Collaborative Groups are informal, organ site-oriented groups designed to exchange information on organ related biomarkers. An EDRN Principal Investigator serves as the Chair elected by Collaborative Group members. Collaborative Group membership is open to any investigator.
Subcommittees are the policy-making Working Groups of the EDRN and report to the SC when requested by the Chair. Subcommittees meet twice a year in conjunction with the SC business meetings. Conference calls are made any time on the recommendation of the Chair of either the SC or Subcommittees. Formal meetings between the semiannual meetings require approval by the Chair of the SC.
Voting members of the Subcommittees are the members of the SC, that is the Principal Investigators in the EDRN. Co-investigators, Associate Members, and other interested parties, however, are welcome to attend Subcommittee meetings as consultants. The Chair of the SC appoints members to the Subcommittees, although SC members can express their preferences on which Subcommittee they would like to serve. Members cannot serve on more than one Subcommittee simultaneously. Members are appointed for two years and can be re-appointed for a second, two-year term. Each Subcommittee member has one vote. Consultants for Subcommittees can be appointed by the Chair of the SC or by the Chairs of the Subcommittees as non-voting members.
