Governance is the quiet infrastructure of a scientific institution. These are the bodies that steward YODA — how they are composed, what they do, and how often they meet.
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12 July 2026
12 July 2026
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YODA is a non-profit scientific association. Authority is distributed across four standing bodies with clear remits and public terms of reference. Members are appointed for renewable terms and required to disclose conflicts of interest annually.
Strategic direction, fiduciary oversight, and appointment of committee chairs.
Members to be announced
Independent scientific counsel on research priorities and academic standards.
Members to be announced
Reviews research protocols, conduct reports, and conflict-of-interest disclosures.
Members to be announced
Editorial standards for publications, courses, and the YODA dispatch.
Members to be announced
Each body publishes its terms of reference, composition, and meeting cadence. Minutes of substantive decisions are shared with the membership.
The Ethics and Editorial Committees operate independently of the Board on matters within their remit. Their decisions are not overridden by executive leadership.
An annual governance report is published to the Trust Center, covering appointments, disclosures, decisions of consequence, and financial summary.
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