Speakers ECM2026

Alexander EckersleyLecturer

Alexander Eckersley is lecturer in Skin Health, Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences, at University of Machester

Alexandra NabaAssociate Professor

Alexandra Naba is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Illinois Chicago and a member of the University of Illinois Cancer Center.

Andrea HeinzAssociate Professor

Andrea Heinz is Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen.

Bram VerstocktAssistant Professor

Bram Verstockt is Assistant Professor at KU Leuven and staff member of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospitals Leuven

Dana OrangeAssociate Professor

Dana Orange is Associate Professor of Clinical Investigation at Rockefeller University.

Detlef SchuppanProfessor

Detlef Schuppan is Professor and Director of the Institute of Translational Immunology and the Clinical Center for Celiac, Small Intestinal, Metabolic and Autoimmune Diseases, Mainz University Medical Center.

Dinesh KhannaProfessor

Dinesh Khanna is Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan.

Don L. GibbonsProfessor

Don L. Gibbons is the Isaiah J. Fidler Professor of Cancer Research, Deputy Chair and Professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Co-Leader of the Lung Cancer Moon Shot Program, and Director of the Translational Genetic Models Lab

Florian RiederProfessor

Florian Rieder is Professor and Director of IBD research, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.

Gisli JenkinsProfessor

Gisli Jenkins is NIHR Research Professor and Margaret Turner Warwick Chair of Thoracic Medicine, Head of the Margaret Turner Warwick Centre for Fibrosing Lung Disease at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London.

John VargaProfessor

John Varga is Professor of Medicine and Dermatology, Chief, Division of Rheumatology at University of Michigan

Kevin WeiAssistant Professor

Kevin Wei is assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Attending Rheumatologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA.

Lykke Hinsch GylvinChief Medical Officer and Head of Global Medicine

Lykke Hinsch Gylvin, MD, EMBA is Chief Medical Officer and Head of Medicine at Boehringer Ingelheim.

Mads Bastrup IsraelsenAssociate Professor

Mads Bastrup Israelsen is Associate Professor at Centre for Liver Research, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Odense University Hospital and University of Southern Denmark.

Maja Sofie ThieleProfessor

Maja Sofie Thiele is Professor and Physician at Center for Liver Research at University of Southern Denmark.

Scott FriedmanProfessor

Scott Friedman is Professor, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery and Chief of the Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York.

Stephane HeymansProfessor

Stephane Heymans is Professor of Cardiomyopathies and Head of the Centre for Heart Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University.

Thomas H. BarkerProfessor

Thomas H. Barker is Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Virginia. He is co-Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Vasarya Therapeutics, Inc. and co-Founder and BOD at SelSym Biotechnology, Inc.

Thomas R. CoxProfessor

Thomas Cox is Professor and Head of the Matrix and Metastasis Lab at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW Sydney.