Dear colleagues,

The EUPHA-URB presidency of Stefano Capolongo and vice-presidency of Evangelia Chrysikou and Greg Williams comes to an end this November after two terms of three years. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for all the work they and their steering committee (Marcus Grant, Catharine Ward-Thompson, Rainer Fehr, Andrea Rebecchi, Elena Petelos, Oboh Achioyamen) have done for the section!

EUPHA office is therefore putting out this call for section president candidates.

We are looking for a person who is a member of EUPHA, who has working experiences in the field of urban public health and ideally works in a public health institute. 

The appointment is for a term of three years with the option of renomination for a second three-year term.
The EUPHA-URB presidency is a great opportunity to collaborate with various European health information experts.

A description of the tasks of the section president can be found here.

Any costs for travel and requested attendance to meetings/conferences is reimbursed by EUPHA. All other work is on a voluntary basis. Please note that all the section work is done on a voluntary basis.

Are you interested to become the next EUPHA-URB president?

Then please send a meaningful motivation letter and your CV until Friday 13 September, noon CEST to office@EUPHA.org (subject EUPHA-URB presidency).

What happens next?

• Applicants are checked by the EUPHA office for EUPHA membership and conflict of interest with the pharmaceutical and/or tobacco industry. One has to be a member of EUPHA upon application.
• Applications of nominees are reviewed by the EUPHA Executive Director, the Chair of the Section Council and the section’s steering committee.
• Accepted candidates are put forward to the Section Council and the section’s steering committee for voting. Votes are collected centrally at the EUPHA office by means of an anonymous Google form.
• The applicant with the highest number of votes is elected as section president. All candidates will be contacted in the week of 7 October.
• The Presidency starts after the EPH Conference in November. If one attends the conference there will be a physical handover during the Join the network meeting of the section.

The vice-president is appointed by the new section president along with the EUPHA-URB Steering committee.

Do contact EUPHA office (office@eupha.org) if you have questions.

Kind regards,
EUPHA office