The Open Allergy Journal

Dr. Didier Cataldo, M.D., Ph.D., is currently a respiratory diseases specialist at the University of Liege, Belgium, where he was appointed as a full time lecturer in 2009. He also develops important clinical activity in the Chest-Medicine Department of the University Hospital in Liege. With GIGA Research, he became interested in the physiopathological mechanisms underlying the development of obstructive respiratory diseases and bronchopulmonary cancer. Dr. Cataldo, as an author/co-author, has published more than 95 articles in various journals, having a significant number of total citations, i.e. over 3,445. In 2011, he was awarded the prestigious InBev-Baillet Latour prize for clinical research.

Prof. Dr. Claudio Guarneri, MD. Born - Catania, Italy, on November 01, 1973 Married, two sons. University studies 1992- 1999 University of Messina, Italy, School of Medicine and Surgery - Degree in Medicine and Surgery (cum laude)1999 - Specialist in Dermatology and Venereology (cum laude), University of Messina, Messina, Italy 2003 – Master in Dermatologic Surgery, University of Siena, Italy 2005 – Medical Director Dermatologist at the ‘Pugliese-Ciaccio’ Regional Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy 2005-2006 - Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at the Department of Clinical Experimental Medicine, Institute of Dermatology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy 2006-to date. Research Activities Impact Factor 2002-2016 = 294.66. h-index: 15. Scientific Papers published in PubMed journals: 119. Chapters in Book:18

Dr. Ruben D. Restrepo, M.D., RRT, FAARC, obtained his M.D. degree (1987) in Medicine from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Medellin, Colombia. Dr. Restrepo is currently Professor (since Mar 2010) at UT HSC San Antonio, Respiratory Care, San Antonio, TX, USA, and Adjunct Professor (since Aug 2013) Universidad Santiago de Cali, Colombia. His expertise is mainly in Capnography, High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation, Pharmacotherapy of Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Respiratory Aerosol, and Ventilator Waveforms. He, as an author/co-author, has published more than 30 articles in various journals, having total number of citations of over 730.

Stefan Wöhrl is a board-certified dermatologist and venereologist specialised on treating patients suffering from type I and IV allergies. He graduated with a Master in Science in 1996 and with a Medical Degree in 1999 at the University of Vienna. He held a position as an associate professor at the Medical University of Vienna from 2007 – 2012 when he became partner in Central Europe’s biggest allergy outpatient clinic, the Floridsdorf Allergy Center (FAZ). The main research interests are diagnosis of inhalant allergy, adverse drug reactions, mast cell diseases and hymenoptera venom allergy.

Titular Researcher and Head of the Pharmacobiology Department of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav) in Mexico City, Mexico. PhD studies in Basic Biomedical Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Pan-American Posdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS, NIH), in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Main research lines are related to the characterization of signal transduction pathways leading to cytokine synthesis and secretion of cytokines in mast cells, utilizing in vitro and in vivo models of mast cell activation.

Dr. Ervin Mingomataj studied general medicine during the period of 1988 to 1993. He is currently working in the Mother Theresa School of Medicine, Department of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, and teaches Human Histology in the Faculty of Medical-Technical Sciences, Medicine University of Tirana, Albania. He received the scientific title "Doctor medicinae" in Charité - University Medicine (2011) and in Albania as well. He was issued the academic title "Associate Professor" from the University of Tirana in 2012 (now Medicine University of Tirana). Dr. Mingomataj, as an author/co-author, has published over 30 articles in various journals, having total number of citations of more than 280.

Dr. Alexandre obtained his Ph.D in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil. He had a position of postdoctoral fellowship (2008-2009) at Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital (under supervision of Dr. Bruce David Levy). Currently he is an Associate Professor at Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil. The scientific activity is mainly focused in the study of substances with anti-inflammatory or pro-resolution activities in the airways inflammation.

Dr. Mazdak G. Hakemi obtained his Ph.D. degree (2011) in Immunology from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Dr. Hakemi currently holds the following key positions: (1) Associate Professor in Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (since Aug 2011); (2) Member of Vaccine Committee, Biotechnology Staff of Presidential Deputy for Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran (since Aug 2016); (3) Consultant to the head of health technology park, Pasteur Institute, Tehran, Iran (since Aug 2016). His skills and expertise mainly involve PCR, Cell Culture, Gel Electrophoresis, Western Blot Analysis, DNA Extraction, SDS-PAGE, Flow Cytometry, Molecular Cell Biology, Protein Purification, Immunofluorescence, and RNA Isolation. He has published over 45 articles (total citations: more than 165).