-President for Asia and Oceania
Prof. Shuji Inoue MD & PhD
Kyoritsu Women's University
Laboratory of Nutrition and Physiology
2-2-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 101-8433
Japan
Tel: +81 3 3237 2477
Fax: +81 3 3237 2688
E-mail:  ishuji@s1.kyoritsu-wu.ac.jp
 

Vice-President for Europe (until May 2000)
Dr. Jacob S. Seidell, PhD
Chronic Diseases and Environmental
Epide-miology
National Institute of Public Health
PO Box 1
NL-3720 BA Bilthoven
Nederlands
Fax:+31 30 274 4407
Tel:+31 30 274 3249
E-mail: j.seidell@rivm.nl

Vice-President for Europe (from May 2000)
Dr. Xavier Formiguera
Gerau de Loist
8 at. 3a
08017 Barcelona
Spain
Tel:  +34 93 406 8402
Fax:  +34 93 406 8402
E-mail:  5410xfs@comb.es

Vice-President for South America
Alfredo Halpern M.D.
R.Romilda Margarida Gabriel, 81
S. Paulo
Brazil - CEP 04530-090
Fax:+55 11 280 9513
Tel: +55 11 3061 1055
E-mail: halpern@netpoint.com.br

Chairman IOTF (ex officio)
Professor Philip James
International Obesity TaskForce
231 North Gower Street
London NW1 2NS
UK
Fax:+44 (0)20 7387 6033
Tel:+44 (0)20 7691 1900
E-mail: JeanHJames@aol.com
 
 
 
 

IASO Finance Committee

Chairman

Dr Jacob S. Seidell

Professor Philip James

Professor David York

Dr. Joe Prioetto
Department of Medicine
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Parkville 3050
Victoria
Australia
Fax:+61 (0)3 9347 1863
Tel:+61 (0)3 9342 7289
E-mail: Proietto@medicine.unimelb.edu.au

Dr. Susan Fried
Nutritional Sciences
Rutgers University
96 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick 8901
USA
Fax: +1 732 932 6837
Tel: +1 732 932 9039
E-mail: sfried@rci.rutgers.edu
 
 
 

IASO Membership Committee

 

Chairman
Professor, Arne Astrup

Professor Xavier Pi-Sunyer M.D., M.P.H
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY 10025
USA
Fax:+1 212 523 5376/4830
Tel:+1 212 523 4161
E-mail: fxp1@columbia.edu

Professor Lesley V. Campbell
Department of Endocrinology
Garvan Institute of Medical Research
St-Vincent's Hospital
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Australia
Fax:+61 293 316 626
Tel:+61 293 612 626
Email: l.campbell@garvan.unsw.edu.au

Dr. Pedro Kaufmann
Soc. Uruguaya Para el Estudio de la Obesidad
Canelones 1114
11100  Montevideo
Uruguay
Fax: +598 2 900 3300
Tel:+598 2 900 0133
E-mail: kaufmann@netgate.com.uy
 
 

IASO Publications Committee

Chairman (1998-2006)
Professor Ian Caterson
Human Nutrition Unit
Department of Biochemistry
University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia
Fax:+61 (0)2 9351 6022
Tel:+61 (0)2 9351 5010
E-mail: i.caterson@biochem.usyd.edu.au
 

Dr. Jacob S. Seidell (1994-2002)

Professor Reiko Kawahara MD
Diabetes Center
Tokyo Women’s Medical College
8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku 162-0054
Tokyo, Japan
Fax:+81 3 3358 1941
Tel: +81 3 3353  8111

Dr. Monica Katz (1994-2002)
FLASO
Malabia 3144-7 Piso
1425 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fax: +54 1 814 1407
Tel: +54 1 805 1986
E-mail: monicatk@yahoo.com

Professor W.H.M. Saris (1998-2006)
Dept. Human Biology
University of Maastricht
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
Fax: 00 31 43 3670976
Tel:+31 43 3881619
E-mail: W.Saris@HB.UNIMAAS.NL

Professor Michele Carruba (1998-2006)
School of Medicine
University of Milan
Via Vanvitelli 32
20129  Milan
Italy
Fax:+39 0303 701157
Tel: +39 0270146370
E-mail: carruba@mailserver.unimi.it

IJO, Editor 1997-
Professor Ian Macdonald
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
Queens Medical Centre
University of Nottingham
Clifton Boulevard
Nottingham, NG7 2UH
UK
Fax:+44 (0)1159 709259
Tel:+44 (0)1159 709465
E-mail: ian.macdonald@nottingham.ac.uk

IJO Editor for the Americas
Richard L. Atkinson MD
Department of Medicine
Nutritional Sciences Building
University of Wisconsin
1415 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
USA
Fax: +1 608 265 5532
Tel: +1 608 265 5305
E-mail: rla@admin.medicine.wisc.edu

IJO  Regional Editor 1998-2006
Professor Dr. Shuji Inoue

IJO Regional Editor 1998-2006
Dr. Katharine Steinbeck
Metabolism & Obesity Services
Department of Endocrinology
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Camperdown NSW 2050
Australia
Fax: + 61 2 9515 9780
tel: + 61 2 9515 9776
email: kss@diab.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au

IJO, Executive Editor 1997-
Professor Michael J. Stock
Dept. of Physiology
St. George's Hospital Medical School
Cranmer Terrace, Tooting
London SW17 0RE
England
Fax: + 44 (0)20 8725 2993
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 8725 5357
E-mail: m.stock@sghms.ac.uk
 

IJO, Publisher
Michael Osuch
Nature Publishing Group
Houndsmills, Basingstoke
Hampshire RG21 2XS
England
Fax:+ 44(0) 1256 810526Tel: + 44 (0)1256 302778
E-mail: m.osuch@macmillan.co.uk

Obesity Reviews, Editor 2000 -
Prof Arne Astrup

Obesity Reviews, Publisher
Stuart Taylor
Blackwell Science Ltd
P O Box 88
Oxford OX2 0NE
UK
Tel: +44 1865 206126
Fax: +44 1865 206219

Dr David York (ex officio)
 
 
 

IASO Awards Committee

Chairman
Professor Paul Trayhurn
Biomedical Science
Rowett Research Institute
Bucksburn
Aberdeen AB2 9SB UK
Fax: +44 1224 716622
Tel: +44 1224 716610
E-mail: p.trayhurn@rri.sari.ac.uk

Dr. Michael Lean
Deptartment of Human Nutrition
Royal Infirmary
Q.E. Building
Glasgow G12 2ER
Great Britain
Fax: +44 141 553 1703
Tel: +44 141 211 4686
E-mail: mejl1g@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

Claudia Filozof
Juramento 2059, 5* 510
1428 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Fax: +54 1 788 0596
TEL: +54 1 784 6495
E-mail: cfilosof@einstein.com.ar

Professor Albert J. Stunkard, M.D
University of Pennsylvania
Dept. of Psychiatry
Obesity Research Group
3600 Market Street, 7th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2648
USA
Fax: +1 215 898 2878
Tel: +1 215 898 7314
E-mail: stunkard@mail.med.upenn.edu

Professor Paul Zimmet
International Diabetes Institute
260 Kooyong Road
Caulfield, Victoria 3162
Australia
Fax:+61(0)3 9258 5090
Tel:+61 (0)3 9258 5049
E-mail: Zimmet@vaxc.cc.monash.edu-.au

Dr Elliot M Berry
Dept. Human Nutrition & Metabolism
Hebrew Univ
Hadassah Med. School
POB 12272
Jerusalem 911120
Fax: + 97 2 2643 1105
Tel: +97 2 2675 8298
E-mail: berry@md2.huji.ac.il

Prof Aila Rissanen M.D. PhD
Obesity Research Unit
Helsinki University Central Hospital
PL 466
00029
FINLAND
Fax: +358 9 47173396
Tel: +358 9 47173397
E-mail:  aila.rissanen@medi.inet.fi

Prof. Dr Mohd Ismail Noor M.Sc. PhD
c/o Dept. of Nutrition & Dietetics Faculty of Allied Health Sciences
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Jalan Raja Muda Abd. Aziz
50300 Kuala Lumpar
Malaysia
Fax: +60 3 294 1296
Tel: +60 3 440 5622
E-mail:  mismail@medic.ukm.my

Prof Voitech Hainer
Obesity Management Centre
General Faculty Hospital
Charles University
Ke Karlovu 2
121 09 Prague 2
Fax: +42 02 2491 9161
Tel: +42 02 2491 9183
E-mail:  vhai@lfl.cuni.cz

Professor Gérard P. Ailhaud
Centre de biochemie (UMR 134 CNRS)
Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis
U.F.R. Sciences - Parc Valrose
06108 Nice Cédex 02
France
Fax:+33 9207 6405
Tel: +33 9207 6440
E-mail: ailhaud@taloa.unice.fr
 
 
 

IASO Site Selection Committee

Chairman
Professor, M.D. George A. Bray
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
6400 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge
Louisiana 70808-4124
USA
Fax: +1 225 763 3045
Tel: + 1 225 763 3140
E-mail: brayga@pbrc.edu

Professor, Dr. Per Björntorp
Department of Heart and Lung Diseases
University of Göteborg
Sahlgrenska Hospital
41345 Göteborg
Sweden
Fax:+46-31 82-65-40
Tel:+46 31 601661
E-mail: per.bjorntorp@hjl.gu.se

Professor Shuji Inoue, M.D

Professor Alfredo Halpern M.D

Professor Gérard P. Ailhaud

Professor Claude Bouchard Ph.D