GAN Symposium Speakers

Professor Luis Garcia-Marcos

Professor Luis García-Marcos is Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Murcia and Leads the research of the Allergy Unit at the “Arrixaca” Children’s University Hospital in Murcia (Spain). He served as vice-director of the Bio-Health Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB-Arrixaca) and as vice-president of Health Sciences of the University of Murcia. He trained as a paediatrician in his current hospital and in the London Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond st (UK).

Other positions Professor García-Marcos holds include Research scholar at the Arizona Respiratory Center and the BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, (USA); Associated Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Santiago (Chile); and Member of the steering committee of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) and of the Global Asthma Network (GAN).

Professor Luis Garcia-Marcos

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GAN gratefully acknowledges funding from the University of Auckland and Wellcome (Grant number 203919/Z/16/Z) as well as sponsorship from AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline that has helped to make the GAN Symposium 2024 possible. We thank the speakers and the organisations they represent for their contributions including securing their own funding to enable their participation. The Symposium programme was developed independently by the GAN Steering Group.

Professor Emeritus Innes Asher

University of Auckland

New Zealand
Professor Emeritus Innes Asher

Dr Karen Bissell

University of Auckland

New Zealand
Dr Karen Bissell

Dr Sainimere Boladuadua

University of Auckland

New Zealand
Dr Sainimere Boladuadua

Professor Cass Byrnes

University of Auckland

New Zealand
Professor Cass Byrnes

Professor Chen-Yuan Chiang

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Taiwan
Professor Chen-Yuan Chiang

Professor Asma El Sony

Epidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab) for Public Health, Research and Development

Sudan
Professor Asma El Sony

Dr Sunia Foliaki

Massey University

New Zealand
Dr Sunia Foliaki

Professor Luis Garcia-Marcos

Universidad de Murcia

Spain
Professor Luis Garcia-Marcos

Dr Shami Jayasooriya

University of Sheffield

United Kingdom
Dr Shami Jayasooriya

Professor Refiloe Masekela

University of Kwazulu-Natal

South Africa
Professor Refiloe Masekela

Professor Eva Morales

Universidad de Murcia

Spain
Professor Eva Morales

Professor Kevin Mortimer

University of Kwazulu-Natal

South Africa
Professor Kevin Mortimer

Professor Neil Pearce

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

United Kingdom
Professor Neil Pearce

Professor Helen Reddel

Global Initiative for Asthma

Australia
Professor Helen Reddel

Dr Sarah Rylance

World Health Organization

Dr Sarah Rylance

Dr Sabrina Sapsford

University of Auckland

New Zealand
Dr Sabrina Sapsford

Dr Nishtha Singh

Asthma Bhawan

India
Dr Nishtha Singh

Dr Marie Stolbrink

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

United Kingdom
Dr Marie Stolbrink

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