4th Long COVID International Conference 2026

The members of the Organizing Committee are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They meet frequently to discuss the scientific program of the workshop, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.

Scientific Committee

• Daniel Altmann, PhD, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
• Tomaso Antonacci - Long Covid Belgium, Belgium
• Danilo Buonsenso, MD, PhD, Woman and Child Health and Public Health Rome, Italy
• Angela M. Cheung, MD, PhD, FRCPC, CCD, University of Toronto; University Health Network, Canada
• Steven Deeks, MD, University of California, San Francisco, United States
• Megan Fitzgerald, PhD, Brain Inflammation Collaborative, Delafield, WI / Patient-Led Research Collaborative, Calabasas, CA.
• Giovanni Guaraldi, MD - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Marc Jamoulle, MD, PhD, University of Liège, Belgium
• Rasika Karnik, MS, MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Anthony Kelleher, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA, The Kirby Institute, Australia
• Clara Lehmann, MD, German Center For Infectious Research / University Hospital Cologne, Germany
• Michaela Müller-Trutwin, PhD, Institut Pasteur, France
• Avindra Nath, MD, National Institutes of Health, United States
• Pauline Oustric, PhD - #ApresJ20 Association Covid Long France, INSERM/Centre Léon Bérard, France
• Jonathan Schapiro, MD, National Hemophilia Center, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
• Irini Sereti, MD, NIAID/NIH, United States
• Upinder Singh, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, United States

The members of Scientific Committee are hand-picked by the Organizing Committee and the conference secretariat based on their significant contributions and commitment to the field. They assist the Organizing Committee by providing them with suggestions for speakers and topics. In addition, members of the Scientific Committee participate in reviewing submitted abstracts, and play an active role during the workshop as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.