Scientific Board

Charles Guest (MBBS) is a public health physician from Australia, now living in The Hague. His research includes a wide range of epidemiological and policy studies. He was Director of Public Health in the state of Victoria and remains an Honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is learning Dutch, far too slowly.

Joop Klein Haneveld (MD) – General Practitioner with a passion to improve the range of treatments available for chronic Lyme patients. He has more than 20 years of experience as general practitioner trainer at the general practice program at the University of Utrecht. Participates as a patient representative in several prospect studies related to the long-term consequences of Lyme Disease.

Dominic D. Smith Horticulturalist, Dipl. Hort, Landscape Designer and certified in IPM - Integrated Pest management. Has a broad interest and extensive knowledge of tick-borne diseases and PAIS (Post Acute Infection Syndromes) and is member of panels, board member, patient representative or ambassador of several organizations and/or institutions for tick-borne diseases, post-infection diseases, and health care. Experienced entrepreneur and is active in local politics.

Netherlands

• Board advisor PAIS - Post Acute Infection Syndromes Patient Alliance
• Chair, patient advisory board, member review committee, Biobank, NLe - Dutch Lyme Expertise Center.
• Panel member, Infectious Diseases Panel, SGF - Infectious Diseases Collaboration.
• Panel member, of the Healthcare Panel and of the Reference Panel, of the Dutch Patients Federation.
• Panel member, Patient Panel, and member Task Force Groningen Lifestyle intervention model GLIM, UMCG University Medical Centre Groningen.
• Advisor, PAN - Pesticide Action Network Netherlands.

International

• Co-founder and board member CiPRESS - Chronic Infection Pathology Related Education and Science Society.
• Commision member, Lyme Global Coalition.
• Ambassador for the Netherlands, GLA - Global Lyme Alliance.
• Member LDAA - Lyme Disease Association of Australia.

Diana E. Uitdenbogerd Drenth (PhD) has a background in Household and Consumer studies and translating perspectives of households & patients to research proposals and policy strategies. Participates in TBD research as a researcher. Also guides patient representatives. She is compassioned about improving the situation for Lyme disease and other TBD patients through evidence and research.