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Committees

Meet the organizing and scientific committees

Honorary WL8 Congress Chair

Kwang-Poo CHANG

Professor Emeritus

Dept of Microbiology/Immunology, Chicago Medical School / Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, N Chicago, IL, USA, USA

Local Organizing Committee

Yusuf ÖZBEL

President of Turkish Society of Parasitology

Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, İzmir, TÜRKİYE

Seray TÖZ

Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, İzmir, TÜRKİYE

Seher TOPLUOĞLU

Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Public Health, Department of Zoonotic and Vectorial Diseases, Ankara, TÜRKİYE

Münir AKTAŞ

Fırat University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Elazığ, TÜRKİYE

Hatice ERTABAKLAR

Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Aydın, TÜRKİYE

İ. Cüneyt BALCIOĞLU

Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Manisa, TÜRKİYE

Alparslan YILDIRIM

Erciyes University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kayseri, TÜRKİYE

Sami ŞİMŞEK

Fırat University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Elazığ, TÜRKİYE

Suha K. ARSERİM

Celal Bayar University Vocational School of Health Sciences, Manisa, TÜRKİYE

Bülent ALTEN

Hacettepe University Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Ankara, TÜRKİYE

Özge ERİŞÖZ KASAP

Hacettepe University Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Ankara, TÜRKİYE

Metin PEKAĞIRBAŞ

Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Aydın, TÜRKİYE

M. Kirami ÖLGEN

Ege University, Department of Geography, İzmir, TÜRKİYE

Hüseyin ÇETİN

Akdeniz University Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Antalya, TÜRKİYE

Ahmet ÖZBİLGİN

Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Manisa, TÜRKİYE

International Scientific Committee

Oscar Daniel SALOMON National Institute of Tropical Medicine, Puerto Iguazu, Misiones · ARGENTINA

Dinesh MONDAL International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), Dhaka · BANGLADESH

Jean-Claude DUJARDIN Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp · BELGIUM

Malgorzata DOMAGALSKA Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp · BELGIUM

Yara M. TRAUB-CSEKO Instituto Oswaldo Cruz / Fiocruz, Laboratório Biol Mol de Parasit Vector, Rio de Janeiro · BRAZIL

Sinval P. BRANDÃO FILHO IAM/FIOCRUZ, Recife, Pernambuco · BRAZIL

Filipe DANTAS-TORRES Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Recife · BRAZIL

Fredy GALVIS-OVALLOS Sao Paulo University, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Sao Paulo · BRAZIL

Gregory MATLASHEWSKI McGill University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montreal · CANADA

Barbara PAPADOPOULOU Laval University, Department of Microbiology-Infectious Disease and Immunology, Research Center in Infectious Disease, Quebec · CANADA

Ivan D. VELEZ University of Antioquia, PECET Group, Medellin · COLOMBIA

Petr VOLF Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Praha · CZECHIA

Asrat HAILU Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences · ETHIOPIA

Jerome DEPAQUIT EA7510 "ESCAPE" - USC ANSES "VECPAR", Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims · FRANCE

Gerald F. SPÄTH Unité de Parasitologie Moléculaire et Signalisation, Institut Pasteur/INSERM, Paris · FRANCE

Christelle POMARES Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice · FRANCE

Christian BOGDAN University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Erlangen · GERMANY

Shyam SUNDAR Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi · INDIA

Sima RAFATI Department of Immunotherapy/Leishmania Vaccine Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran · IRAN

Gad BANETH Hebrew University Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Rehovot · ISRAEL

Gaetano OLIVA University of Naples Federico II, School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Naples · ITALY

Stefania VARANI University of Bologna, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Bologna · ITALY

Chizu SANJOBA University of Tokyo, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Tokyo · JAPAN

Meryem LEMRANI Institut Pasteur of Morocco, Laboratory of Parasitology and Vector-borne Diseases, Casablanca · MOROCCO

Shumaila NAZ National University of Medical Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Rawalpindi · PAKISTAN

Carla MAIA Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa · PORTUGAL

Viladimir IVOVIC University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, Department of Biodiversity, Koper · SLOVENIA

Eduardo BERRIATUA University of Murcia, Faculty of Veterinary, Murcia · SPAIN

Laia Maria SOLANO-GALLEGO Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Facultat de Veterinària, Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animal, Barcelona · SPAIN

Nadira Dharshani KARUNAWEERA University of Colombo, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Colombo · SRI LANKA

Jorge ALVAR Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Geneva · SWITZERLAND

Johannes BLUM University of Basel, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel · SWITZERLAND

Fabiana ALVES Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi), Geneva · SWITZERLAND

Padet SIRIYASATIEN Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Center of Excellence in Vector Biology and Vector Borne Disease, Bangkok · THAILAND

Seray TÖZ Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Izmir · TÜRKİYE

Gordon HAMILTON Lancaster University, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Lancaster · UK

Paul A. BATES Lancaster University, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster · UK

Jeremy MOTTRAM University of York, Centre for Immunology and Infection, Department of Biology, York · UK

Shaden KAMHAWI Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD · USA

Peter J. MYLER Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID), Seattle BioMed, Seattle · USA

Christine PETERSEN The Ohio State University, Veterinary Medicine Academic Building, Columbus, Ohio · USA

Abhay R. SATOSKAR The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Columbus, Ohio · USA