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
Markus Baumgartner 2014 - 2018
Current Board Members
President
Donata Favretto, University of Padova (Italy)
Vice-President
Robert Kronstrand, National Board of Forensic Medicine (Sweden)
Secretary
Maristela Andraus, Executive Director ChromaTox (Brazil)
Treasurer
Frank Sporkert, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (Switzerland)
Administration board (in alphabetical order)
Brice Appenzeller (Luxembourg), Tina Binz (Switzerland), Vincent Cirimele (France), Gail Cooper (Scotland), Michael Uhl (Germany), Marco Vincenti (Italy), Michel Yegles (Luxembourg)