Invitation
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 2nd Meeting on Systemic Autoimmune Diseases and Inflammation: Unmet Clinical Needs Guide Clinical-Translational and Basic Research set to take place in October 11 and 12, 2025, in the Golden Age Hotel, conveniently located in downtown Athens. This 2-day meeting aims to address recent advances in clinical, translational, and basic research in autoimmunity and inflammation and, therefore is a venue where both rheumatologists and other clinical scientists can meet and interact with basic scientists.
In recent years, the use of targeted treatments for these diseases along with the continuous efforts to identify clinically useful biomarkers, led to a closer interaction between physicians and basic scientists of various disciplines. This meeting promises to be an enriching experience, bringing together the latest advances in laboratory research and clinical studies, employing a dynamic "bench to bedside" approach. Significant findings provided by clinical, translational and basic studies regarding pathogenetic aspects, classification and treatment of patients with chronic autoimmune diseases, will be presented and discussed by eminent scientists from Greece and abroad. High-throughput techniques coupled with robust clinical information should be able to provide new treatment targets and next generation biomarkers, gaining new insights on diagnosis and treatment and, eventually, improving patients’ outcomes.
Our meeting will be a forum for the exchange of ideas and insights. Furthermore, the floor will also be given to young fellows who are going to present and discuss their latest unpublished or published contributions in premium journals of internal medicine/rheumatology/immunology. The meeting will also provide the opportunity to young PhD candidates to engage with senior investigators, from Greece and abroad, during our "Work in Progress" session. Least, but not last, students of the Medical School at both pre-graduate and Master level can also participate, benefitting from a unique opportunity to get exposed to state-of-the-art research performed in different laboratories in Greece and abroad.
We hope you will enjoy the scientific program.
The Chairpersons
Athanasios G. Tzioufas MD, PhD and Evangelos Andreakos PhD
Under the auspices
Meet our Invited speakers
Mark Little
Professor of Nephrology and Consultant Nephrologist Trinity College, Dublin / Tallaght
and Beaumont Hospitals ADAPT SFI Centre Investigator, RITA-Ireland coordinator
Patrice Cacoub
Professor, MD, MSc, Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière,
Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Paris, France
Michele Bombardieri
MD, PhD, FRCP | Professor of Immuno-Rheumatology, Deputy Head Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology
William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry | 2nd Floor, John Vane Science Centre
Roberto Giacomelli
Professor of Rheumatology and head of the clinical unit of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Italy
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