About
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
Ahmet ÖZBİLGİN
Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Manisa, 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
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M. Kirami ÖLGEN
Ege University, Department of Geography, İzmir, TÜRKİYE
Hüseyin ÇETİN
Akdeniz University Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology, Antalya, 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