Marielle Pijnenburg, MD, PhD, FERS Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Pediatrics, division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Marielle Pijnenburg is associate Professor in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and head of the department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology in Sophia Children’s Hospital. She was trained as a paediatrician at the University Hospital Groningen and continued her career with a fellowship in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at Erasmus MC. She is a consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine since 2002 and in 2006 she finished her PhD thesis on exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma. As a clinician she runs clinics for children with all paediatric respiratory diseases, but in particular for severe asthma, cystic fibrosis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. She is a member of the management team of the Paediatric Chest Centre Sophia, a close collaboration between the departments of Paediatric Cardiology, Paediatric Surgery and ENT-Surgery. Her research focuses on monitoring of respiratory diseases and on personalized medicine, in particular in asthma and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. She has (co)authored over 100 papers. Marielle Pijnenburg was the head of the Paediatric Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (2020-2023) and is involved in several ERS task forces and Clinical Research Collaborations.

Adaeze C. Ayuk is a Fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, and a Sub- specialist in Paediatric Pulmonology from the University of Cape Town South Africa, with Distinction. She has had Respiratory clinical trainings at Guys and St Thomas Hospital London (Prof Bateman), the Queen Mary University/Barts and the London Hospital (Prof Grigg) and the Royal Brompton Hospital London (Prof Bush). She won the 2011 American Thoracic Society (ATS) small grant award and the young investigators award of the Conference of International Paediatric Pulmonologist (CIPP) in 2012. She has also won the Buist Pathway to Leadership award (BPLA) in 2021 and is the current co-lead Level 2 Faculty for PATS-MECOR research course programe. She serves as an official in the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (National Treasurer), the Nigerian Thoracic Society (Vice President) and the immediate past assembly secretary European Respiratory Society. She is the Sectional Editor for Paediatrics in the Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice (NJCP) and also for Journal of the Pan African Society (JPATS). She has over 90 peer-reviewed publications. She is currently a Professor of Paediatrics and a Consultant Paediatric Pulmonologist at the University of Nigeria (UNN).

Bruce Rubin is Professor and Chair Emeritus of Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University and Professor of Biomedical Engineering. As a Rhodes Scholar, he trained in Biomedical Engineering at Oxford University and then did his fellowship in Paediatric Respirology at Sick Kids in Toronto. He holds the MD and Masters in Engineering degrees from Tulane, and an MBA degree from Wake Forest University Babcock School of Business. Dr. Rubin received the Forest Bird Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award as well as the Jimmy A Young Medal from the AARC, the Prix extraordinaire from CIPP and he is a Prix Galien Laurate. He holds honorary appointments in 4 medical schools, is on the editorial board of 10 journals, has published more than 300 original research papers and chapters (H-index 76), and holds 11 patents. His research focus is applied airway fluid dynamics: the regulation of mucus clearance in health and disease, airway inflammation and immunomodulation, cough, and aerosol delivery of medications. Dr. Rubin is also a magician, with membership in the International Brotherhood of Magicians (Wizard Award) and over the past 30 years has taught medical magic in 40 countries on 5 continents.