The founding board of EFAR is composed of senior aging researchers from each of the four founding societies. The board's term runs from 2024 to 2027; future boards will be elected at the federation's annual plenary congress.
Founding term · 2024–2027
The current board was constituted at Hellerup in 2024 and serves a three-year inaugural term. Its work, on behalf of the federation, includes the establishment of statutes, the convocation of the first congress, and the publication of EFAR's founding article in Nature Aging.
Board members
Björn Schumacher
President
University of Cologne · DE
Lene Juel Rasmussen
Vice-President
University of Copenhagen · DK
Folkert Kuipers
Treasurer
ERIBA · Groningen · NL
Morten Scheibye-Knudsen
Secretary
University of Copenhagen · DK
All four board members are signatories of the federation's founding article in Nature Aging (April 2026).
Governance
EFAR is a registered non-profit federation, seated in Hellerup, Denmark. Its statutes (establishing the board, the annual plenary congress, working groups, and the admission of new member societies) are available on request and will be published here in due course.
- Form
- Non-profit federation, EU-registered
- Registered
- Hellerup, Denmark · CVR 45 01 95 94
- Working language
- English
- Statutes
- Available on request