About EMAS

With an active worldwide membership and over 40 affiliated societies, EMAS is the key international society promoting health in women and men at midlife and beyond.
Since its creation in 1998, EMAS encourages and stimulates excellence in health professionals and researchers through its publications, congresses, educational resources with accredited online courses and other society initiatives. EMAS  is committed to ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion in its activities.

ELECTED EMAS GOVERNING BOARD 2021 – 2023

OFFICERS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Margaret Rees, Prof.
Oxford, United Kingdom

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR 

Irene Lambrinoudaki, Prof.
Athens, Greece

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS

• Ivan Fistonić, Croatia 
• Marije Geukes, The Netherlands  
• Silvia Bretz, Brazil  
• Haitham Hamoda, United Kingdom 
• Caoimhe Hartley, Ireland 
• Blazej Meczekalski, Poland

Angela Maas is a cardiologist since 1988. Over the past 25 years she has specialized in heart disease in women.

Since May 2012 she holds a chair in ‘Cardiology for Women’ at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The main focus of her work are cardiac symptoms in women at middle-age and the role of female-specific risk factors in (early) heart disease.

In the past years she started an expert center for microvascular coronary disease at the Radboudumc. In 2015 she initiated the Dutch SCAD registry (coronary dissections) and she is now developing the theme cardio-oncology for women treated for breast cancer (2016).

She enjoys working with other disciplines such as gynecologists, oncologists, epidemiologists, other vascular disciplines and primary care.

Her aim is to widely implement a more gender sensitive cardiology care and to make the cardiology world friendlier for women.

She is listed since 2011 as one of the most powerful women in Dutch healthcare.

Alfred Mueck

Angelica Lindén Hirschberg

Antonina Smetnik

Blazej Meczekalski

Caoimhe Hartley

Dimitrios Goulis

Fatih Durmuşoğlu

Haitham Hamoda

Irene Lambrinoudaki

Iuliana Ceausu

Ivan Fistonic

Marco Gambacciani

Margaret Rees

Marije Geukes

Mick van Trotsenburg

Nicolás Mendoza

Petra Stute

Risto Erkkola

Silvia Bretz

Please click here to download the Articles of the Association

The following national menopause societies are affiliated members of EMAS as of August 2020:

Asia Pacific Menopause Federation
Associação Brasileira do Climatério
Asociación Argentina de Menopausia y Andropausia
Asociación Argentina Para el Estudio de Climaterio
Asociación Boliviana del Climaterio y Menopausia
Asociación Colombiana de Menopausia
Asociación Colombiana de Osteología y Metabolismo Mineral
Asociación Mexicana para el Estudio del Climaterio
Australasian Menopause Society
Austrian Menopause Society
Austrian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism
Belgian Menopause Society
British Menopause Society
Bulgarian Association for Sexual Medicine
Canadian Menopause Society (SIGMA)
Chinese Menopause Society
Croatian Menopause Society
Dutch Menopause Society
Ecuadorian Menopause Society
European Calcified tissue society
Federacion Latinoamericana de Sociedades de Climaterio y Menopausia
Finnish Menopause Society
German Menopause Society
Groupe d‘Etude de la Menopause et le Vieillissement Hormonal
Hellenic Society of Climacterium and Menopause
Hellenic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hungarian Menopause Society
Indian Menopause society
Iranian Society of Menopause and Andropause
Israeli Menopause Society Menopause and Andropause
Society of Serbia and Montenegro Parnassus Foundation
Polish Menopause and Andropause Society
Portuguese Menopause Society
Romanian Menopause Association
Russian Menopause Society
Nordic Menopause Society
Slovenian Menopausal Society
Sociedad Iberoamericana de osteologia metabolismo mineral
Sociedad Peruana del Climaterio
Société de Médécine de la Reproduction
Société Luxembourgeoise d‘Andropause et Menopause
Spanish Association for the Study of Menopause
Hispanic Society of Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolism
Swiss Menopause Society
Turkish Society of Reproductive Medicine
Turkish Society of Menopause and Osteoporosis

Cancer 
American cancer society http://www.cancer.org/
European Cancer Organisation http://www.ecco-org.eu/
Cancer research UK http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/
International Gynecologic Cancer Society https://igcs.org/
National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/
National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) www.ncri.org.uk/
The European Association for Cancer Research http://www.eacr.org/
The NORDCAN project by The Association of the Nordic Cancer Registries (ANCR) http://www- dep.iarc.fr/NORDCAN/English/frame.asp

Cardiovascular disease 
American Heart Association http://www.aha.org/
European Society of Cardiology www.escardio.org/
European Society for Hypertension http://www.eshonline.org/ 
European Cardiovascular Disease Statistics 2017 by the European Heart Network http://www.ehnheart.org/cvd- statistics.html

Clinical trial databases
Clinical trials.gov http://clinicaltrials.gov/
Current Controlled Trials http://www.controlled-trials.com/
EU Clinical Trials Register https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/
EudraCT https://eudract.ema.europa.eu/
International Clinical Trials Registry Platform http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/

Dementia
Alzheimer’s Association http://www.alz.org/
Alzheimer’s Disease International http://www.alz.co.uk/
Alzheimer’s Society http://alzheimers.org.uk/
American Psychiatric Association http://www.psychiatry.org/
National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/index.htm
Living With: a Family Member with Dementia http://www.psychguides.com/guides/living- with-a-family-member-with-dementia/

Endocrine Societies
European Society of Endocrinology https://www.ese-hormones.org/ 
Endocrine Society https://www.endocrine.org/endosociety/about- us

Gerontology
British Society of Gerontology http://www.britishgerontology.org/
European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) http://www.eugms.org/
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) http://www.americangeriatrics.org/
The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM).http://www.anzsgm.org/
The Gerontological Society of America http://www.geron.org/

Men’s Health
Prostate cancer Foundation http://www.pcf.org/
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia http://www.prostate.org.au/articleLive/ 
The Prostate Cancer Charity www.prostate- cancer.org.uk/

Menopause

Australasian Menopause Society http://www.menopause.org.au/
German Menopause Society http://www.menopause-gesellschaft.de
Groupe d’Etude sur la Ménopause et le vieillissement hormonal http://gemvi.org
International Menopause Society http://www.imsociety.org/
International Premature Ovarian Failure Association, (IPOFA) http://www.ipofa.org/
North American Menopause Society http://www.menopause.org/
The British Menopause Society http://www.thebms.org.uk/
The Daisy Network http://www.daisynetwork.org.uk/

Mental health 
American Psychiatric Association https://www.psychiatry.org
British Psychological Society https://www.bps.org.uk
European Psychiatric Association http://www.europsy.net/
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists https://www.ranzcp.org/Home.aspx
Royal College of Psychiatrists http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk
Mental Health Foundation https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk
World Health Organization, mental health http://www.who.int/mental_health/en/
Mental Health Europe https://mhe-sme.org
European Social Network http://www.esn-eu.org/mental-health/index.html

Obstetrics and gynaecology 
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.acog.org/
American Society for Reproductive Medicine http://www.asrm.org/ 
European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology http://www.ebcog.org/
European Society of Gynaecological Oncology www.esgo.org
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology http://www.eshre.eu/
Primary Care Women’s Health Forum http://www.pcwhf.co.uk/
Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology http://www.nfog.org/ 
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/ 
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists http://www.rcog.org.uk/ 
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) http://www.figo.org/

Osteoporosis and arthritis
Arthritis Research UK http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/
European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis www.esceo.org/
International Osteoporosis Foundation http://www.iofbonehealth.org/
National Osteoporosis Foundation http://www.nof.org/
National Osteoporosis Society http://www.nos.org.uk/
WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/

Psychiatry and Neuroscience
American Psychiatric Association https://www.psychiatry.org/
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology https://www.ecnp.eu/
European Psychiatric Association https://www.europsy.net/
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies https://www.fens.org/
Royal College of Psychiatrists https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/
Society for Neuroscience https://www.sfn.org/
World Psychiatric Association https://www.wpanet.org/

Publication ethics 
Committee of Publication Ethics http://www.publicationethics.org/
Council of Science Editors www.councilscienceeditors.org
European Association of Science Editors http://www.ease.org.uk/
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors http://www.icmje.org
Retraction watch http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/ 

Regulatory and research organisations
European Medicines agency http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) http://www.inserm.fr/
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research http://www.mpimf- heidelberg.mpg.de/
Medical Research Council http://www.mrc.ac.uk/index.htm
National Health and Medical Research Council http://australia.gov.au/dire ctor ies/australia/nhrmc
National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
US Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/default.htm

Research Studies
National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveyhttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/index.htm
E3N study www.e3n.net/
InterLACE: International collaboration for a Life course Approach to reproductive health and Chronic disease Events http://www.aushsi.org.au/projects/interlace- international- collaboration- for-a- life-course-approach-to-reproductive-health-and-chronic-disease-events 
Iowa Women’s Health Study http://www.canc er. umn.edu/research/programs/peiowa.html
Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation http://www.swanstudy.org/
The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
The ESTHER (ESTrogen HEmostasis Risk) http://esthergroup.org
The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)http://epic.iarc.fr/
The Million Women Study http://www.millionwomenstudy.org/
The Nurses’ Health Study http://www.channing.harvard.edu/nhs /
The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/

The Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ALSA) http://www.flinders.edu.au/sabs/fcas/alsa/
Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health 

Sexual Health
European Society for Sexual Medicine http://www.essm.org/
International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health http://www.isswsh.org/
Sexual advice association http://www.sda.uk.net/

The Cochrane Library
Cochrane database of systematic reviews http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book / 10. 1002/ 146 51858/hom epag e/crg _MENSTR.html#MENSTR

Urology
American Urological Association www.auanet.org/
Engineering and Urology Society http://engineering-urology.org/
European Association of Urology www.uroweb.org/ 
European Robotic Urology Society http://uroweb.org/section/erus/information/
Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand http://www.usanz.org.au/

Women’s organisations and support groups

The Daisy Network https://www.daisynetwork.org.uk/
Jean Hailes for Women’s Health  https://jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/menopause
Menopause Cafe www.menopausecafe.net