Editor-in-Chief
Giorgio Walter Canonica, MD
Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Humanitas University & Head of Personalized Medicine Asthma & Allergy Center, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milano, Italy; Conducted clinical immunology and allergology research at Biomedicum-Uppsala University Sweden & MUSC-Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
Co Editor-in-Chief
Mario Di Gioacchino, MD
Past-President of the Italian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology;
Full professor of Occupational Medicine, G. d’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
Email: digioacchino@me.com
Associate Editors
Ignacio J. Ansotegui, MD, PhD
Interests: Asthma, rhinitis, urticaria, anaphylaxis, immunotherapy, air pollution, climate change
Executive Medical Director of the World Allergy Organization (WAO), Past President of the World Allergy Organization (WAO);
Treasurer of Global Association of Asthma (INTERASMA) and Member of the Board of Directors of the Latin-American Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (SLAAI); Head of Department of Allergy and Immunology at Hospital Quironsalud Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain
Karl-Christian Bergmann, MD
Interests: Lung physician, allergologist, pollen information, severe asthma, biologics
Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Sinthia Bosnic-Anticevich, PhD
Interests: Asthma, COPD, allergic rhinitis, medicines use, pharmacy
Professor, Woolcock Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and Local Sydney Health District; Director of Development, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Fulvio Braido, MD
Interests: Patients reported outcomes, pharmacotherapy, clinical, diagnosis, cough
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Genoa, Head of Respiratory Unit for continuity of care, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
Mario Cazzola, MD
Interests: Respiratory clinical pharmacology, asthma, COPD, bronchodilators
Honorary Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, Italy
Nunzio Crimi, MD
Interests: Bronchial asthma, biological therapy of asthma, bronchial hipereactivity, rhinology, allergy, interstitial lung disease
Senior Professor, Respiratory Medicine at the Faculty 'of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Lawrence DuBuske, MD
Interests: Immunodiagnostics, biologicals for asthma, mast cell disorders, allergic rhinitis, urticaria, allergen immunotherapy, immune adjuvants
Physician George Washington University Hospital Washington DC, Immunology Research Institute of New England, Washington DC, United States
Giuseppe Guida, MD, PhD
Interests: Asthma, EGPA, chronic rhinosinusitis, exhaled nitric oxide, T lymphocytes
Assistant professor – Respiratory Medicine (MED/10) Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino - Severe Asthma and Rare Lung Disease UnitSan Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Orbassano (Torino), Italy
Ting-fan Leung, MD
Interests: Microbiome, food allergy, component-resolved diagnosis, eczema, genetics
Professor, Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Carlo Lombardi, MD
Interests: Asthma, allergy, COPD, biological agents, specific allergen immunotherapy
Head of Departmental Unit of Allergology, Clinical Immunology & Pneumology, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy
Mauro Maniscalco, PhD
Interests: Biomarkers, nitric oxide, breath, pulmonary test, rehabilitation
Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine University Federico II of Naples and Head of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Division, ICS Maugeri Scientific Institute of Telese, Napoli, Italy
Paolo Maria Matricardi, MD
Interests: Molecular allergology, digital allergology, hygiene hypoythesis, immunoglobulin E, allergen immunotherapy
Working Group of Molecular Allergology and Digital Health - Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Immunology and Intensive care - Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Mário A. Morais-Almeida, MD
Interests: Asthma, rhinitis, allergen immunotherapy, pediatric, lung function tests
Head of Allergy Center of CUF Descobertas Hospital; President of the Portuguese Association of Asthmatic Patients, Lisbon, Portugal
Lorenzo Moretta, MD
Interests: Human NK cells, NK receptors, myeloid derived suppressor cells, PD-1
Director, Tumor Immunology Unit，Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospitale, IRCCS；Past-President, European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS)；Member, Accademia dei Lincei；Emeritus Professor, University of Genova，Italy
Ken Ohta, MD, PhD
Interests: Hard-to-treat asthma, animal model, guidelines for asthma and COPD, molecular mechanisms of asthma and allergy, biologics for asthma therapy
President, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (JATA) Fukujuji Hospital; Honorary President, NHO Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Giovanni Paoletti, MD
Interests: Asthma, allergen immunotherapy, real world evidence, nasal polyps, rhinitis
Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine - Humanitas University, Allergist “Personalized Medicine Asthma & Allergy Clinic” Istituto Clinico Humanitas - Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
Chae-Seo Rhee, MD, PhD
Interests: Rhinosinusitis, rhinitis, immunotherapy, clinical and animal study for allergic rhinitis
Professor and Chair of Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology_Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Antonino Romano, MD
Interests: Drugs, penicillins, cephalosporins, NSAIDs allergy/hypersensitivity, diagnosis
Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy
Ingrid Terreehorst, MD, PhD
Interests: Inhalant allergy, eosinophilic esophagitis, perioperative anaphylaxis, immunotherapy, drug allergy, food allergy
Associate Professor, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of ENT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Garry M. Walsh, PhD
Interests: Airway epithelial cell inflammatory phenotype and function, eosinophil/airway epithelial cell interactions, eosinophil apoptosis, biologic-based therapy for asthma, biomarkers in asthma & COPD
Emeritus Reader in Inflammation & Immunity, Institute of Medical Sciences,University of Aberdeen, U.K.
Torsten Zuberbier, MD, PhD
Interests: Dermatology, allergology, urticaria, atopic dermatitis
Professor of Dermatology and Allergy, Director of Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Allergology and Immunology, Berlin, Germany
Editorial Board Members
Ioana Agache, PhD
Interests: Severe asthma, endotypes, biomarkers, environmental science, exposome, climate change, guidelines for clinical practice
Professor of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at Transylvania University, Brasov, Romania
Diego Bagnasco, PhD
Interests: Asthma, biologics, CRSwNP, T2 inflammation, respiratory pathophysiology
Respiratory and Allergy Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine (DIMI), University of Genoa, IRCCS Policlinic San Martino, Genoa, Italy
Pasquale Caponnetto, PhD
Interests: Psychoimmunology, psychology and asthma, psychopathology and asthma, psychodiagnostic tools for asthma and immunology
Assistant professor of clinical psychology at Department of Educational Science, Section of Psychology, at University of Catania, Italy
Lei Cheng, MD, PhD
Interests: Allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, nasal polyps, allergy and asthma genes, allergen immunotherapy
Professor and Chairman, Department of Otorhinolaryngology; Director, Clinical Allergy Center; Chief Executive, International Centre for Allergy Research --- The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
Linhong Deng, PhD
Interests: Asthma, airway hyperresponsiveness, airway smooth muscle, airway remodeling, cellular mechanics, lung function, mechanotransduction, cytoskeleton, optical microscopy, respiratory physiology
Fellow of American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering; Cheung Kung Distinguished Professor of Ministry of Education; Dean of School of Medical and Health Engineering; Founding Director of Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Yuanpu Peter Di, PhD
Interests: Asthma, hypersensitivity, epithelial cells, BPIF, PLUNC
Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Danilo Di Bona, MD, PhD
Interests: Evidence based medicine, meta-analysis, allergology, allergen immunotherapy, asthma, immunology
Associate Professor, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Unit of Allergology, Bari, Italy
Eva Rebelo Gomes, MD
Interests: Paediatric allergy, drug allergy, drug allergy epidemiology, pharmacovigilance, drug induced anaphylaxis
Consultant, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Service, Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Makoto Hoshino, MD, PhD
Interests: Asthma, airway inflammation, remodeling, immunotherapy, pharmacotherapy
Professor, Division of Clinical Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine; Director, Preventive Medical Center; International University of Health and Welfare, Atami Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
Virchow J. Christian, MD
Interests: Obstructive lung diseases, asthma, therapy, inflammation, eosinophils
Head, Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital, Rostock, Germany; Visiting Professor, Respiratory Care, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
Tamar Kinaciyan, MD, PhD
Interests: Hereditary angioedema (HAE), angioedema, urticaria, mastozytosis, atopic dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, eczema, drug allergy, food allergy, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, morbus widal, polyposis and sinusitis
Deputy Head of the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria;
Head of Allergy and Pediatric Dermatology clinics at the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Uday Kishore, PhD
Interests: Innate immunity, complement, pregnancy, cancer, allergy, rhinitis, ABPA, immunotherapy, biologics
Universities of Oxford, Brunel and UAEU, London, England
Luigi Macchia, PhD
Interests: Asthma, severe asthma, biologicals in asthma and allergy therapy, lipid mediators of inflammation, food allergy, drug allergy and desensitization, hymenoptera venom allergy, mast cells, eosinophils
School of Medicine. University of Bari – Aldo Moro, Policlinico, Padiglione Morgagni, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 70124 Bari, Italy
Padukudru Anand Mahesh, DNB (Resp Dis)
Interests: Asthma, food allergy, epidemiology, air pollution, phenotyping
Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSSAHER, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Laurent Mascarell, PhD
Interests: Allergy, allergen immunotherapy, biomarker, new technology platforms, product characterization, biologics, add-on therapy approaches, climate change
Head of Innovation & Science, Stallergenes SAS, France
Javier Monteseirin, MD, PhD
Interests: Allergy, mediators of the allergic reaction, cells of the allergic reaction, allergy immunotherapy, asthma treatment
Hospital Quion Sagrado Corazon, Hospital Quiron Infanta Luisa, Seville, Spain
Giuseppe Murdaca, MD, PhD
Interests: Immunodeficiency, autoimmunity, pharmacogenomics, neuro-endocrino-immunology, vaccine and autoimmune diseases
Associate Professor-Internal Medicine, Di.M.I.-University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, n. 6-16132 Genova, Italy
Eustachio Nettis, MD
Interests: Allergic contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, latex allergy, urticaria, allergic rhinitis
Professor of University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari Polyclinic Hospital, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, School of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Bari, Italy
Hae-Sim Park, MD, PhD
Interests: NSAID hypersensitivity, severe asthma, occupational asthma, biologics, chronic urticaria
President of Ajou University Medical Center, Vice President for Medical Affairs of Ajou University School of Medicine, Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Suwon, South Korea
Vincenzo Patella, PhD
Interests: Rhinitis, asthma, climate change, atopic dermatitis, skin immunopathology, COVID vaccines reaction, allergen immunotherapy, hymenoptera allergy
Professor at the School of Specialization in Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Federico II University of Naples, Italy;
Director of the Complex Operating Unit of Internal Medicine with an Immunological and Respiratory, Civil Hospital of S. Maria della Speranza in Battipaglia, Level I DEA, ASL Salerno, Italy
Ruby Pawankar, MD, PhD
Interests: Airway allergies, microbiome, mast cells, biologics, epithelial cells, immunotherapy
Head of the Divison of Allergy, Dept of PediatrIcs, Nippon Medical School; President, Asia Pacific Association in Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI); Past President. World Allergy Organization (WAO) ; Council Member, Collegium Internationale Allergolicum (CIA), Tokyo, Japan
Corrado Pelaia, MD, PhD
Interests: Severe asthma, biological therapies, COPD, IL-5, IL-4, IL-13, TSLP
Pulmonologist at the Medical School of the University “Magna Græcia” of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Ana Margarida Pereira, MD
Interests: Rhinitis, asthma, allergy diagnosis, digital health, mhealth, drug allergy
Guest lecturer, MEDCIDS - Department of Medicine Community, Information and Decision in Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal
Oliver Pfaar, MD, PhD
Interests: Inflammatory airway-diseases, otorhinolaryngology, allergology
Head at the Section of Rhinology and Allergology at the University Hospital, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany; Member of the Executive Committee (ExCom 2017-2024) of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI); Chair of the Immunotherapy Interest Group (IT IG); Member of the board of Directors of the German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI)
Francesco Puppo, MD
Interests: Systemic sclerosis, systemic lupus, erythematosus, vasculitis
Full Professor at Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Italy
Erminia Ridolo, PhD
Interests: Eosinophil gastrointestinal diseases (EoE) , food allergy, immunotherapy, asthma and allergic respiratory diseases
Associated Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Parma, Italy
Matija Rijavec, PhD
Interests: Human genetic, transcriptomic, allergy, asthma, angioedema, clinical immunology, in vitro test
University Clinic of Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia
Nelson A. Rosario Filho, MD, PhD
Interests: Asthma, rhinitis, pediatric allergy
Professor of Pediatrics at Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
Franziska Roth-Walter, PhD
Interests: Allergens, immunonutrition, immunotherapy, mucosal immunology, micronutritional deficiencies, iron-deficiency
Head of “Applied Immunonutrition”, Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute, Vienna, Austria
Philip W. Rouadi, MD
Interests: Chronic cough, airway pollution, mobile health, allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, allergen immunotherapy
President, Pan Arab Society of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (PASAAI); House of Directors, World Allergy Organization (WAO); Allergy Clinic of “Dar Al Shifa” Hospital, Salmiya, Kuwait; Director, Allergy and Sleep Laboratory, Eye and Ear University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
Nikoletta Rovina, MD, PhD
Interests: Molecular mechanisms of asthma and allergy, immunology of asthma, biologics for asthma therapy, COPD
Associate Professor in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and “Sotiria” Chest, Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece
Umit Murat Sahiner, MD
Interests: Allergen immunotherapy, allergic rhinitis, asthma, food allergy, urticaria
Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergist; Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine; Department of Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, Ankara, Turkey
Raffaele Scala, PhD
Interests: Noninvasive ventilation, high flow nasal canula, respiratory intensive care units, bronchoscopy in critically ill patients
Pulmonology and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Cardio-Thoraco-Neuro-Vascular Dept, Usl Toscana Sudest, S Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy
Pongsakorn Tantilipikorn, MD, PhD
Interests: Allergic rhinitis, allergen immunotherapy, rhinosinusitis, airway inflammation, molecular allergy
Associate Professor, and Chairperson, Center of Research Excellent in Allergy & Immunology, Assistant President in Research & Academic Affairs, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Willem Van de Veen, PhD
Interests: Allergen specific immunotherapy (AIT), B cells, allergy, immunology, biomedical research
Research Group Leader, Head of B cell Immunology - Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research, University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
Arzu Yorgancıoğlu, MD, PhD
Interests: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, social determinants of health and inequities
Professor at the Department of Pulmonology in Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Türkiye
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