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Prof. Dr. Paul R. Carney

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Departments of Child Health and Neurology, University of Missouri, 400 Keene Street, Columbia, MI 65201, USA
Interests: children’s health; pediatric sleep medicine; pediatric epilepsy; biomedical engineering
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Dr. Elizabeth Asztalos

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Department of Newborn & Developmental Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5A 1B2, Canada
Interests: neonatal care; neurodevelopmental outcomes; clinical trials; feeding and nutritional support
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Prof. Dr. Marco Carotenuto

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Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy
Interests: pediatric neurology; pediatric rehabilitation; pediatric sleep disorders; pediatric polysomnography; pediatric headaches; pediatric epilepsy; pediatric EEG; autism spectrum disorders; intellectual disability; neurogenetic disorders; pediatric movement disorders; neurodevelopmental disorders
* Section "Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine"
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Prof. Dr. Dai Chung

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UT Southwestern Medical Center, 1935 Medical District Drive, Suite D2000, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
Interests: pediatric solid tumor; neuroblastoma; Wilm's tumor; hepatoblastoma; necrotizing enterocolitis; pediatric surgery; pediatric trauma; ECMO; short bowel syndrome
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Prof. Dr. Olaf Gefeller

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Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Interests: epidemiology; biostatistics; melanoma; ultraviolet radiation; UV index; prevention of sun exposure
* Section "Pediatric Dermatology"
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Prof. Dr. Enrico Heffler

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Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090 Pieve Emanuele, MI, Italy
Interests: severe asthma; nasal polyps; airway inflammation; biomarkers; anaphylaxis
* Section "Pediatric Allergy and Immunology"
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Prof. Dr. Zvi Laron

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Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Unit, Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petah Tikva 49292, Israel
Interests: growth; growth hormone; insulin-like growth factor (IGF’s) diabetes mellitus
* Section "Pediatric Endocrinology"
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Dr. Sebastiano A. G. Lava

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1. Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
2. Heart failure and Transplant, Pediatric Cardiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London WC1N 3JH, UK
3. Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacological Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
Interests: cardiovascular function; heart failure; heart transplant; arterial hypertension; cardiovascular pharmacology; endothelial function; cardiac disease in chronic kidney disease
* Section "Pediatric Cardiology"
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Prof. Dr. Paul Nathan

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Director, AfterCare Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
Interests: childhood cancer survivorship; health care utilization; anthracycline cardiotoxicity
* Section "Oncology and Hematology"
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Dr. Erich Rutz

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Orthopaedic Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Interests: paediatric orthopaedics and trauma; cerebral palsy and neuromuscular disorders; gait analysis; biomechanics
* Section "Pediatric Orthopedics"

Prof. Dr. Chiarella Sforza

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Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Universita degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: craniofacial growth; evaluation of orthodontic treatment effects; clinical trial; special needs patients; craniofacial syndromes; dental arches in pediatric population and its development medicine; dentistry; health professions; anatomy; face; 3D; growth and development; neuroscience; sports; engineering; computer science, medical imaging
* Section "Pediatric Dentistry"
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Prof. Dr. Boris Zernikow

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1. German Paediatric Pain Centre, Children’s and Adolescents’ Hospital Datteln, Witten/Herdecke University, 45711 Datteln, Germany
2. Children’s Pain Therapy and Paediatric Palliative Care, Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, 45711 Datteln, Germany
Interests: pain management; migraine; palliative medicine; pain medicine
* Section "Pediatric Pain Medicine and Palliative Care"
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Prof. Dr. Mitchell E. Geffner

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Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, The Saban Research Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of the University of the Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Interests: natural history, complications, and new treatments of congenital adrenal hyperplasia; endocrinological/metabolic manifestations of HIV infection and its treatment in childhood; new formulations, delivery systems, and indications for growth hormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapies
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Prof. Dr. Xiaoping Luo

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Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hosital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
Interests: pediatric endocrinology; genetic metabolic diseases; rare genetic diseases
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Prof. Dr. Robert S. Ware

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Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, QLD 4011, Australia
Interests: pediatric infectious disease; vaccines; respiratory syncytial virus; human rhinovirus; norovirus; pertussis; acute respiratory infection

Prof. Dr. Eric C. Beyer

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Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Interests: cataracts; cell biology; connexins; endothelial cells; exosomes; extracellular vessicles; gap junctions; intercellular junctions; ion channel; lens; eye; sickle cell disease; translational medical research; pediatric cancers; career development

Prof. Dr. Martin Ebinger

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Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children’s University Hospital Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Interests: clinical trials in soft tissue sarcoma; therapy of refractory soft tissue tumors; experimental therapy in pediatric leukemia; genetics of childhood brain tumors

Prof. Dr. Luciano Fadiga

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1. Section of Physiology, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara , Via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
2. Center for Translational Neurophysiology, Italian Institute of Technology, Via Fossato di Mortara 19, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
Interests: speech processing; brain imaging; language; neurophysiology; cognitive neuroscience; neuroimaging; TMS; brain; brain-computer interfaces; mirror neurons

Dr. Silvia Fanaro

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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Via Savonarola 9, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
Interests: pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition; allergy and clinical immunology

Dr. Lara Farrell

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School of Applied Psychology & Griffith University Centre for Mental Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, QLD 4222, Australia
Interests: clinical psychology; mental health services; child and adolescent development

Prof. Dr. Raphael Guzman

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Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
Interests: neurosurgery; cerebrovascular surgery; neuroanatomy; children

Prof. Dr. Hongfang Jin

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Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
Interests: pediatric cardiovascular disease; pediatric syncope
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Volkmar Kopp

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1. Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
2. Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center of Lung Research (DZL), Lübeck, Germany
3. Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergology, University of Lübeck, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
Interests: pediatric allergy; pediatric pulmonology; general pediatrics

Dr. Johnny Padulo

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Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: public health; maturation; physical activity; sport science; kinesiology
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Prof. Dr. Letizia Perillo

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Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Luigi De Crecchio, 6, 80138 Naples, Italy
Interests: early treatment; non-extraction treatment; cleft lip and palate; genetics
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Dr. Vassiliki Syriopoulou

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First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece
Interests: pediatric infections

Prof. Dr. Pingsheng Wu

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1. Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
2. Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Interests: pulmonary diseases; early infant respiratory viral infections; public health and epidemiology

Prof. Dr. Wenhao Zhou

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Children's Hospital and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Interests: diagnosis and prevention of birth defects in the neonatal nervous system; neonatal encephalopathy; neonatal hereditary disease
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Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Abramo

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Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
Interests: sepsis; transport; trauma; noninvasive monitorin; near infrared spectroscopy; ETCO2; NIPPV/BiPAP; asthma; critical care; pediatric airway/RSI

Prof. Dr. Sari A. Acra

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D. Brent Polk Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 2200 Children’s Way, 9214 Doctors’ Office Tower, Nashville, TN 37232-9175, USA
Interests: diarrheal disorders; functional dyspepsia; GERD; aerodigestive disorders; inflammatory bowel diseases; nutritional disorder
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