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Supported by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia
(Grant N MG-ISE-23-369)
XIII Georgian National Congress on Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, IX European Congress on Asthma, COPD and Respiratory Allergy and III International Congress “Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation” was held in hotel Radisson Blu Iveria and Tbilisi State medical University, Tbilisi, 7-10 May, 2024. Scientific forum was attended by 240 participants who discussed a number of topical issues of clinical immunology.
School-conference was organized by Georgian Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology in close cooperation with World Immunopathology Organization and Tbilisi State Medical University under the patronage World Allergy Organization (WAO) and European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).
Speakers of the school-conference were Present and Past Presidents of WAO and EAACI, professors of leading universities and clinics in USA, Israel, Italy, Turkey, Georgia, namely Aaron Ciechanover, Martin Brayan, Gevdet Ozdemir, Stephano del Giacco, Allen Kaplan, Jonathan Kipnis, Sean Whelan, Marco Colonna, Zaal Kokaia, Tinatin Chikovani, Gia Kamkamidze, Maia Kherkheulidze et. al.
International Day of Immunology and World Allergy Week was celebrated during the Congress. Congress and school audience listen and participated in plenary sessions, keynote lectures, 12 symposia, online session, international school „World Asthma Day” and Washington University international school “Frontiers in Medicine and Biology”, “New Frontiers in Immunology” and “Frontiers in Neuroimmunology”. Seminar “Project in One Day” was also organized for school participants.
Symposia of congress were focused on epidemiology and diagnosis of allergic, Infectious diseases and study of immunopathogenesis of respiratory and skin diseases. Attendees discussed new opportunities in diagnosis and treatment of immune-mediated diseases.
During the congress One Health approach was followed. It recognizes that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment.
Discussion on treatment of immune disorders with biologics and utilization of digital medicine in the management of immune diseases facilitated different perspectives in personalize medicine, mathematic modeling of treatment of immune mediated diseases and artificial intelligence for diagnosis and treatment of allergy and autoimmune diseases.
Mention should be made of sessions organized by professors of Washington University Jonathan Kipnis, Eynav Klechevsky, Sean Whelan and others. Their presentations helped young scientists and clinicians to clarify the role of nervous and immune systems interaction in the development of some neurological and psychiatric diseases, features of immune aging and the role of AI in the diagnosis of cancer.
Seminar on project writing will facilitate young scientists to start independent scientific carrier.
International school-conference was excellent experience of interaction with world’s leading scientific community for young scientists and clinicians and motivates their involvement in biomedical research. Presentations of outstanding foreign and Georgian scientists will play an important role in improving the quality of research in Georgia.
Announcement of school-conference.
