Meet the Speakers
We Introduce you to the Speakers of ESPID 2025!
Get ready to hear exclusive sneak-peeks on the presentations taking place in Bucharest and Online, from the speakers themselves!
Prof. Pere Soler Palacín
Understanding Immune Defects to Optimize Antiviral and Antimycobacterial Prophylaxis
Currently head of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit at Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron and leader of the Infection and Immunity research group at Vall d’Hebron Research Institute
Prof. Asha C. Bowen
Skin & Soft Tissue Infections
Clinician scientist working across the Perth Children’s Hospital as a paediatric infectious disease specialist and The Kids Research Institute Australia (formerly Telethon Kids Institute) as Head of the Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Team.
Prof. Susanna Esposito
New Perspective in Treatment and Prevention of RSV Infection in Children
Full Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Parma, Director of the Pediatrics Residency Program, Director of the Pediatric Clinic at the Parma University Hospital, and President of the World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders (WAidid)
Dr. John Kinsman
Understanding and Addressing the Reasons for Sub-Optimal Levels of Childhood Vaccination Acceptance and Uptake
Dr. Kinsman works at European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and has conducted social and behaviour change research globally since 1996, including on the social determinants of health, health system strengthening, public health emergency preparedness, and the prevention and control of specific diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Zika and polio.