Professor Luc J.I. Zimmerman

EFCNI proudly announces Professor Luc Zimmermann as Senior Medical Director of EFCNI as of October 1, 2019. As a widely recognised paediatrician and neonatologist, Professor Zimmermann will contribute to the strategic direction of EFCNI and to our mission of improving the situation of mothers and newborn infants worldwide across the full spectrum of care, promoting and protecting the right to the best start in life.

Professor Zimmermann, past president of the European Society of Pediatric Research (ESPR), has been an active member of several EFCNI boards for many years and is a close and valuable partner of the foundation.

Beside his new role at EFCNI, he will continue working part time within his current positions as professor at the department of paediatrics and at the research institute GROW both at Maastricht UMC+ in The Netherlands.

The entire EFCNI team warmly welcomes Professor Zimmermann as a new member of staff.