Committees
Scientific Program Committee
CHAIR
ROB WÜST
Associate Professor
Muscle Metabolism
VU Amsterdam
members
MARK FAGHY
Professor of Clinical
Exercise Physiology
Loughborough University
MEREL HELLEMONS
Assistant Professor & Pulmonologist
Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
DAVID JOFFE
Senior Staff Physician
Royal North Shore Hospital
RESIA PRETORIUS
Vice-Dean Research and Postgraduate Students
Stellenbosch University
meet the 2026 islc-pais conference
International Abstract Committee
DANNY ALTMANN
Professor of Immunology
Imperial College London
DANIELLE BECKMAN
Senior Scientist
University of California
DANILO BUONSENSO
Pediatrician Expert Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Gemelli University Hospital
JENNIFER CURTIN
Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer
RTHM Inc.
RAE DUNCAN
Consultant Cardiologist & Long COVID Physician and Researcher
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
ANDREW EWING
Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Gothenburg
MARK FAGHY
Professor of Clinical
Exercise Physiology
Loughborough University
MEREL HELLEMONS
Assistant Professor & Pulmonologist
Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
DAVID JOFFE
Senior Staff Physician
Royal North Shore Hospital
DAVID PUTRINO
Director of
Rehabilitation Innovation
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai
SATISH RAJ
Professor of Cardiac Sciences
University of Calgary
RESIA PRETORIUS
Vice-Dean Research and Postgraduate Students
Stellenbosch University
ILENE RUHOY
Director of Neuroimmune and Connective Tissue Neurology
Atria Health and Research Institute
Organising Committee
CHAIR
ROB WÜST
Associate Professor
Muscle Metabolism
VU Amsterdam
members
MICHAEL CHAPMAN
Secretary
ISLC-PAIS Conference Foundation
LINDA BRINKMAN
Event Production Assistant
Freelance
MIRELLA DOSS
Senior Event & Project Manager
DOSS event Support
MARK FAGHY
Professor of Clinical
Exercise Physiology
Loughborough University
MEREL HELLEMONS
Assistant Professor & Pulmonologist
Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
DAVID JOFFE
Senior Staff Physician
Royal North Shore Hospital
RESIA PRETORIUS
Vice-Dean Research and Postgraduate Students
Stellenbosch University