Young ESPID is a group of members who are in training and early career, generally under 40 years and/or who are in training / have completed training to become a paediatric infectious disease specialist <3 years ago.
Welcome message
Welcome to “Young ESPID”, the next generation of Paediatric Infectious Diseases experts in Europe and beyond. As a group of under-40s we have been actively involved in the ESPID Board and its committees since December 2010. “Young ESPID” was founded as a result of ESPID’s strategic plan 2010-2015. Young ESPID members were stimulated to develop a forum to strengthen PID in Europe and act as a think tank for ESPID.
We currently participate in all ESPID committees where we focus on:
• Improvement of the ESPID website
• Communication between ESPID members (forum format)
• Improved visibility of ESPID through social media
• Participation in the organisation of the Walter Marget workshop and the Research Master Class
• Review of the PID training portfolio in Europe
• Training possibilities and job opportunities
• Development of educational material and guidelines
• Stimulation of and increased participation in research consortia
• Initiation of research projects by Young ESPID
• Active involvement of Young ESPID in the organisation of ESPID Annual Meetings
• Two of our members represent our ideas and provide feedback into the board
We cordially invite you to become an active member of Young ESPID and help us shape the future of PID in Europe and beyond. New ideas are always welcome!
If you are interested in contributing to any of these activities and would like to be kept up-to-date on the activities of Young ESPID you can contact us through youngespid@espid.org
With kind regards,
Lilly Verhagen and Raluca Lixandru
Young ESPID representatives
Who’s involved in Young ESPID?
| Country |
Representative |
Email |
Term Began |
| Argentina |
Martin Eduardo Brizuela |
martin.brizuela1984@gmail.com |
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| Armenia |
Sose Margaryan |
sosemargar@gmail.com |
Jul-22 |
| Australia |
Hazel Dobinson |
h.dobinson@live.com.au |
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| Belgium |
Siel Daelemans |
siel.daelemans@gmail.com |
Sep-22 |
| Brasil |
Daniel Jarovsky |
daniel@jarovsky.com.br |
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| Bulgaria |
Petar Velikov |
petar.kr.velikov@gmail.com |
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| Cambodia |
Sam Lyvannak |
vannak_samly@yahoo.com |
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| Croatia |
Vedran Stevanović |
vedran.stevanovic@gmail.com |
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| Czech Republic |
Jitka Bolchová |
jitka.bolchova@gmail.com |
Sep-22 |
| Egypt |
Ali Sobh |
alisobh82@gmail.com |
Sep-22 |
| Estonia |
Piia Jogi |
Piia.Jogi@kliinikum.ee |
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| Finland |
Lauri Ivaska |
ljivas@utu.fi |
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| Germany |
Cihan Papan |
cihan.papan@uks.eu |
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| Greece |
Maria Tsirigotaki |
mariatsirigot@yahoo.gr |
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| Hungary |
Szofia Hajósi-Kalcakosz |
szoofia@gmail.com |
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| India |
Nabaneeta Dash |
nabaneetadash@gmail.com |
Aug-22 |
| Ireland |
Deirdre Foley |
deirdrefoley731@gmail.com |
Jun-22 |
| Israel |
Liat Ashkenazi-Hoffnung |
liat.ashkenazi@clalit.org.il |
Jun-22 |
| Italy |
Marta Stracuzzi |
martastrac@gmail.com |
Aug-22 |
| Malaysia |
Bazlin Ramly |
bazlinramly@gmail.com |
Sep-22 |
| Nepal |
Suraj Bhattarai |
surajbpkihs2012@gmail.com |
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| Nigeria |
Olajumoke Aladenola |
jumoke.aladenola@yahoo.com |
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| Poland |
Kacper Toczylowski |
kacper.toczylowski@mail.com |
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| Portugal |
Jorge Rodrigues |
jorgefcrodrigues@gmail.com |
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| Romania |
Flavia Rochman |
flavia.rochman@hotmail.com |
Jun-22 |
| Slovenia |
Keti Vincek |
keti.vincek@gmail.com |
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| Spain |
Carlos Grasa |
carlosdgl_125@hotmail.com |
Jun-22 |
| Sweden |
Katerina Mougkou |
mougkou@hotmail.co.uk |
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| Switzerland |
Nora Fritschi |
Nora.Fritschi@ukbb.ch |
Jun-22 |
| The Netherlands |
Navin Boeddha |
n.boeddha@erasmusmc.nl |
Jul-22 |
| Turkey |
Benhur Çetin |
benhurcetin@gmail.com |
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| United Kingdom |
Charlene Rodrigues |
charlenemc.rodrigues@gmail.com |
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| United States |
Anton Goetz |
anton.goetz@nih.gov |
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Young ESPID representatives on the ESPID Board: Lilly Verhagen (2020-2023) and Raluca Lixandru (2021-2024)
Committee for Education: Eleni Vergadi (2019-2022) and Cihan Papan (2020-2023)
Research Networking Committee: Lauri Ivaska (2020-2023) and Henriette Rudolph (2021-2024)
Committee for Scientific Affairs & Awards: Virginia Ramos Martin (2019-2022) and Charlene Rodrigues (2020-2023)
Young ESPID Social Media: Suraj Bhattarai and John Kopsidas
You can find recent updates on the activities in the committees in our newsletters.
Are you interested in one of the activities, please do contact us!
Young ESPID country representatives aim to represent their country and be a liaison between Young ESPID board representatives and Young ESPID members.
The above Young ESPID members represent their countries for 2 years, after which new applicants may come forward. If no-one comes forward then the current representative remains in place.
Interested in becoming a country representative and your country is not listed above? Please contact us at youngespid@espid.org and we will send you the information about how to apply.
