Editorial Board

Editorial Board

  • Editors-in-Chief

    • Prof.  Yehuda Shoenfeld

      Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Reichman University, Herzelya, Israel.

      Research Interests: autoimmune diseases; clinical immunology; systemic lupus erythematosus; rheumatology.

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    • Prof.  Carlo Perricone

      Rheumatology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, p.le Menghini 1, Perugia, Italy.

      Research Interests: inflammatory arthritis; connective tissue diseases; systemic lupus erythematosus; Sjogren's syndrome; rare diseases in rheumatology.

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  • Editorial Board Members

    • Prof. Dr.  Jozelio De Carvalho

      Departments of rheumatology, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.

      Research Interests: systemic lupus erythematosus; autoimmunity; atherosclerosis; antiphospholipid syndrome.

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    • Prof.  Alessandro Antonelli

      Full Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, School of Medicine.

      Research Interests: autoimmune thyroid disorders; chemokines; autoimmune thyroiditis; Graves' disease; Graves' ophthalmopathy.

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    • Prof.  Alexandra Balbir-Gurman, M.D.

      Rheumatology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

      Research Interests: systemic sclerosis; ultrasound in rheumatic diseases; biological therapies; Raynaud’s phenomenon.

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    • Prof. Dr.  Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert

      Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

      Research Interests: ANCA; vasculitis; ASIA; Implant related rheumatic diseases; EGPA; GPA.

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    • Prof.  Fulvia Ceccarelli

      Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

      Research Interests: autoimmune disease; systemic lupus erythematosus; rheumatoid arthritis; imaging; ultrasound; oncology.

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    • Prof.  Savino Sciascia

      Multidisciplinary Centre for Immunopathology and Rare Disease (CMID), San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, and Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin.

      Research Interests: antiphospholipid syndrome; autoimmune diseases; nephrology; immunology; rheumatology.

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    • Dr.  Natalia Gavrilova

      • 1. Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
      • 2. Saint-Petersburg State University Clinic, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
      • 3. Gatchina Clinical Interdistrict Hospital, Gatchina, Russia.

      Research Interests: polyneuropathy; small fiber neuropathy; postcovid syndrome; long COVID; neurodegenerative disease; stroke; CIDP; chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

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    • Prof.  Takao Koike

      Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.

      Research Interests: antiphospholipid syndrome; SLE; rheumatoid arthritis; vasculitis syndrome.

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    • Dr.  Giacomo Cafaro

      Assistant Professor of Rheumatology and Consultant Rheumatologist Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Perugia.

      Research Interests: sjogren's disease; connective tissue diseases; rheumatoid arthritis; psoriatic arthritis; ultrasound; translational rheumatology; T cells.

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    • Prof.  Ferdinando Nicoletti

      Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania CT, Italy.

      Research Interests: immunology; traslational immunopharmacology; autoimmune disease; immune therapy.

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    • Prof.  Francesco Caso

      Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

      Research Interests: psoriatic arthritis; spondyloarthritis; autoimmune diseases; autoinflammatory diseases.

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    • Prof.  Yekbun Adiguzel

      Atilim University, Ankara, Turkiye.

      Research Interests: molecular mimicry.

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    • Dr.  Maria Infantino

      Immunology and Allergology Laboratory, S. Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Florence, Italy.

      Research Interests: ANA; autoantibody testing in autoimmunity; laboratory diagnostic.

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    • Prof.  Piero Ruscitti

      Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

      Research Interests: Still’s disease; macrophage activation syndrome; autoinflammatory disease; psoriatic arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; systemic sclerosis.

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    • Prof.  Dimitrios P. Bogdanos

      University of Thessaly Medical School, Larissa, Greece.

      Research Interests: autoimmunity; autoantibody; autoimmune rheumatic diseases; T cell immunity; B cell immunity; viral infection; molecular mimicry.

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    • Prof.  Aaron Lerner

      The Zabludowicz Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Shiba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

      Research Interests: mucosal immunology; celiac disease; microbial transglutaminase; gluten and gliadin peptides; ASIA syndrome; genetically modified microbes regulation; public safety.

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    • Assoc. Prof.  Doron Rimar

      Rheumatology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.

      Research Interests: systemic sclerosis; vasculitis; stem cell transplantation; Car- T; biomarkers; fibrosis.

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    • Prof.  Elena Bartoloni

      Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia.

      Research Interests: sjogren's disease; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; environmental; interstitial lung disease.

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    • Prof.  Gisele Zandman-Goddard

      Head, Department of Internal Medicine C, Wolfson Medical Center, Israel.

      Research Interests: autoimmune diseases; SLE; Anti phospholipid syndrome; environmental triggers; IVIG.

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    • Prof.  Ricard Cervera

      Department of Autoimmune of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain Medicine-Autoimmune Diseases, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

      Research Interests: autoimmune diseases; antiphospholipid syndrome; systemic lupus erythematosus.

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    • Assoc. Prof.  Maria Maslinska

      Eleonora Reicher National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland.

      Research Interests: Sjögren's disease; IgG4-related disease; autoimmune syndrome induced by adjuvants; systemic sclerosis.

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    • Dr.  Gilad Halpert

      Dina Recanati School of Medicine, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel.

      Research Interests: inflammatory and autoimmune diseases; extracellular vesicles; precision medicine.

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    • Prof.  Carlos Vasconcelos

      Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António (CHUdSA), 4050-342 Porto, Portugal.

      Research Interests: clinical Immunology; autoimmune diseases and primary and HIV associated immunodeficiency’s.

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    • Prof.  Yoshiya Tanaka

      Department of Molecular Targeted Therapeutics, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.

      Research Interests: rheumatoid arthritis; systemic lupus erythematosus; B cell; biologics; JAK.

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