Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Members of Medicina

Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144) is pleased to announce the following 27 researchers, who have been added to our group of 2025–2026 Early Career Editorial Board Members. Please join us in congratulating them on joining the Medicina community!

Name: Dr. Alexandr Ceasovschih
Affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania
Research Interests: internal medicine; cardiology; atherosclerosis; inflammation; peripheral arterial disease; metabolic syndrome; electrocardiogram

Name: Dr. Bombaci Bruno
Affiliation: Department of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age Gaetano Barresi, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98124 Messina, Italy
Research Interests: pediatric diabetes; diabetes technology; type 1 diabetes

Name: Dr. Ana Messias
Affiliation: Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes (CEMMPRE), Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-075 Coimbra, Portugal
Research Interests: virology; molecular biology; next-generation sequencing; molecular evolution

Name: Dr. Johan Isaksson
Affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Gävle Hospital, Gävle, Sweden
Research Interests: non-small cell lung cancer; small cell lung cancer; respiratory medicine; immunotherapy; targeted therapy; biomarker discovery; proteomics; clinical trials

Name: Dr. Mohammad Sarif Mohiuddin
Affiliation: Department of Foundations of Medicine, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, 101 Mineola Blvd, Mineola, NY 11501, USA
Research Interests: diabetes; metabolism; diabetic neuropathy; diabetes vascular complications

Name: Dr. Carmen Imma Aquino
Affiliation: Gynecology and Obstetrics Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy
Research Interests: obstetrics and gynecology; ovary; clinical endocrinology; insulin resistance; internal medicine; hypertension; lipid metabolism

Name: Dr. Benedetto Neri
Affiliation: Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University “Tor Vergata” of Rome, 00133 Rome, Italy
Research Interests: gastroenterology; endoscopic resection; operative digestive endoscopy; ankylosing spondylitis; sacroiliac joint; cancer; inflammatory bowel diseases; Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis

Name: Dr. Małgorzata Reysner
Affiliation: Department of Palliative Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Os. Rusa 55, 61-245 Poznań, Poland
Research Interests: regional anesthesia; perioperative pain medicine; multimodal analgesia

Name: Prof. Dr. Lavinia Cosmina Ardelean
Affiliation: Department  of Technology of Materials and Devices in Dental Medicine, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Research Interests: dentistry; dental materials/biomaterials; oral health care; CAD/CAM milling; 3D printing/bioprinting; laser welding; scanning; oral health; prosthodontics; caries; periodontics; oral cancer; implantology

Name: Dr. Alberto Corriero
Affiliation: Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy
Research Interests: pain medicine; anesthesia; intensive care; microbiota-related translational research

Name: Dr. Federica Li Pomi
Affiliation: Department of Precision Medicine in Medical, Surgical and Critical Care (Me.Pre.C.C.), University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Research Interests: skin cancer; melanoma; non-melanoma skin cancer; actinic keratosis; inflammatory skin diseases; psoriasis; atopic dermatitis; alopecia areata; vitiligo; artificial intelligence in dermatology; biologic therapies; targeted treatments; JAK inhibitors

Name: Dr. Oana Almasan
Affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Dental Materials, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 32 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Research Interests: orthodontics; digital dentistry; occlusion; temporomandibular joint; temporomandibular joint disorders; CBCT; MRI

Name: Dr. Dimitrios Karagiannakis
Affiliation: ¹ 4th Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, 12462 Athens, Greece; ² Academic Department of Gastroenterology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Research Interests: liver cirrhosis; portal hypertension; liver elastography; non-invasive tests

Name: Dr. Mariya Dimitrova
Affiliation: Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Research Interests: materials science; innovation of polymer technology; polymers; nanomaterials; polymer synthesis and characterization; biopolymers; 3D-printed polymers; polymer applications

Name: Dr. Marco Cavallo
Affiliation: Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, 22060 Novedrate, CO, Italy
Research Interests: neuropsychology; cognitive rehabilitation; clinical psychology

Name: Dr. Idan Cohen
Affiliation: Oncology & Hematology Division, Cancer Center, Emek Medical Center, 21 Yitzhak Rabin Blvd, Afula 1834111, Israel
Research Interests: interleukin 1; sterile inflammation; alarmins; cancer immunotherapy; cannabis; immune system; neutrophils extracellular traps; epigenetics; histone modification

Name: Dr. Victor-Vlad Costan
Affiliation: Department of Surgery (Dental and Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery), University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T. Popa, 700115 Iasi, Romania
Research Interests: head and neck reconstruction; microsurgery; salivary gland surgery; orthognathic surgery; facial nerve palsy; Grave's ophthalmopathy—surgical approach

Name: Dr. Yannis Dionyssiotis
Affiliation: 2nd Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, National Rehabilitation Center (Ethniko Kentro Apokatastasis, EKA), Athens, Greece
Research Interests: nutrition; sarcopenia; obesity; body composition; osteoporosis; rehabilitation; spinal cord injury

Name: Prof. Dr. Marta Dyszkiewicz-Konwińska
Affiliation: Department of Diagnostics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-812 Poznań, Poland
Research Interests: oral and maxillofacial diagnostics; CBCT and advanced digital imaging; artificial intelligence in dental radiology; tissue regeneration; dental biomaterials

Name: Dr. Evaldo Favi
Affiliation: ¹ Renal Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy; ² Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
Research Interests: kidney transplantation; organ donation; immunosuppression; vascular access; polyomavirus

Name: Prof. Dr. Mark Ulrich Gerbershagen
Affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Cologne-Holweide, University Witten-Herdecke, Neufelder Strasse 32, 51067 Cologne, Germany
Research Interests: anesthesia; intensive care medicine; malignant hyperthermia; thoracic anesthesia; regional anesthesia; airway management; obstetric anesthesia; pain management

Name: Dr. Babak Kateb
Affiliation: Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, Los Angeles, CA 90272, USA
Research Interests: brain mapping

Name: Dr. Bartosz Malkiewicz
Affiliation: Department of Urology and Oncological Urology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wrocław, Poland
Research Interests: uro-oncology; lymph node metastasis—growth and immune evasion; minimally invasive surgery; radio-guided surgery; prostate cancer; bladder cancer

Name: Dr. Foteini Malli
Affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Respiratory Disorders Lab, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
Research Interests: pulmonary embolism; chronic thromboembolic disease; venous thromboembolism; interstitial lung disease; respiratory nursing

Name: Dr. Barbara Ruszkowska-Ciastek
Affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, st. Skłodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Research Interests: hemostasis; angiogenesis; adipokines; breast cancer; obesity; diabetes; cytogenetic analysis

Name: Dr. Angelos K. Sikalidis
Affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA
Research Interests: signaling properties of nutrients on the immunology–T2DM axis; nutrition interventions for T2DM risk reduction and/or T2DM management improvement

Name: Dr. Ana Maria Alexandra Stanescu
Affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
Research Interests: psoriasis; vitamin D; metabolic syndrome; dermatology; family medicine