Young ESPID

Young ESPID is a group of members who are in training and early career, generally under 40 years

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 Fani Ladomenou

Young ESPID representatives

Who’s involved in Young ESPID?

Country	Representative
Afghanistan	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
Cambodia	Sam Lyvannak
Côte d’Ivoire	Nassirou Faïssal
Croatia	Vedran Stevanović
Denmark	Lotte Jensen
Estonia	Piia Jogi
Finland	Lauri Ivaska
France	Gaud Cath
Gambia	Esin Nkereuwem
Greece	Maria Tsirigotaki
Germany	Cihan Papan
Iran	Reza Yazdani
Indonesia	Inke Nadia
Ireland	Anna Stanzelova
Israel	Dana Danino
India	Govind Benakatti
Mexico	Irina Berlock
Nepal	Suraj Bhattarai
New Zealand	Hannah Hayley Chisholm
Japan	Nobuaki Matsunaga
Nigeria	Olajumoke Aladenola
Oman	Abdullah Alqayoudhi
Pakistan	Muhammad Faheem Afzal
Poland	Kacper Toczylowski
Portugal	Muriel Ferreira
Romania	Bettina Boeriu
Russia	Kirill Evdokimov
Slovenia	Keti Vincek
Spain	Belen Hernandez Ruperez
Sri-Lanka	Yasindu Waniganayake
Sudan	Αrwa Othman
Switzerland	Julia Bielicki
Sweden	Katerina Mougkou
The Netherlands	Lilly Verhagen
Turkey	Benhur Çetin
Uganda	Clara Komuhangi
Ukraine	Oleksandr Mazulov
United Kingdom	Charlene Rodrigues
United states	Anton Gonz

Young ESPID representatives on the ESPID Board: Lilly Verhagen (2020-2023) and Fani Ladomenou (2018-2021)

Committee for Education: Eleni Vergadi (2019-2022) and Cihan Papan (2020-2023)
Research Networking Committee: Robindra Basu Roy (2017-2020) and Henriette Rudolph (2018-2021)

Committee for Scientific Affairs & Awards: Virginia Ramos Martin (2019-2022) and Zoi Dorothea Pana (2017-2020)
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 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.