Florence Abravanel, PhD, Toulouse University Hospital, France
Dr Florence Abravanel is a lecturer at the virology laboratory in Toulouse University Hospital. The laboratory is the French Reference Centre for HEV. Her research interests are the genetic diversity of hepatitis viruses, their pathogenesis and their response to treatment. She has worked of hepatitis C and E virus. In collaboration with the transplantation department of Toulouse, Dr Abravanel has studied chronic hepatitis E in immunocompromised patients More recently, during the pandemic, she studied the immunological response of solid organ transplant recipients vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. Dr Abravanel is also in charge of the molecular biology technical platform of microbiology in Toulouse University Hospital.
Methee Chayakulkeeree, MD, PhD, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr Methee Chayakulkeeree is a Professor of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. Dr Chayakulkeeree is a board-certified infectious disease physician and the Masterly Fellow of the Royal College of Physician of Thailand (MFRCPT). He received research training at Duke University Medical Center in the USA related to infectious diseases and molecular mycology, and received his PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests are focused on fungal infections and infection in immunocompromised hosts including transplant infectious diseases. Prof Chayakulkeeree is a Board Member of Asia Fungal Working Group (AFWG) and is affiliated with various local and international medical societies for infectious disease, including the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Transplant Infectious Disease (TID) section of The Transplant Society (TTS). He is also a Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (FECMM) and the country ambassador of the Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections (GAFFI). He has published more than 90 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and has written several book chapters on infectious diseases.
Aristine Cheng, BM BCh, MA, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Dr Aristine Cheng is an infectious diseases physician and an associate professor of medicine in Taiwan. She graduated with distinction from Cambridge University. Following her graduation, Dr Cheng undertook post-graduate research at the prestigious National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. There, she focused on studying anti-cytokine autoantibodies, contributing significantly to the field. Through her dedicated efforts in both clinical practice and research, Dr Cheng has made notable contributions to the medical community, particularly in the field of infectious diseases. Her research focuses on mycobacterial diseases and adult-onset immunodeficiency.
Johan Maertens, MD, PhD, KU Leuven & University Hospitals Leuven (UZ Leuven), Belgium
Dr Johan Maertens is currently Associate Professor of Haematology at the University Hospitals Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg Leuven, Belgium. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the International Immunocompromised Host Society, the International Society of Human and Animal Mycology, the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, the American Society of Hematology, the European Haematology Association, and a member of European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT). He is a past-chair of the Infectious Diseases group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and a founding member and the current chair of the European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL) group. He is a fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM). His major professional interest is fungal and viral infections in patients with haematological disorders, development of new management approaches to invasive aspergillosis, non-invasive diagnosis of opportunistic respiratory infections, and non-myeloablative and haplo-identical allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Dr Maertens has published over 500 articles and book chapters on antifungal management and diagnosis in several prestigious journals. He is a co-editor of the book “Diagnosis of Fungal Infections” and served as a reviewer for many journals and is a member of numerous national and international advisory boards.
