Experts

Name	Expertise	Affiliation	Country	ITHANET contributions
Elen Nastas	Chief of Centre of Haemoglobinopathies - Paediatrics/Haematology Haemoglobinopathies	Institute of Pediatrics	Albania	No
Jim Vadolas	Haemoglobinopathies, gene therapy, HbF induction	Royal Children's Hospital	Australia	No
Beatrice Gulbis	Hereditary red blood cell disordersi.e. red blood cell enzymes, membranopathies and haemoglobinopathies: phenotype including neoanal screening for haemoglobinopathies, genotype and genetic counselling	Hôpital Erasme	Belgium	No
Nicola Conran	Sickle cell disease	University of Campinas	Brazil	No
Denka Hrystova Stoyanova	Hematologist, thalassaemia patients treatment	Specialized Children's Oncohematology Hospital	Bulgaria	No
Michael Angastiniotis	thalassaemia, epidemiology	Thalassaemia International Federation	Cyprus	Yes
George Christopoulos	Haemoglobinopathies, Prenatal Diagnosis, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	No
Soteroula Christou	Diagnosis of Haemoglobinopathies, Management of β-thalassemia, H-Disease, Sickle Cell Disease. Research interest in Treatment of β-thalasaemia (chelation, increase of Hb-F), Gene Therapy	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Xenia Feleki	Haemoglobinopathies, prenatal diagnosis	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	Yes
Michael Hadjigabriel	Haemoglobinopathy patients treatment	Limassol General Hospital	Cyprus	No
Georgia Hatzilambi	Haemoglobinopathies, population carrier screening	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Christiana Ioannou	Thalassaemia carrier screening	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Eleni Karitzie	Haemoglobinopathies, prenatal diagnosis	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	No
Marina Kleanthous	Drug therapy for thalassaemia using HbF inducers, Gene therapy for thalassaemia, Development of a diagnostic chip for thalassaemia, Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) for thalassaemia, Studies on the molecular basis of different forms of thalassaemia	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	Yes
Annita Kolnagou	Thalassaemia patient treatment	Paphos General Hospital	Cyprus	No
Andreani Kyrri	Population carrier screening for haemoglobinopathies. Epidemiology	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Loukas Kythreotis	Thalassaemia carrier screening	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Carsten W. Lederer	Gene Therapy, haemoglobinopathies	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	Yes
Christiana Makariou	Thalassaemia carrier screening	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Natalia Michaelidou	Member of patient association	Pancyprian Thalassaemia Association	Cyprus	No
Evdokia Pangalou	Haematology, haemoglobinopathies patient treatment	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Thessalia Papasavva	Haemoglobinopathies, prenatal diagnosis, non invasive prenatal diagnosis	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	Yes
Eleni Pavlou	Haemoglobinopathies, diagnosis, prenatal diagnosis	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	No
Loizos Perickleous	Thalassaemia patient association	Pancyprian Thalassaemia Association	Cyprus	No
Miranda Petrou	Haemoglobinopathies, molecular genetics, prenatal diagnosis	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	Yes
Marios Phylactides	haemoglobinopathies, HbF induction, genetic modifiers	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	No
Irene Savvidou	Thalassaemia patients treatment	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Krikor Simamonian	Cardiology, thalassaemia	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Maria Sitarou	Haemoglobinopathy patients treatment	Larnaca General Hospital	Cyprus	No
Nikos Skordis	haemoglobinopathies, Endocrinology	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Ahmed Varoglou	Patient association member		Cyprus	No
Mustafa Yazman	Hamoglobinopathies, prenatal diagnosis	Thalassaemia Center (Turkish Cypriot)	Cyprus	No
Amal El Beshlawy	Haemoglobinopathies patient care, thalassemia patient Association member	Cairo University	Egypt	No
Ghada Ezzat	Haemoglobinopathies	Fayoum University	Egypt	No
Samia Temtamy	Haemoglobinopathies, genetics	National Research Centre	Egypt	No
Catherine Badens	red cells genetic disorders, thalassaemia	Hôpital La Timone	France	Yes
Patricia Aguilar Martinez	red cell disorders, rare anaemias, thalassemia, hemoglobin disorders, iron overload, hemochromatosis, iron deficiency anemia	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier	France	No
Henri Wajcman	Haemoglobinopathies, haemoglobin variants, databases	Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale	France	No
Nicholas Anagnou	gene therapy	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	No
Aglaia Athanasiadou	Gene therapy	University of Patras	Greece	No
Adamandia Papachatzopoulou	Gene therapy	University of Patras	Greece	No
Ioannis Georgiou	Screening and prenatal diagnosis of thalassemias and hemoglobinopathies, Population genetics, Medical genetics, PND, fetal maternal medicine genetic screening	University Hospital of Ioannina	Greece	No
Eleni Hassapopoulou	Hematologist / Thalassemia / Sickle cell disease	AHEPA University General Hospital of Thessaloniki	Greece	No
Emmanuel Kanavakis	Clinical genetics and pediatrics, Clinical and molecular genetics, Preventive pediatrics, Pediatric hematology, Genetic counceling	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	No
Eleni Katsantoni	Transcriptional regulation, transcription factors, STATs, STAT5, erythropoietic transcription factors, thalassaemia	Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens	Greece	No
Antonis Kattamis	Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Hemoglobinopathies, thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, Diamond-Blackfan anemia, neutropenia, bone marrow failure syndromes, rare anemias, aplastic anemia, iron disorders	“Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital	Greece	No
Panagoula Kollia	Haemoglobinopathies	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	No
Theodoros Kosteas	Functional Genomics and Aging	Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology	Greece	No
Dimitris Loukopoulos	Thalassaemia patients treatment	Laiko General Hospital Athens	Greece	No
George Patrinos	Pharmacogenetics	University of Patras	Greece	No
Jan Traeger Synodinos	Molecular Genetics, Molecular diagnostics, Molecular Methods, Prenatal Diagnosis, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Haemoglobinopathies, Thalassaemia, Reproductive Genetics	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	Yes
Varnavas Konstantinou	Gene therapy	George Papanicolaou Hospital	Greece	No
Ersi Voskaridou	Thalassaemia, Sickle cell patient's treatment. Population screening and Prenatal diagnosis	Laiko General Hospital Athens	Greece	Yes
Christina Vrettou	diagnosis of thalassaemia, prenatal diagnosis, Preimplantation genetic diagnosis	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	Yes
Evangelia Yannaki	Gene therapy of haemoglobinopathies	George Papanicolaou Hospital	Greece	No
Renu Saxena	Haemoglobinopathies, molecular genetics	Sir Ganga Ram Hospital	India	No
Hossein Najmabadi	Haemoglobinopathies, prenatal diagnosis	Kariminejad & Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center	Iran	No
Rasool Khalid Luqman	Clinical Hematologist, Thalassemia, Hemophilia and Congenital Blood Disorders	Hiwa Hematology Oncology Hospital	Iraq	No
Oppenheim Ariella	haemoglobinopathies	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	No
Eitan Fibach	Thalassaemia. Erythroid cell cultures	Hadassah Medical Center	Israel	No
Dvora Filon	Genetic Modifiers in Beta-thalassemia	Hadassah Medical Center	Israel	No
Emanuele Angelucci	Hemoglobinopathies. Hemopoietic stem cell transplantation in not malignant and in malignant diseases. Iron chelation in MDS	Ospedale Oncologico di Riferimento Regionale	Italy	No
Clara Camaschella	Professor of Internal Medicine, rare anaemias	Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele	Italy	No
Maria Domenica Cappellini	Thalassemia Syndromes; Hemoglobinophaties; G6PD; Gaucher Disease; Fabry Disease; Porphyrias	University of Milan	Italy	No
Giuseppe Curcio	Fondazione Europea per la Genetica European Genetics Foundation - EGF	European Genetics Foundation	Italy	No
Giuliana Ferrari	Gene therapy for haemoglobinopathies	Scientific Institute H.S.Raffaele	Italy	No
Roberto Gambari	Haemoglobinopathies, HbF induction, Genetic modifiers	Università degli Studi di Ferrara	Italy	No
Achille Iolascon	anaemia, red blood cells, erythropoiesis, dyserythropoiesis, red cell membrane	University Federico II of Naples	Italy	No
Aurelio Maggio	Thalassemia and Haemoglobionopaties and Blood Disease, Genetic Rare Disease	Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello	Italy	Yes
Paolo Moi	Haemoglobinopathies, molecular diagnosis, HbF induction, genetic modifiers	The University of Cagliari	Italy	Yes
Andrea Mosca	Dept. Science and Biomedical Technology University of Milano	University of Milan	Italy	No
Antonio Piga	Thalassaemia patients treatment	University of Turin	Italy	No
Christina Rosatelli	thalassaemia patients treatment	The University of Cagliari	Italy	No
Franco Locatelli	Pediatric Hematology / Oncology IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Policlinico "San Mateo" - Pavia Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Di Diritto Publico - Ispedale Generale Regionale Oncoematologia Pediatrica Direttore: Dott. Franco Loca	Policlinico San Matteo Pavia Fondazione IRCCS	Italy	No
Hanan Hamamy	Epidemiology of congenital disorders, consanguinity, community genetics services	University of Geneva	Switzerland	No
Basma I. Hasan			Jordan	No
Ayman Al Qadoumi	Genetics of thalassaemia	King Hussein Medical Center	Jordan	No
Ali Taher	Hemoglobinopathies (Thalassemia and Sickle Cell), Hemophilia and rare bleeding disorders, Thrombophilia	American University of Beirut	Lebanon	No
Joseph Borg	Haemoglobinopathies, regulation of globin gene expression	University of Malta	Malta	No
Alex Felice	epidemiology, genetics and gene control of human haemoglobin and thalassaemia, human genetics, medical biotechnology	University of Malta	Malta	No
Piero Giordano	Haemoglobinopathies, molecular diagnosis	Leiden University Medical Center	Netherlands	No
Frank Grosveld	Regulation of globin gene expression	Erasmus Medical Center	Netherlands	No
Cornelis L. Harteveld	haemoglobinopathies, α-thalassemia, β-thalassemia, haemoglobin variants, MLPA, mutation detection, technology, diagnostics, array CGH, non-invasive prenatal diagnosis, deletions	Leiden University Medical Center	Netherlands	Yes
Sjaak Philipsen	Regulation of globin gene expression, erythropoiesis	Erasmus Medical Center	Netherlands	No
Leticia Ribeiro	Red blood cell diseases and iron metabolism disorders on their clinical and laboratory aspects. Congenital haemostasis disorders, haemoglobinopathies	Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra	Portugal	Yes
Ramin Badii	Haemoglobinopathies, molecular diagnosis	Hamad Medical Corporation	Qatar	No
Mashael Jamal Mohammed Al Jabir	Molecular Genetics, haemoglobinopathies	Hamad Medical Corporation	Qatar	No
Letitia Dan	Genetics, haemoglobinopathies	University of Bucharest	Romania	No
Rodica Talmaci	Development and research activity in Molecular Biology Laboratories, Molecular investigation of haematological malignancies, Molecular diagnosis of genetic diseases, Prenatal diagnosis of thalassemias, Gene mutation identification	University of Bucharest	Romania	No
Ibtessam Hussein	haemoglobinopathies	National Research Centre	Egypt	No
Joan-LLuis Vives Corrons	Clinical haematology diagnosis, University teaching, Haematology laboratory, Standardization, External quality assessment, rare anaemias, erythroenzymopathies , haemoglobinopathies.	Hospital Clínic de Barcelona	Spain	Yes
Maria del Mar Mañú Pereira	Red Cell Pathology, Laboratory diagnosis: phenotype and genotype, Thalassemia syndromes, Sickle cell disease (SCD), Enzymopathies, Membranopathies, Neonatal screening for SCD, Epidemiology	European Network for Rare and Congenital Anaemias	Spain	No
Florinda Gilsanz	Hematology	Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre	Spain	No
Ana Maria Villegas	α-thalassemia, β-thalassemia, P50, Hemoglobinophaties, Iron overload, Iron quelation, RM Iron overload, PNH	Hospital Clinicico San Carlos	Spain	No
Faizeh Al Quobaili	Haemoglobinopathies	Damascus University	Syria	No
Suthat Fucharoean	thalassemia, abnormal hemoglobins	Mahidol University	Thailand	No
Vip Viprakasit	haemoglobinopathiy patients treatment, molecular genetics	Mahidol University	Thailand	No
Habiba Chaabouni	haemoglobinopathies, genetic diseases	Hopital Charles Nicolle Tunis	Tunisia	No
Slaheddine Fattoum	Haemoglobinopathies, molecular diagnosis	Hospital Children Béchir Hamza	Tunisia	No
Yeshim Aydinok	Paediatric Haematology, haemoglobinopathies	Ege University	Turkey	No
A.Nazli Basak	Genetics and molecular pathology of inherited Hb disorders, Molecular mechanisms leading to neurodegenerative diseases	Bogazici University	Turkey	No
Duran Canatan	Pediatrics, Hematologist, Geneticisit, Blood Transfusion and Blood Banking. Hemoglobinopathies. Congenital Red Cell Membrane defects	Mediterrranean Blood Diseases Foundation (Akdeniz Kan Hastalıkları Vakfı) Hemoglobinopathy Diagnosis Center	Turkey	No
Erol Baysal	Thalassemia genotype/phenotype correlation, state-of-the-art lab diagnostics, regulation of the globin genes, new methodologies to detect rare gene arrangements, thalassemia treatment and management, fetal globin induction Senior lecturer Dubai Medical	Dubai Medical College	United Arab Emirates	No
Michael Antoniou	Haemoglobinopathies, gene therapy	King's College London	United Kingdom	No
Mathew Darlison	haemoglobinopathies epidemiology, bioinformatics	UCL Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education	United Kingdom	No
Douglas Higgs	Director of the Molecular Haematology Unit and Hon. Consultant Haematologist, alpha thalassaemia, Bioinformatics, Chromosome mapping, Computational biology and In situ hybridisation	John Radcliffe Hospital	United Kingdom	No
Bernadette Modell	Haemoglobinopathies, Epidemiology, Emeritus Professor of Community Genetics, Primary Care & Population Health, Institute of Epidemiology & Health, Faculty of Pop Health Sciences	UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care	United Kingdom	No
John Old	Haemoglobinopathies, prenatal diagnosis, epidemiology	Churchill Hospital	United Kingdom	Yes
Dudley Pennell	Cardiac complications in thalassemia. Professor of Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute. Director of the National Institutes of Health Research Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit located at Royal Brompton Hospital	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	No
Mary Petrou	haemoglobinopathies, prenatal diagnosis	UCL Institute for Women's Health	United Kingdom	No
John Porter	Blood diseases, haemoglobinopathies John Porter is Professor of Haematology and Consultant Haematologist at the University College London Hospitals in London, UK and head of the joint Red Cell Unit for UCLH and Whittington Hospitals	University College London Hospitals	United Kingdom	No
Paul Telfer	Heamoglobinopathy patients treatment	Royal London Hospital	United Kingdom	No
Swee Lay Thein	Haemoglobinopathy patients treatment, regulation of globin gene expression	The National Institutes of Health	United States of America	No
Ross Hardison	regulation of globin gene expression	PSU Center for Comparative Genomics & Bioinformatics	United States of America	No
Abdullah Kutlar	Haemoglobinopathies, Hematology	Georgia Regents University	United States of America	No
Stefano Rivella	Kwame Ohene-Frempong Chair on Sickle Cell Anemia and Professor of Pediatrics; Erythropoiesis, iron metabolism, macrophages, gene therapy, iPS cells	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	United States of America	No
Michel Sadelain	Haemoglobinopathies, gene therapy	Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center	United States of America	No
Petros Kountouris	bioinformatics, computational biology, haemoglobinopathies	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	Yes
Lawrence Faulkner	Haemoglobinopathies, Bone marrow transplantation	Cure2Children	Italy	No
Mohamed El Missiry	thalassaemia	Cure2Children	United States of America	No
Frédéric Piel	Epidemiology of haemoglobinopathies	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	No
Petr Holub	thalassaemia, electronic infrastructure	Masaryk University	Czech Republic	No
Shaza Abu Sirriya	Haemoglobinopathies, molecular diagnosis	Hamad Medical Corporation	Qatar	No
Paolo De Coppi	In utero stem cell therapy	UCL Institute for Women's Health	United Kingdom	No
Anna David	In utero stem cell therapy	UCL Institute for Women's Health	United Kingdom	No
Toni Cathomen	gene therapy	University of Freiburg - Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg	Germany	No
Panicos Shangaris	In utero stem cell therapy	UCL Institute for Women's Health	United Kingdom	No
Laura Breda	Research Assistant Professor; Gene therapy	The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	United States of America	No
Valeriya Kaleva	Haemoglobinopathy patients treatment, thalassaemia	University Hospital “St. Marina”	Bulgaria	Yes
Madeeha M. Kamal	Haematology, haemoglobinopathy patients treatment	Hamad Medical Corporation	Qatar	No
Shirley Henderson	Haemoglobinopathies, prenatal diagnosis	Churchill Hospital	United Kingdom	No
Christian Scerri	Thalassaemia patients treatment, thalassaemia genetics	University of Malta	Malta	No
Nicolas Pilar	Ethical and Legal issues	The University of the Basque Country	Spain	No
Mohammad Hamid	Molecular Genetics Molecular Medicine Biotechnology Research	Pasteur Institute of Iran	Iran	No
Andrea Zanolla	Project Manager European Genetics Foundation	European Genetics Foundation	Italy	No
Julia Hoffmann	Programm Officer for Fund Raising European Genetics Foundation	European Genetics Foundation	Italy	No
Emilio José Armaza Armaza	Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) in rare anaemias	The University of Deusto	Spain	No
Miguel Abboud	Sickle Cell Disease, Pediatric hematology, pediatric oncology	American University of Beirut	Lebanon	Yes
AbuAli Azhar Mohammed Abu Ali	Senior Clinical Psychologist Latifa Hospital Dubai Health Authority United Arab Emirates	Latifa Hospital	United Arab Emirates	No
Abdullah Hussein Al-Jeffri	Executive Director KFNCC Consultant Pediatric Hem/One King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Saudi Arabia	King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre	Saudi Arabia	No
Awatif Al Bahar	DGFC medical director Consultant in obstetrics, gynaecology and endocrine infertility Dubai Health Authority Head of Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Canadian Hospital United Arab Emirates	Canadian Hospital United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	No
Azzam Al Zoebi	Consultant Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist	Sheikh Khalifa Medical City	United Arab Emirates	No
Eleni Kalogerou	Population screening for thalassaemia	Archbishop Makarios Hospital III	Cyprus	No
Androulla Eleftheriou	haemoglobinopathies	Thalassaemia International Federation	Cyprus	No
Eleni Papanicolaou	Gene therapy	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	No
Roswitha Dickerhoff	Sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia management and diagnosis, epidemiology of haemoglobinopathies in Germany, advocacy for the recognition of haemoglobinopathies in disease management and prevention	University Hospital Düsseldorf	Germany	No
Holger Cario	Haemoglobinopathies	Ulm University Medical Centre	Germany	No
Claudia Potthoff	Department of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology and Clinical Immunology	University Hospital Düsseldorf	Germany	No
Elisabeth Kohne	Haemoglobinopathies diagnosis	Ulm University Medical Centre	Germany	No
Regine Grosse	Paediatric Haematology and Oncology	University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf	Germany	No
Maria del Pilar	Sickle cell patients	Meharry Medical College	United States of America	No
Deborah Rund	Leukemia, Thalassemia, Drugs resistance, hemapheresis	Hadassah Medical Center	Israel	No
Celeste Bento	Red blood cell disorders, Hemoglobinopathies, Congenital Erythrocytosis, Molecular Genetics	Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra	Portugal	Yes
Raj Ramesar	haemoglobinopathies, retinal degenerative disorders, genetic basis of the more complex yet common chronic disorders (e.g. hypertension)	University of Cape Town	South Africa	No
Bin Alwi Zilfalil	haemoglobinopathies, medical genetics, thalassaemia, population genetics	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	Yes
Mas Rina Wati Abdul Hamid	Human Genetics, Cancer Genetics and Biology, Thalassaemia	Universiti Brunei Darussalam	Brunei	Yes
Léon Tshilolo	sickle cell disease	Centre Hospitalier Mère-Enfant MONKOLE	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Bertha Ibarra	genetics, human genetics, haematology	Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	Yes
F. Javier Perea	genetics, human genetics, haematology	Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	No
Salah Al-Humood	haematopathology	Kuwait University	Kuwait	Yes
Fahd Al-Mulla	haemoglobin disorders	Kuwait University	Kuwait	Yes
Obiageli Nnodu	Haematology and blood transfusion	Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria	Nigeria	Yes
Hafizur Rahman	Thalassaemia and haemoglobinopathies, chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Yes
Pavlos Fanis	haemoglobinopathies, globin regulation	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	Yes
Joyce Harper	Joyce Harper is Professor of Human Genetics and Embryology at the Institute for Women’s Health, University College London where she heads the Department of Reproductive Health and heads the Embryology, IVF and Reproductive Genetics Group	UCL Institute for Women's Health	United Kingdom	No
Coralea Stephanou	haemoglobinopathies, gene therapy, medical genetics, molecular biology	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	Yes
Stephan Lobitz	Sickle Cell Disease, Haemoglobinopathies	Amsterdam Street Children Hospital	Germany	No
Hassan Syahzuwan	Thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies diagnostics	Institute for Medical Research	Malaysia	Yes
Xiangmin Xu	Thalassemia research, genetic counseling, clinical laboratory diagnosis.	Southern Medical University	China	Yes
Jacques Elion	sickle cell disease, haemoglobinopathies	Sorbonne Paris Cité University	France	Yes
Yvonne Daniel	Screening and diagnosis of haemoglobinopathies	Viapath, Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital	United Kingdom	Yes
Daniel Monteiro	Screening and diagnosis of haemoglobinopathies	Viapath, Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital	United Kingdom	Yes
Lena Oevermann	Physician scientist, paediatric haematology, oncology and stem cell therapy	Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin	Germany	No
Angelika Eggert	Director, Department of Paediatric Oncology, Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation	Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin	Germany	No
Dani Hakimeh	Paediatric oncology	Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin	Germany	No
Ariel Koren	Pediatric Hematology, Hemoglobinopathies (Prevention, Treatment, Research, Population Screening)	Emek Medical Center	Israel	Yes
Eirini Fylaktou	Molecular Genetics, Monogenic Diseases, Haemoglobinopathies	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	Yes
Xuan Shang	Thalassaemia	Southern Medical University	China	No
Li Zhiming Li	Haemoglobinopathies	Southern Medical University	China	Yes
Andreas Glenthøj	Rare anaemias	Danish Center for Hemoglobinopathies	Denmark	Yes
Domenico Coviello	Mendelian human genetic diseases in Cytogenetic and Molecular Genetics fields	IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini	Italy	Yes
Massimo Mogni	Molecular genetic thalassaemia, Cytogenetic and molecular prenatal diagnosis	IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini	Italy	Yes
Massimo Maffei	Haemoglobin analysis, Molecular Genetics of thalassaemia, Oncology, Virology	IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini	Italy	Yes
Scott Reading	Hematological disorders	ARUP Laboratories	United States of America	Yes
Yuling Qiu	N/A	Guangxi Key Laboratory of Thalassemia Research, Guangxi Medical University	China	Yes
Norafiza Mohd Yasin	Thalassaemia/ Haemoglobinopathy	Institute for Medical Research	Malaysia	Yes
Fan Jiang	Thalassemia, Genetics, Hereditary hematopathy	Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center	China	Yes
Carina Levin	Benign Hematology	Emek Medical Center	Israel	No
Youqiong Li	Thalassemia, Hemoglobinopathies	The People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region	China	Yes
Dong-Zhi Li	Thalassemia; genetics, Hereditary hematopathy	Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center	China	Yes
Elisabeth Saller	Medical Genetics	Analytica Medizinische Laboratorien AG	Switzerland	Yes
Ghada El-Kamah	Professor of Clinical Genetics, Coordinator of the Hereditary Blood Disorders and Genodermatoses Clinics and Research team	National Research Centre	Egypt	Yes
Giorgia Mandrile	Hemoglobinopathies – Medical genetics	Thalassemia Center – San Luigi University Hospital	Italy	Yes
Cinzia Nicolò	ResearcherID AGG-7402-2022	San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital	Italy	Yes
Cristina Curcio	Genetics and Heredity ResearcherID D-3898-2011	Policlinico San Matteo Pavia Fondazione IRCCS	Italy	Yes
Qianmei Zhuang	Molecular genetic diagnosis	Quanzhou Women’s and Children’s Hospital	China	Yes
Anna Minaidou	haemoglobinopathies, medical genetics, molecular biology	The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics	Cyprus	Yes
Shiqiang Luo	Thalassemia; Genetics; Molecular Biology	Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital	China	Yes
Kalai Miniar	Expertise / research interests Molecular and cellular Hematology, hemoglobinopathies	Pasteur Institute of Tunis	Tunisia	Yes
Imen Moumni	Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology	Pasteur Institute of Tunis	Tunisia	Yes
Samia Menif	Molecular and Cellular Hematology	Pasteur Institute of Tunis	Tunisia	Yes
Lei Pan	Prenatal diagnosis	Baoan Women’s and Children’s Hospital	China	Yes
Kritsada Singha	Thalassemia, hemoglobinopathies	Khon Kaen University	Thailand	Yes
Supan Fucharoen	Thalassemia, hemoglobinopathies	Khon Kaen University	Thailand	Yes
Chulikon Hanart	Thalassemia, Hemoglobinopathies	Khon Kaen University	Thailand	Yes
Hataichanok Srivorakun	Thalassemia, Hemoglobinopathies	Khon Kaen University	Thailand	Yes
Faidatul Syazlin Abdul Hamid	Thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies diagnostics	Institute for Medical Research	Malaysia	Yes
Serena Manzini	Clinical Biochemistry	Azienda Usl Toscana Nord Ovest	Italy	Yes
Anping Xu	Hemoglobinopathies	Peking University Shenzhen Hospital	China	Yes
John S. Waye	hemoglobinopathies	Hamilton Health Sciences	Canada	Yes
Yan Tizhen Yan	Thalassemia, prenatal diagnosis	Dongguan Maternal and Children Health Hospital	China	Yes
Wei Li	molecular genetics	Liuzhou People's Hospital	China	Yes
Ju Long	Clinical genetics research	Qinzhou Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital	China	No
Shabnam Tavassoli	Hemoglobinopathy, Thalassemia	UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland	United States of America	Yes
Julio da Luz	Genetics	CENUR Litoral Norte Udelar - Universidad de la República	Uraguay	Yes
Yuanyuan Huang	molecular genetics	Liuzhou Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital	China	Yes
Effrossyni Boutou	Haemoglobinopathy genetics, genetic counselling, NIPT, thalassaemia modifiers, DNA repair, ADHD genetics	Laiko General Hospital Athens	Greece	Yes
Anupong Pansuwan	Thalassemia, hemoglobinopathies	Khon Kaen University	Thailand	Yes
Miguel Brito	sickle cell disease, human genetics	Polytechnic University of Lisbon	Portugal	Yes
Fengxiang Wei	Molecular Genetics Birth Defects, Rare Diseases and Genetic Diseases	Longgang District Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital	China	Yes
Britta Landin	Clinical Biochemistry, Hemoglobinopathies, HbA1c	Karolinska University Hospital	Sweden	Yes