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Junior Members Corner

Dear Junior Members,

Our Junior Member representatives actively participated in the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting, held in Philadelphia (February 27–March 2). Under the motto “Advancing Precision Medicine from Discovery to Patient Care,” our EAACI JMA representatives had the opportunity to exchange experiences and engage in discussions with AAAAI Fellows-in-Training. This interaction opened the door to new collaborations between our academies, supporting the professional development of our junior members and reinforcing the strong commitment to cooperation between both institutions. In addition, they contributed to increasing EAACI’s visibility at the congress booth and participated in several EAACI organized sessions, including “European Perspective on Immunomodulation in Food Allergy.”

More recently, JMA representatives also provided strong support at the EAACI Spring Meeting, held in Belgrade, Serbia (March 27–29), under the motto “Prevention as Treatment: A New Paradigm.” Alongside an excellent scientific program and presentations from our junior members, the meeting placed a strong emphasis on networking and engagement with national societies from the Balkan region. The goal was to strengthen collaborations, identify unmet needs, and explore synergies to improve the diagnosis, management, and care of patients with allergic diseases.

The collaboration among junior members was a clear example of the value of teamwork and represents an important step forward in strengthening partnerships between national societies within EAACI. This is already driving the development of new educational and scientific initiatives.

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Best regards,
The Junior Member Assembly

EAACI Patients Organisation Committee Corner

HIGHLIGHTS FROM PAAM 2025

A group of ten Patient Organisations Committee (POC) members gathered at this wonderful venue in Palau de Congressos de Palma, Mallorca for 2025 Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Focused Meeting. Many had speaker slots giving lived experience perspectives of having children living with allergy and risk of anaphylaxis. So the EAACI PAAM Congress theme of ‘Inspiring insights for every family’ really resonated with us.

As POC, we are with EAACI to help where we can and it brings the science to a person experience, centred level. We had members a wide range of participants from Chile, USA, Turkey, UK, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Italy, Greece and Spain as POC has 36 POC members in 24 countries.

Our Chair, Ozlem Ceylan, gave an overview at the Opening Ceremony on why EAACI awareness campaigns matter, from awareness to action, so patients can feel heard and patient organisations can help lobby for policy change in their country.

POC participated in the Student Awareness Day that was set to educate 40 students aged 14-16 about allergic diseases and emergency response, with the local organising committee’s support.

One of our POC members, Esther Esteban Arroyo opened “The sister society session” with SEICAP and introduced their patient organisation, AEPNAA and their activities in Spain.

Mikaela Odemyr from Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association joined the Anaphylaxis session with a heartfelt talk, “When My Child Had Anaphylaxis: Expectations vs. Reality”. Fallon Schultz from IFPIES USA, gave a wonderful talk on parents’ perspective of dealing with a child’s FPIES journey and introduced their resources to support caregivers. On the last day of PAAM, Maria Zioga from Greece, gave a great talk, “From panic to preparedness: Building trust and resilience in food allergy care” and highlighted the importance of safety for food allergic children.

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