Organisation SHCS

General organisation

The SHCS is composed of the HIV outpatient clinics and laboratories of seven Swiss hospitals (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, St Gallen, Zurich). In addition, there is a Coordination and Data center based in Lausanne.

The MoCHiV is composed of the same seven centers, however primarily by the pediatric and obstetric-gynecology units.

The 2 studies are headed by a common Executive board. Scientific activities and infrastructure support (e.g. informatics) are organized in close cooperation.

SHCS Full Assembly : Diagram , Photo
For each center one vote clinic (exception Zurich -2), one vote laboratory and one vote MoCHiV. One vote for the President, 1 vote for the chair of MoCHiV study and 1 vote for the Coordination and Data center.

International Advisory Board :
Peter Reiss, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Patrick Yeni, Paris, France

SHCS

The members of the various bodies are the following :

Executive Board

President	Patrick Francioli	Lausanne
Chairperson Scientific Board	Huldrych Günthard	Zürich
Chairperson Clinic-Laboratory committee	Hansjakob Furrer Sabine Yerly	Bern
Chairperson MoCHiV	Christoph Rudin	Basel
Head of Coordination and Data center	M. Rickenbach	Lausanne

Coordination and Data Center

President of the SHCS	Patrick Francioli
Head of Data Center	Martin Rickenbach
Epidemiologist	Franziska Schöni-Affolter
Bio statistician	Patrick Taffé
Computer specialist	Yannick Vallet
Data managers

Scientific Board

Chairpersons	Huldrych Günthard	Zürich
	Manuel Battegay	Basel
	Thomas Klimkait	Basel
	Heiner C. Bucher	Basel
	Philip Tarr	Basel/Bruderholz
	Irène Hoesli	Basel (as MoChiV gyn)
	Hansjakob Furrer	Bern
	Andri Rauch	Bern
	Matthias Egger	Bern
	Christoph Fux	Bern/Aarau
	Alexandra Calmy	Geneva
	Laurent Kaiser	Geneva
	Begona Martinez de Tejada	Geneva (as MoCHiV gyn)
	Amalio Telenti	Lausanne
	Matthias Cavassini	Lausanne
	Jacques Fellay	Lausanne
	Enos Bernasconi	Lugano
	Pietro Vernazza	St Gallen
	Bruno Ledergerber	Zürich
	Alexandra Trkola	Zürich
	Jürg Böni	Zürich
	David Nadal	Zürich (as MoCHiV ped)
	Christian Kahlert	Zürich (as MoCHiV ped)
	Christoph Rudin	Basel (as chair of the MoCHIV)
	Patrick Francioli	Lausanne (ex officio as President)
	Martin Rickenbach	Lausanne (as head of Data Center)
	Jürgen Barth	Bern (rep of social sciences)
	Claudine Burton-Jeangros	Geneva (rep of social sciences)
	David Haerry	Deputy of "Positive Council" (rep of patients)

SHCS - Clinics and Laboratories Committee (SHCS-CLC)

Chairpersons	Hansjakob Furrer	Bern
	Sabine Yerly	Geneva
	Luigia Elzi	Basel
	Hans Hirsch	Basel
	Meri Gorgievski	Bern
	Alexandra Calmy	Geneva
	Cristina Cellerai	Lausanne
	Matthias Cavassini	Lausanne
	Enos Bernasconi	Lugano
	Gladys Martinetti	Lugano
	Patrick Schmid	St Gallen
	Detlev Schultze	St Gallen
	Rainer Weber	Zürich
	Stephan Regenass	Zürich
	Jürg Böni	Zürich, SNCR
	Martin Rickenbach	Data Center
	Markus Flepp	Zürich (rep of private physicians)

The SHCS is composed of a "core research project" which comprises a standard data and specimen collection and "specific research projects".

The basic principle for research is the submission of specific projects to the Scientific Board. For that purpose, "Guidelines and operational rules for scientific projects" have been ellaborated. If accepted, the projects are forwarded to the Executive Board for final approval and funding. The frequent Scientific Board meetings, every 2 or 3 months, and the evaluation process have allowed rapid allocation of resources for the projects. Certain projects are also sent for external review.