Our event will feature distinguished experts in their respective fields, and we are pleased to invite you to take part. (Speakers listed A-Z).
Ioana Agache
Romania
Professor of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania and Past President of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) 2017-2019 and past Chair of the EAACI Research and Outreach Committee. Her research in the field of Asthma and Allergy and Clinical Immunology focuses on asthma phenotypes and endotypes, biomarkers, immune modulation, AI/machine-learning and integrated management of allergic diseases, with a special focus on exposomics and One Health. Ioana Agache is co-author of several international and European Guidelines, such as ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its impact on Asthma), EAACI Allergen Immunotherapy Guidelines and EAACI Food Allergy, Anaphylaxis Guidelines, EAACI guidelines on Biologics. She is Editor of several books: Implementing Precision Medicine in Best Practices of Chronic Airway Diseases (2018) Global Atlas of Asthma (2013), Global Atlas of Allergy (2014), Global Atlas of Allergic Rhinitis and Chronic Rhinosinusitis (2015), is a member of the Editorial Board for Allergy and Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Ioana Agache graduated with a medical degree from “Carol Davila” University, Bucharest and absolved Magna Cum Laude her PhD in Internal Medicine.
Dejan Dokic
North Macedonia
Dejan Dokic is Professor of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia. He is a specialist in internal medicine, pulmonology, respiratory medicine and allergology, with longstanding experience in clinical care, academic teaching and medical leadership. He serves as President of CSEA3 and is a member of ARIA and the European Board of Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP). Professor Dokic is a former Director of the University Clinic of Pulmology and Allergy in Skopje and former President of the Macedonian Respiratory Society; he is currently President of the North Macedonian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He has authored more than 180 publications, contributed to major textbooks and monographs in respiratory medicine and allergology, and participated in 30 international research projects. His work has been recognised with several prestigious national and international awards, including lifetime achievement honours in science, education and medicine.
Radosław Gawlik
Poland
Professor Radosław Gawlik, MD, PhD, is Head of the Department and Chair of Internal Medicine, Allergology and Clinical Immunology at the Medical University of Silesia, Poland. He is also President of the Polish Society of Allergology and Chair of the Specialty Committee of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI). His main research interests focus on asthma treatment, biologics, allergen immunotherapy, Hymenoptera venom allergy, quality of life in allergic patients, drug allergy, and novel treatments in allergy. He also collaborates with primary care physicians on coordinated patient care and education. The implementation of new IT tools in patient management is an important part of his current activities.
Marek Jutel
Poland
Professor of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine and Head of the Department of Clinical Immunology at Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Marek Jutel is also Director of the ALL-MED Medical Research Institute in Wroclaw and an Affiliate Professor at Harvard University, Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health. He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Allergy and Past President of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI). His research focuses on immune tolerance mechanisms, particularly in the context of allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT), and he is actively involved in clinical research on immunotherapy, biologics and pharmacotherapy in allergic diseases, asthma and past COPD. He pioneered the use of recombinant allergens in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases and has served as principal investigator in more than 100 clinical trials in allergy, asthma, COPD and other immune-mediated diseases. He also contributes to numerous EAACI and other scientific organization guidelines and position papers on the management of allergic and immune-mediated diseases.
Carmen Panaitescu
Romania
Professor and Head of the Centre for Immuno-Physiology and Biotechnologies at the Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania, Carmen Panaitescu (MD, PhD) has held senior leadership roles in allergy and clinical immunology at national and European levels, including President of the Romanian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Member-at-Large on the Executive Board of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI). Her research addresses allergic sensitisation profiles in Romania and advances in molecular allergology, with particular emphasis on recombinant allergen expression and the characterisation of immune responses induced by allergen immunotherapy and biological therapies in severe asthma. An Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, she has organised annual meetings to disseminate new trends in molecular allergology, allergen immunotherapy as a prototype of precision medicine, and the environmental impact on allergic diseases. She currently serves as President of the Commission on Allergology and Clinical Immunology within the Romanian College of Physicians and, as Vice-President of the International Network of Medical Universities in Molecular Allergology and Immunology, has contributed to the design and implementation of training programmes in allergology and molecular immunology across South-Eastern Europe. She acts as a peer reviewer for leading journals and has authored widely cited scientific contributions, including 28 books and monographs and 57 papers in ISI-indexed journals (h-index 16; 1,296 citations).
Jūratė Staikūnienė-Kozonis
Lithuania
Assoc.Prof. Jūratė Staikūnienė – Kozonis is a former president of Lithuanian Society of allergology and clinical immunology. After graduating from medical school with honour MD degree she underwent residency in internal medicine and allergology – clinical immunology at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences in Kaunas and Henri Poincare University in Nancy, France . Successful career she started at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and University Hospital as a scientist, mentor and clinical practitioner. Starting from the doctoral thesis about pollen allergy, cross food reactivity and allergen immunotherapy she continued her research in respiratory allergy and immunotherapy. She was initiator and cocreator of allergology and clinical immunology training programme for undergraduate and postgraduate students in Lithuania. She is a member of Allergology Comission at Lithuanian Academy of Science and a founder of private CD8 Allergy Clinic in Kaunas where she continues her medical practice as allergist-clinical immunologist and paediatric allergist and as principal investigator in conducting clinical trials.
Magdalena Zemelka-Wiacek
Poland
Dr. Magdalena Zemelka-Wiącek, PhD, is a University Professor at the Department of Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.Her research focuses on allergen immunotherapy and the use of allergen exposure chambers (AECs) for assessments in allergic rhinitis and asthma. As Principal Investigator, she leads research project on environmental pollutants – the impact of nanoplastics on immune function, investigating their penetration into biological systems and potential health effects. She is actively involved in the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) as Science Committee Secretary and a Board Member of the Epidemiology Working Group. She also contributes to Position Papers and Guidelines on allergy, asthma, and One Health and environmental health. Additionally, she serves on the Editorial Board of the journal “Allergy”. Besides her research and publishing activities, she is engaged in mentoring and teaching, supervising PhD and master’s students.
