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Young Investigators​

The EUSTAR Young Investigators Group is a subgroup of EUSTAR, first founded in 2007 and lead by young emerging experts in the field of Scleroderma.

This group has so far enrolled new members (all under forty) from EUSTAR centres and different subgroups were created in order to cover all spectrums of interest in the scleroderma field. First of all, education will be a strategic focus point for this group, aiming at identifying outstanding clinical, epidemiological and basic science news in the field of scleroderma during international congresses and disseminating to the whole scleroderma community, through the use of the Internet and social media.

Another important objective of this group will be to increase the visibility of EUSTAR and help gather more people devoted to scleroderma patients. Moreover, the Young Investigators Group will also have members focussing on previously unexplored areas to create possible future research projects in both basic, transitional and clinical science, and is dedicated to promoting young emerging researchers’ ideas.

The EUSTAR Young Investigators Group is welcoming new members continuously! Feel free to contact Dr Maria-Grazia Lazzaroni (counsellors@eustar.org) for further info.

Current chair:

  • Cosimo Bruni, Florence, Italy.

Current Group coordinators:

  • Julia Spierings, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Alain Lescoat, Rennes, France
  • Maria Grazia Lazzaroni, Brescia. Italy
  • Abdulla Watad, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
  • Alessandro Giollo, Verona, Italy
  • Alexandra Burlui, Iasi, Romania
  • Alfredo Guillen del Castillo, Barcelona, Spain
  • Ana Maria Gheorghiu, Bucharest, Romania
  • Audrey Benyamine, Marseille, France
  • Aurèlian Chepy, Lille, France
  • Ayse Kocak Sezgin, Kutahya, Turkey
  • Barbara Russo, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Benjamin Chaigne, Paris, France
  • Blaz Burja, Lublijana, Slovenia
  • Catarina Duarte, Almeda, Portugal
  • Catarina Tenazinha, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Claudia Cobilinski, Bucharest, Romania
  • Corrado Campochiaro, Milan, Italy
  • Devis Benfaremo, Ancona, Italy
  • Elhai Muriel, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Elisabetta Zanatta, Padova, Italy
  • Enrico De Lorenzis, Rome, Italy
  • Emanuela Praino, Bari, Italy
  • Emmanuel Ledoult, Lille, France
  • Eugenia Bertoldo, Verona, Italy
  • Giacomo de Luca, Milan. Italy
  • Greta Pellegrino, Roma, Italy
  • Håvard Fretheim, Oslo, Norway
  • Hilde Jenssen Bjorkekjaer, Oslo, Norway
  • Imon Barua, Oslo, Norway
  • Inês Cordeiro, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Iulia Szabo, Cluj, Romania
  • Jelena Colic, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Jennifer Ben Shimol, Holon, Israel
  • Jens Vikse, Oslo, Norway
  • Joana Caetano, Almada, Portugal
  • Kristina Clark, London, UK
  • Maithri Prasad Aspari, Aarhus, Denmark
  • Marco Di Battista, Pisa, Italy
  • Marin Petric. Slpit, Croatia
  • Michael Hughes, Manchester, UK
  • Michele Iudici, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Mickael Essouma, Yaoundé, Cameroun
  • Patricia Martins, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Rucsandra Dobrota, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Tania Louza Santiago, Coimbra, Portugal
  • Vasco Romão, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Veronika Jaeger, Muenster, Germany
  • Yossra Atef Suliman, Assiut, Egypt
  • Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra, Leiden-Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • John Pauling, Bath, UK
  • Marie-Elise Truchetet, Bordeaux, France
  • Alberto Floris, Cagliari, Italy
  • Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, Oslo, Norway
  • Carina Mihai, Bucharest, Romania
  • Cristian Caimmi, Verona, Italy
  • Cristina Ponte, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Doreen Belz, Köln, Germany
  • Edoardo Rosato, Roma, Italy
  • Elisa Visali, Catania, Italy
  • Gemma Lepri, Firenze, Italy
  • Giovanna Cuomo, Naples, Italy
  • Matteo Piga, Cagliari, Italy
  • Mattia Congia, Cagliari, Italy
  • Pia Moinzadeh, Köln, Germany
  • Tunde Minier, Pecs, Ungary
  • Walter Alberto Sifuentes Giraldo, Madrid, Spain
Current chair:

Maria-Grazia Lazzaroni, Brescia, Italy

Current Group coordinators:

  • Clinical science: Alain Lescoat (France) and Shiri Keret (Israel)
  • Basic science: Muriel Elhai (Switzerland)
  • Education and Congresses: Stefano Di Donato (UK)
  • Social Media: Jelena Colic (Serbia)

Current members

  • Vikse Jens, Norway
  • Spierings Julia , Netherlands
  • Benvenuti Francesco , Italy
  • Lescoat Alain, France
  • Osipyan Magda, Armenia
  • Maglio Cristina, Sweden
  • Szabo Iulia-Elisabeta, Romania
  • Sieiro Santos Cristiana, Spain
  • Suliman Yossra, Egypt
  • Maximiano de Oliveira Delgado Sandra, Brazil
  • Kraev Krasimir, Bulgaria
  • Wojteczek Anna, Poland
  • Benfaremo Devis, italy
  • Essouma Mickael, Cameroon
  • Pinto Ana Sofia, Portugal
  • Bruni Cosimo, Switzerland
  • Campos Costa Flavio, Portugal
  • Burja Blaz, Switzerland
  • Lucas Rocha Margarida, Portugal
  • Di Battista Marco, Italy
  • Prata Ana Rita, Portugal
  • Nita Cristina, România
  • Gogulska Zuzanna, Poland
  • Duarte Ana Catarina, Portugal
  • Pecher Ann-Christin, Germany
  • Bergmann Christina, Germany
  • Mohammad Reza Beigi Davide , italy
  • Di Donato Stefano, United Kingdom
  • Furtado Carolina , Portugal
  • Keret Shiri, Israel
  • Genrinho Inês, Portugal
  • Šimac Daniel, Croatia
  • Muriel Elhai, Switzerland
  • Tatalovic Tanja, Croatia
  • Miric Filip, Croatia
  • Minniti Antonina, Italy
  • Petrić Marin, Croatia
  • Cadar Marius, Italy
  • Cobilinschi Claudia, Romania
  • Lledó Gema Maria, Spain
  • Farina Nicola, Italy
  • Martins Lucas, Brazil
  • Tonutti Antonio, Italy
  • Caetano Joana , Portugal
  • Suzuki Mikito, Japan
  • Barreira Sofia, Portugal
  • Moschetti Liala, Italy
  • Bellocchi Chiara, Italy
  • Di Ciommo Francesca Romana, Italy
  • Clark Kristina, United Kingdom
  • Shumnalieva Russka, Bulgaria
  • Iwata Futoshi, Japan
  • Cilona Maria Bernadette, italy
  • Hernández Isabel, Spain
  • Manukyan Nune, Armenia
  • Mazeda Carolina, Portugal
  • Franco Domingo Noemí, Spain
  • Retuerto Miriam, Spain
  • Bebear Louis, France
  • Binda Marco, italy
  • Moccaldi Beatrice, Italy
  • De Lorenzis Enrico, italy
  • De Luca Giacomo, Italy
  • Dobrota Rucsandra , Switzerland
  • Bjørkekjær Hilde Jenssen, Norway
  • Patiño Grageda Wilfredo, Argentina
  • Nagy Gabriella, Hungary
  • Filipanits Kristof, Hungary
  • Trusewicz Marzena, poland
  • Rei Rodrigo, Portugal
  • Franciska Ilona Kiss, Hungary
  • Ortalli Nicola, Italy
  • Lari Simone Aldo, Italy
  • Tonutti Antonio, Italy
  • Lucas Rocha Margarida, Portugal
  • Šimunić Lucija, Hrvatska
  • Guillen Alfredo, Spain
  • Rajão Martins Frederico, Portugal
  • Teixeira Rui L, Portugal
  • Fonseca Rita, Portugal
  • TANDAIPAN JOSE LUIS, SPAIN
  • Berlengiero Virginia, Italy
  • Gaspar de Melo Joao Daniel, Portugal
  • Heras Recuero Elena, Spain
  • Vlachogiannis Nikolaos, Greece
  • Stano Stefano, Italy
  • Iannone Claudia, Italy
  • Trignani Giorgia, Italy
  • D’ Angelo Nicoletta, Italia
  • Citarella Alessia, Italy
  • Batani Veronica , Italy
  • Bearzi Pietro, Italy
  • Taberner Alida, Spain
  • Lacasa Molina Joaquin, Spain
  • Perea Galera Laura , Spain
  • Past Working group leaders

    • Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra, Leiden-Nijmegen, Netherlands
    • John Pauling, Bath, UK
    • Marie-Elise Truchetet, Bordeaux, France
    • Cosimo Bruni, Florence, Italy.

    Past members 2019-2022

  • Tunde Minier Pecs, Ungary
  • Kristina Clark London, UK
  • Michael Hughes Manchester, UK
  • John Pauling Bath, UK
  • Elhai Muriel Zurich, Switzerland
  • Rucsandra Dobrota Zurich, Switzerland
  • Michele Iudici Geneva, Switzerland
  • Veronika Jaeger Basel, Switzerland
  • Alfredo Guillen del Castillo Barcelona, Spain
  • Walter Alberto Sifuentes Giraldo Madrid, Spain
  • Jorge Juan Gonzalez Martin Madrid, Spain
  • Sergi Heredia Martin Madrid, Spain
  • Blaz Burja Lublijana/Zurich, Slovenia/Switzerland
  • Jelena Colic Belgrade, Serbia
  • Ana Maria Gheorghiu Bucharest, Romania
  • Alexandra Burlui Iasi, Romania
  • Carina Mihai Bucharest, Romania
  • Tânia Santiago Coimbra, Portugal
  • Catarina Duarte Almeda, Portugal
  • Catarina Tenazinha Lisbon, Portugal
  • Joana Caetano Almada, Portugal
  • Patricia Martins Lisbon, Portugal
  • Inês Cordeiro Lisbon, Portugal
  • Cristina Ponte Lisbon, Portugal
  • Håvard Fretheim Oslo, Norway
  • Imon Barua Oslo, Norway
  • Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold Oslo, Norway
  • Julia Spierings Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra Leiden-Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • Corrado Campochiaro milano SR, Italy
  • Cosimo Bruni Firenze, Italy
  • Elisabetta Zanatta Padova, Italy
  • Eugenia Bertoldo Verona, Italy
  • Giacomo de Luca milano SR, Italy
  • Maria Grazia Lazzaroni Brescia, Italy
  • Alessandro Giollo Verona, Italy
  • Emanuela Praino Bari, Italy
  • Devis Benfaremo Ancona, Italy
  • Mattia Congia Cagliari, Italy
  • Elisa Visali Catania, Italy
  • Gemma Lepri Firenze, Italy
  • Giovanna Cuomo Naples, Italy
  • Edoardo Rosato Roma, Italy
  • Cristian Caimmi Verona, Italy
  • Alberto Floris Cagliari, Italy
  • Matteo Piga Cagliari, Italy
  • Jennifer Ben Shimol Wolfson Medical Center, Israel
  • Abdulla Watad Tel-Hashomer, Israel
  • Pia Moinzadeh Köln, Germany
  • Doreen Belz Köln, Germany
  • Alina Soare Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  • Elise Siegert Berlin, Germany
  • Alain Lescoat Rennes, France
  • Emmanuel Ledoult Lille, France
  • Audrey Benyamine Marseille, France
  • Benjamin Chaigne Paris, France
  • Aurèlian Chepy Lille, France
  • Marie-Elise Truchetet Bordeaux, France
  • Vincent Sobanski Lille, France
  • Yossra Atef Suliman Assiut, Egypt
  • Maithri Prasad Aspari Aarhus, Denmark
  • Marin Petric Split, Croatia
  • Barbara Russo Geneva, Switzerland
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