ISOQOL member volunteers provide invaluable leadership to the society and help advance the field of health related quality of life. New leaders will begin their roles directly following the 2022 Annual Conference. Congratulations to the following new leaders:

2023 Annual Conference Committee

Co-Chair
Robert Klaassen, MD
Children’s Hosp. of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Co-Chair
Kyle Kemp, PhD
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Mentor/Mentee Subcommittee Co-Chair
Sandra Nolte, PhD
Charite – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Collaborations Committee

Chair-Elect
Claire Snyder, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Communications Committee

Member
Ava Mehdipour, MSc​
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Member
Dana G. Weiss, MA
Glencoe, Illinois, United States

Member
Madeline Pe, PhD
EORTC
Brussels, Belgium

Education Committee

Chair-Elect
Pip Griffiths
IQVIA
France

Measuring What Matters Topic Selection Subcommittee Co-Chair
Xin “Shelley” Wang, MD MPH
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Webinar Subcommittee Co-Chair
Ian Kudel, PhD
Varian Medical Systems
Schenectady, New York, United States

Measuring What Matters Symposium Committee

Co-Chair
Ashika D. Maharaj​, PhD
Dutch Institute of Clinical Audit
Netherlands

Co-Chair
Liane J. Ioannou, PhD
Monash University
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Membership Committee

Chair-Elect
Nalin Payakachat, BPharm MS PhD
Eli Lilly and Company
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Member
Michelle M. Richardson, PharmD
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Nominations Committee

Chair
Josephine M. Norquist, MS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
West Point, Pennsylvania, United States

Member
Elizabeth J. Gibbons, MSc
Evidera
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Standards & Best Practices Committee

Chair-Elect
Dagmara Kulis, MA
EORTC
Brussels, Belgium

Scholarship Judging Panel

Member
Angela M. Stover, PhD
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Member
Timothy E.I. Pickles, BSc (Hons) MSc
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom

Memorial Award Judging Panel

Member
Josephine M. Norquist, MS
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
West Point, Pennsylvania, United States

Member
Antonia V. Bennett, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Member
Lene Kongsgaard Nielsen, MD PhD
Quality of Life Research Center
Odense University Hospital
Viborg, Denmark

Member
Robert Kaplan, PhD
UCLA – School of Public Health and Stanford University
Los Angeles, California, United States

The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) is a global community of researchers, clinicians, health care professionals, industry professionals, consultants, and patient research partners advancing health related quality of life research (HRQL).

Together, we are creating a future in which patient perspective is integral to health research, care and policy.