Young ESPID
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
With kind regards,
Robin Marlow and Fani Ladomenou
Young ESPID representatives
Who’s involved in Young ESPID?
Young ESPID representatives in the ESPID Board: Robin Marlow (2017-2020) and Fani Ladomenou (2018-2021)
Committee for Education: Raluca Lixandru (2016-2019) and Christina Karastathi (2017-2020)
Research Networking Committee: Robindra Basu Roy (2017-2020) adn Henriette Rudolph (2018-2021)
Committee for Scientific Affairs & Awards: Lilly Verhagen (2017-2020) and Zoi Dorothea Pana (2017-2020)
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!
List of country representatives
| Country | Representative |
| Afganistan | Bilal Ahmad Rahimi |
| Austria | Daniela Klobassa |
| Australia | Hazel Dobinson |
| Argentina | Martin Eduardo Brizuela |
| Armenia | Hrachuhi Ghazaryan |
| Brasil | Daniel Jarovsky |
| Bangladesh | K M Shahunja |
| Belgium | Christina Karastathi |
| Canada | Bahaa Abu Raya |
| Cote D'Ivoire | Nassirou Faissal |
| Croatia | Vedran Stevanovic |
| Denmark | Thilde Winther |
| Estonia | Pila Jogi |
| Finland | lauri Ivaska |
| France | Gaud Catho |
| Greece | Desponia Gkentzi |
| Germany | Cihan Papan |
| Indonesia | Inke Nadia |
| Ireland | Cilian O Maoldomhnaigh |
| Israel | Dana Danino |
| India | Govind Benakatti |
| Nepal | Suraj Bhattarai |
| Japan | Nobuaki Matsunaga |
| Nigeria | Olajumoke Aladenola |
| Oman | Abdullah Alqayoudhi |
| Pakistan | Muhammad Faheem Afzal |
| Poland | Kacper Toczylowski |
| Portugal | Muriel Ferreira |
| Romania | Raluca-Ileana Lixandru |
| Russia | Kirill Evdokimov |
| Spain | Belen Hernandez Ruperez |
| Sri-Lanka | Yasindu Waniganayake |
| Switzerland | Julia Bielicki |
| Sweden | Katerina Mougkou |
| The Netherlands | Lilly Verhagen |
| Turkey | Benhur Cetin |
| Uganda | Clara Komuhangi |
| Ukraine | Vira Chechenieva |
| UK | Charlene Rodrigues |
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 from January 2018 – December 2019, after which new applicants may come forward.
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.
Last update 10-12-2018