Erkka Juhani Valovirta

PRESENT POSITION
- Pediatrician - since -88
- Pediatric Allergist - since -91
- Senior Medical Officer, Turku Allergy Center, Turku, Finland - since -95
- EFA, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients´Associations
- EFA Medical Advisor - since 2005

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT
(giving name of institutions or organisations)
- Depart. of Pharmacology, Univ. of Turku, Junior Research Fellow - 1977-78
- Depart. of Pediatrics, Univ. of Turku: 1980-95
Resident
Specialist
Senior Lecturer in Pediatrics
Senior Research Fellow 1995-2003
- Depart. of Clinical Allergology, Univ. of Turku - 1988-90
Research Fellow
Allergy Consult
Senior Lecturer in Allergology

EDUCATION
(colleges, universities or other training, giving name of institution and type of degree awarded)
- Turku University: M.D. - 24 March 1980
- Turku University: Pediatrician - 22 April 1988
- Turku University: Pediatric Allergist - 11 June 1991

POSTGARDUATE OR FURTHER TRAINING
(giving na,e of institution, dates of attendance and tyoe of qualification gained)
- Turku University: M.Sc.D. 11 Nov 1987
Title: Immunotherapy in Dog Allergic Asthmatic children

OTHER ACTIVITIES PERTINENT TO PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
- A member of ESPACI Council - 1997-2001
(European Society of Pediatric Allergology and Clinical Immunology)
- ESPACI ExCom - 2000-2001
- The Chairman of the ESPACI Immunotherapy Committee - 1993-2001
- A member of the Board of the Section for Pediatrics in EAACI - 1998-2001
(European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
- President of EFA - 1997-2003
(European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations)
- Past-President of EFA - 2003-2005
- Honorary Member of EFA - since 2003
- EFA Medical Committee Coordinator - 1996-2005
- EFA Medical Advisor - since 2005
- A member of the Board of Turku Allergy and Asthma Association - since 1987
- Vice president of the Board of Turku Allergy and Asthma Association - 1988-1989
- A member the Advisory Board of the Finnish Allergy and Asthma Association - since 1994
- A member of the Board of the Finnish Allergy and Asthma Association - 1997-2006
- A member of the Council of the Finnish Allergy and Asthma Association - since 2006
- The Chairman of the Finnish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology - 2001-2003
- A member of the Board of the Finnish Allergy Research Foundation - since 1998
- The Treasurer of the Section of Allergology of the Finnish Pediatric Society - 1997-2004
- The President of the Section of Allergology of the Finnish Pediatric Society - since 2006
- The Secretary of the EAACI Immunotherapy Interest Group - 2001-2003
- The Webmaster of the EAACI Immunotherapy Interest Group - since 2003
- The Chairman of the EAACI Immunotherapy Interest Group - since 2005
- Member of the Executive Committee of EAACI - 2003-2005
- Member of the ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma by WHO) Executive
Committee and Advisory Committee - since 2001
- A member of WAO, World Allergy Organization, Speciality and Training Council - since 2003
- A member of WAO Immunotherapy Special Committee - since 2008
- A member of the WHO GARD (Global Allience for Respiratory Diseases)
Planning Committee - since 2005
- A member of the UEMS (Union of European Medical Specialists) Allergology
and Clinical Immunology Section and Board - since 2005
- WHO Temporary Advisor - since 2003