History
Constitution (OPEN Original) (OPEN English Translation)
Founded in December 1995, the legal seat of the Society of Hair Testing is Strasbourg, France. The constitution was written according to the French law. Elections were held every two years.
Founders
Mario Cassani (Italy), Marcello Chiarotti (Italy), Carmen Jurado (Spain), Pascal Kintz (France), Patrice Mangin (at that time France, now Switzerland), Manfred Möller (Germany), Hans Sachs (Germany), Jordi Segura (Spain), Christian Staub (Switzerland), Michael Uhl (Germany), Robert Wennig (Luxembourg)
Goals of the Society are:
- Promotion of research in hair testing technologies in forensic, clinical and occupational sciences
- Development of international proficiency tests
- Organization of meetings and workshops
- Encouragement to scientific cooperation and exchanges among members
Former Presidents
Hans Sachs 1995 - 2000
Christian Staub 2000 - 2004
Carmen Jurado 2004 - 2008
Pascal Kintz 2008 - 2012
Christine Moore 2012 - 2014
Current Board Members
President
Markus R. Baumgartner, Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine (Switzerland)
Vice-President
Robert Kronstrand, National Board of Forensic Medicine (Sweden)
Secretary
Gail Cooper, Cooper Gold Forensic Consultancy Ltd, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Treasurer
Michael Uhl, Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt (Germany)
Administration board (in alphabetical order)
Maristela Andraus (Brazil), Brice Appenzeller (Luxembourg), Vincent Cirimele (France),
Donata Favretto (Italy), Frank Sporkert (Switzerland), Marco Vincenti (Italy)
Michel Yegles (Luxembourg)