Worldleish
An International Congress on
Leishmania & Leishmaniasis
Why
?
Cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral
leishmaniases are seriou
s
diseases, which are vector-borne and wide-spread
in more than 90 countries, putting 350 million
population at risk. WHO estimates
an annual incidence of 2 million and a
total of 12 million current cases. The
causative agents are various species of
trypanosomatid protozoa in the genus of
Leishmania, which are excellent models
for aspects of laboratory studied in
cell/molecular biology, biochemistry,
immunology of host-parasite
interactions.
Who
?
Anyone interested in Leishmania and
leishmaniasis is welcome to participate,
including individuals of private and
public academic institutions, charitable
organizations, advocacy groups,
government officials/ representatives,
for-profit private sectors and their
friends/affiliates.
When/where
?
Every four years preferably in a country endemic to
leishmaniasis.
What ?
Bring laboratory researchers and field
workers from all disciplinary areas
together for sharing new discoveries and
exchange of new ideas. Provide
opportunities of international
collaboration, industrial participation,
charitable donation and training of the
next generation.
FOUNDERS
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Prof. Dr. M. Ali OZCEL
Honorary
President,
Turkish Society for Parasitology
183 sok. No:10, Boztok apt. K:1, D:14
Bornova-Izmir, TURKEY
ozcel@mail.ege.edu.tr
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Prof. KP CHANG
Department of Microbiology and
Immunology
Chicago Medical School
Rosalind Franklin University of
Medicine and Science
3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago,
IL, USA
KwangPoo.Chang@rosalindfranklin.edu
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Prof. Dr. M. Ziya ALKAN
Dept. of Parasitology
Ege University Medical Faculty
Bornova, Izmir, 35100 Turkey
m.ziya.alkan@ege.edu.tr
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Prof. Dr. Yusuf OZBEL
President,
Turkish Society for Parasitology
Dept. of Parasitology
Ege University Medical Faculty
Bornova, Izmir, 35100 Turkey
yusuf.ozbel@ege.edu.tr
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WL7
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
COMMITTEE
2019-2021
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*tentative
CO-CHAIR
Mary E. WILSON,
MD/PhD
Professor
Internal Medicine/Microbiology
University of Iowa
SW34Q General Hospital
Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
mary-wilson@uiowa.edu
Gregory
MATLASHEWSKI, PhD
Professor
Department of
Department of Microbiology and
Immunology Virology/Parasitology
McGill University
Montreal, QC H3A,
Canada
greg.matlashewski@mcgill.ca
Kwang Poo CHANG,
PhD
Professor
Center Cancer Cell
Biology, Immunology and Infection
Chicago Medical
School/Rosalind Franklin University of
Medicine and Science
N Chicago, IL 60064,
USA
Kwangpoo.chang@roslaindfranklin.edu
MEMBERS
Jorge Alvar,
MD PhD
Senior Leishmaniasis Adviser
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
15 Chemin Louis-Dunant | 1202 Geneva |
Switzerland
jalvar@dndi.org
Paul A. BATES, PhD
Professor
Division of
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and
Medicine
Lancaster University
Lancaster, UK
p.bates@lancaster.ac.uk
Christian BOGDAN,
MD
Professor
Microbiology
Institute – Clinical Microbiology,
Immunology and Hygiene
Universitätsklinikum
Erlangen
Friedrich-Alexander
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
D-91054 Erlangen,
GERMANY
Christian.Bogdan@uk-erlangen.de
Sinval P. BRANDÃO
FILHO, PhD
Director, Aggeu Magalhães
Institute
FIOCRUZ, Recife,
Pernambuco, BRAZIL
sinval@cpqam.fiocruz.br
Jerome DEPAQUIT,
PharmD/PhD
Professor
EA7510 "ESCAPE" - USC
ANSES "VECPAR"
Faculté de Pharmacie
Université de Reims
Champagne Ardenne
51096 Reims Cedex,
FRANCE
jerome.depaquit@univ-reims.fr
Jean-Claude
DUJARDIN, PhD
Professor
Head, Molecular
Parasitology Unit
Dept of Biomedical
Sciences
Institute of Tropical
Medicine
B-2000 Antwerpen,
BELGIUM
jcdujardin@itg.be
Christian
ENGWERDA, PhD
Professor
Immunology and
Infection
QIMR BerghoferMedical
Research Institute
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
christian.engwerda@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Nicolas FASEL, PhD
Professor
Department of
Biochemistry
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Center for Immunity and Infection
University of
Lausanne
Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
Nicolas.Fasel@unil.ch
Charles L. JAFFE,
PhD
Professor
Dept. Microbiology
and Molecular Genetics
National Center for
Leishmaniasis
Kuvin Centre for
Study of Tropical & Infectious Diseases
Hebrew
University-Hadassah Medical School
Jerusalem 9112102,
ISRAEL
cjaffe@cc.huji.ac.il
Luigi GRADONI, PhD
Head, Unit of
Vector-Borne Diseases & International
Health
MIPI Department
Istituto Superiore di
Sanità
00161 Roma, ITALY
luigi.gradoni@iss.it
Ikram GUIZANI, PhD
Professor
Laboratory Molecular
Epidemiology & Experimental Pathology
Institut Pasteur de
Tunis
Université de Tunis
El Manar, TUNISIA
iguizani@yahoo.com
Shaden KAMHAWI,
PhD
Associate Scientist
Vector
Molecular Biology Section
Laboratory of Malaria
and Vector Research
National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes
of Health
Rockville, MD 20852,
USA
skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov
Carla MAIA, PhD
Assistant Researcher
Global Health and
Tropical Medicine
Insitute of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine
Universidade NOVA de
Lisboa
1349-008 Lisboa
PORTUGAL
CarlaMaia@ihmt.unl.pt
Jeremy MOTTRAM,
PhD
Professor
York Biomedical
Research Institute
Department of Biology
University of York
York, YO10 5DD, UK
jeremy.mottram@york.ac.uk
Peter J. MYLER,
PhD
Professor & Director
of Core Services
Seattle Structural
Genomics Center for Infectious Disease
(SSGCID)
Seattle BioMed
Seattle,
WA 98109-5219, USA
peter.myler@seattlebiomed.org
Yusuf OZBEL, PhD
Professor
Department of
Parasitology
Ege University
Faculty of Medicine
Bonova, Izmir, TURKEY
yusuf.ozbel@ege.edu.tr
Barbara
PAPADOPOULOU PharmD/PhD
Professor & Director
Department of
Microbiology and Immunology
Division of
Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Centre Hospitalier
Universitaire de Québec (CHUQ) Research
Centre
Research Centre in
Infectious Disease/CHUL Research Centre
Laval University
Quebec, QC, CANADA
barbara.papadopoulou@crchudequebec.ulaval.ca
barbara.papadopoulou@crchul.ulaval.ca
Nathan PETERS, PhD
Professor
Department of
Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious
Diseases
Snyder Institute for
Chronic Diseases
4A20, Health Research
Innovation Centre
Calgary, AB T2N-4N1,
CANADA
ncpeters@ucalgary.ca
Christine
PETERSEN, DVM/PhD
Professor
Department of
Epidemiology
College of Public
Health
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
christine-petersen@uiowa.edu
Sima RAFATI, PhD
Professor
Department of
Immunotherapy/Leishmania Vaccine
Research
Pasteur Institute of
Iran,
Tehran, IRAN
s_rafati@yahoo.com
Neeloo SINGH, PhD
Principal
Investigator
CSIR Central Drug
Research Institute
Lucknow, INDIA
neeloo888@yahoo.com
Laia
SOLANO-GALLEGO, DVM, PhD, Dip. ECVCP
Professor
Departament de
Medicina i Cirurgia Animal,
Facultat de
Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona
Barcelona, SPAIN
laia.solano@uab.cat
Abhay R. SATOSKAR,
MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath
Professor & Vice
Chair for Research
University Pathology
Services Endowed Anatomic Pathology
Professor
Departments of
Pathology and Microbiology
Wexner Medical Center
The Ohio State
University
Columbus, Ohio 43210,
USA
Gerald F. SPÄTH,
PhD
Professor
Unité de
Parasitologie Moléculaire et
Signalisation
Institut Pasteur and
Institut National de la Santé et de la
Recherche Médicale
INSERM U1201
Paris, FRANCE
gerald.spaeth@pasteur.fr
Shyam SUNDAR, MD
Professor & Director
Institute of Medical
Sciences
Banaras Hindu
University
Varanasi 221 005,
INDIA
drshyamsundar@hotmail.com
Yara M.
TRAUB-CSEKO, PhD
Professor
Laboratório Biol Mol
de Parasit Vetor
Instituto Oswaldo
Cruz, Fiocruz
Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
21045-900, BRASIL
ytraub@ioc.fiocruz.br
Jude UZONNA,
DVM/PhD
Professor
Parasite Vaccines
Development Laboratory
Department of
Immunology
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T5,
CANADA
Jude.Uzonna@umanitoba.ca
Petr VOLF, PhD
Professor
Department of
Parasitology
Faculty of Science,
Charles University
Praha 2, Czech
Republic
volf@cesnet.cz
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