Speakers: Slimane Allali
Dr Slimane Allali received his MD from the Paris Descartes Medical School in 2009 and his PhD in Hematology in 2019. He specialized in pediatrics, red blood cell diseases, and transfusion. He is at the head of the Reference Center for Red Cell Diseases/Sickle Cell Center at the Necker University Hospital, which follows 700 children and the «ROFSED» healthcare network for SCD children in the Parisian area (Therapeutic Education Unit for 700 children and families). Slimane Allali is a member of the French Society of Hematology, the French Society of Blood Transfusion, and the Laboratory of Excellence GR-Ex on the Red Blood Cell. He is a member of the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hematological Disorders and Therapeutical Implications (Imagine Institute, Inserm U1163, Paris University) and works with Pr Olivier Hermine on the role of innate immune cells in SCD. He coordinates clinical research programs, notably on innate immunity and inflammation in children with SCD.