Invited Speakers
Proposed Speakers ( Alphabetical Listing) for
2017 International Symposium on Autoimmunity:Epigenomics and Beyond
(Beijing)


  Juan-Manuel Anaya, MD, PhD
Professor and Director,
Center for Autoimmune Diseases Research (CREA),
School of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
Email: anayajm@gmail.com





Aftab Ahmed Ansari, PhD
Professor,
Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine,
Emory University School of Medicine,
Atlanta, GA, USA
Email: pathaaa@emory.edu





Xuetao Cao, MD, PhD
Professor and Director, National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology
President, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS)
Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering
Email: caoxt@immunol.org





Christopher Chang, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Professor and Associate Director,
Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Email: c3chang@yahoo.com





M. Eric Gershwin, MD, MACP, MACR
Jack and Donald Chia Endowed Professor (UC Davis)
Distinguished Professor of Medicine,
Chief of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology,
The University of California at Davis
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Autoimmunity





Stephen M. Hedrick, PhD
Distinguished professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular
Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Chairman, Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences,
University of California, San Diego

Monitoring editor: J Exp Med
Email: shedrick@ucsd.edu





Bo Huang, Ph.D.
Vice Director, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences,
Peking Union Medical College Hospital &. Chinese Academy of
Medical Sciences

Deputy Secretary-General, Chinese Society for Immunology
TEL:010-69156447
Email:tjhuangbo@hotmail.com





Linrong Lu Ph.D.
Professor in Immunology
Vice Dean of ZJU-UoE (Biomedical Science) Institute
Zhejiang University School of Medicine
E-mail: lu_linrong@zju.edu.cn






Bengt Johansson Lindbom, PhD
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator
Dept. of Experimental Medical Science
Adaptive Immunology
Lund University, Sweden
Email: Bengt.Johansson_Lindbom@med.lu.se





Qianjin Lu, MD, PhD
Professor and Director, Institute of Dermatology, Central South
University

Director, Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics  
President Elect, Chinese Society of Dermatology

Email: qianlu5860@gmail.com





Xiong Ma, MD, PhD
Professor, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease,
Shanghai Renji Hospital,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Email: maxiongmd@hotmail.com





Laura K. Mackay,PhD
Principle Investigator
Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,
The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Email: lkmackay@unimelb.edu.au





Amr Hakam Sawalha, MD
Professor,
Division of Rheumatology,
Department of Internal Medicine,
University of Michigan, USA
Email: asawalha@med.umich.edu





Carlo Selmi, MD, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Rheumatology, University of Milan,
Head, Clinical Immunology and Autoimmunity and Metabolism
Lab &. Rheumatology Unit,

Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Italy
Email: carlo.selmi@humanitas.it





Kiyoshi Takeda, PhD
Laboratory of Immune Regulation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Graduate School of Medicine,
Osaka University, Japan
Email: ktakeda@ongene.med.osaka-u.ac.jp





Zhigang Tian, Ph.D.
Professor & Director, Institute of Immunology
Dean, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and
Technology of China

President, Chinese Society for Immunology
Tel: 0551-3600845;
Email: tzg@ustc.edu.cn





Ajit Varki,MD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular
Medicine

Co-Director, Glycobiology Research and Training Center
Co-Director, UCSD/Salk Center for Academic Research and
Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), USA

Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Email: varkiadmin@ucsd.edu





Akihiko Yoshimura, PhD
Professor,
Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Graduate School of Medicine,
Keio University, Japan
Email: yoshimura@a6.keio.jp





Xuan Zhang, MD.
Professor, Department of Rheumatologyand Immunology,
Peking Union Medical College Hospital Director, Clinical
Immunology Center,

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Email: zxpumch2003@sina.com





Zhiguang Zhou, MD, PhD.
Professor, Dept. of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second
Xiangya Hospital, Central South University

Director, Diabetes Center and Institute of Metabolism and
Endocrinology, Central South University, China

Vice president , Chinese Diabetes Association, China Director,
Type 1 Diabetes Program in China

Email: zhouzg@hotmail.com








Key Dates
Conference Date

April 27-29, 2017

Online Registration Deadline

April 20, 2017

On-site Registration Dates

April 27, 2017

Registration

Hotel Reservation