EDUCATION COMMITTEE

The Education Committee is responsible for reviewing abstracts and selecting those to be presented at Annual Meetings, monitoring the Constitution and Bylaws for needed amendments as circumstances dictate, and together with the Board, oversees the content of the website, particularly regarding educational material. The current members are:

Joanne Yacobovich - Chair
Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel - Petah Tikva, Israel
Term of Office: 2025 - 2027

Jithma Abeykoon
Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN USA
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026

Yasmeen Alomari
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - Nottingham, UK
Term of Office: 2025 - 2027

Shweta Bansal
Sir HNRFH  - Mumbai, India
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026 

Guido Felizzia
Hospital Professor Juan P. Garahan - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Term of Office: 2025 - 2027

Ashley Geerlinks
Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre - London, ON Canada
Term of Office: 2025 - 2027 

Rafal Machowicz
Medical University of Warsaw - Warsaw, Poland
Term of Office: 2025 - 2027

Akira Morimoto
Jichi Medical University - Shimotsuke, Japan
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026

Leonie Naeije
Princess Maxima Centre - Utrecht, Netherlands
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026

Francesco Pegoraro
Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS - Florence, Italy
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026

Aishwaryu Ravindran
University of Alabama, Birmingham - Birmingham, AL USA
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026

Updated October 2025

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

The Scientific Committee is responsible for reviewing proposals for research and related activities according to guidelines developed by the Board and making recommendations to the Board, and presenting the Board with annual reports and plans concerning the Society’s research activities. This Committee also reviews the applications submitted through the Histiocytosis Association's annual research funding program. The current members are:

Paul Milne - Chair
Newcastle University - Newcastle, United Kingdom
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026

Randy Cron
University of Alabama, Birmingham - Birmingham, AL USA
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026 

Ronald Go
Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN USA
Term of Office: 2025 - 2027

Sebastien Heritier
Asistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris - Paris, France
Term of Office: 2025 - 2027

Ko Kudo
Hirosaki University Hospital - Hirosaki, Japan
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026

Egle Kvedaraite
Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm, Sweden
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026

Magdalini Lourda
Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm, Sweden
Term of Office: 2025 - 2027 

Joe Rocco
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Bethesda, MD USA
Term of Office: 2024 - 2026

Oliver Tobin
Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN USA
Term of Office: 2025 - 2027