Meet the Volume Editors

Prof. Marwa Zakaria is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric Department, Zagazig University, Egypt. She is an active member of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), European Hematology Association (EHA), and Egyptian Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (ESPHO). She has participated in several professional trainings and workshops, including ICH GCP online training, EHA

Master Class and Bite-size Master Class, and training from the Society of Neuro-Oncology (SNO). She completed a postgraduate training program in Pediatric Nutrition at the School of Medicine, Boston University, USA, in 2017. She completed several international preceptorships, including a thalassemia preceptorship and a hemophilia preceptorship. Dr. Zakaria is the recipient of a 2018 award from SIOP, and scholarships from EHA-HOPE in 2017 and 2018. She has participated in many international and national pediatric and hematology conferences, where she has also been a guest speaker. She has more than forty international research publications in pediatrics and pediatric hematology and oncology to her credit. She has edited three books and five book chapters. She is also a reviewer for several journals, including *Medicine, Frontiers in Pediatrics, Molecular Medicine Reports, International Journal of Infectious Diseases*, and others. Dr. Zakaria served as co-investigator for four hematology clinical trials and sub-investigator for five others.

Tamer Hassen is a Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. He is an active member of the European Hematology Association (EHA), International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), and Egyptian Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (ESPHO), and has attended numerous national and international pediatric and hematology conferences held by these organizations and others. He has been a guest speaker at numerous

pediatric oncology and hematology meetings and has published more than fifty international research publications in pediatrics and pediatric hematology and oncology. Dr. Hassan has edited two books and authored four book chapters. He has participated in many professional trainings and workshops. He received international scholarships from EHA-HOPE Cairo in 2017 and 2018, and an award from SIOP in 2016. He has completed several international preceptorships, including a hemophilia preceptorship at Saint Luc Hospital, Brussels, Belgium, and an immune-thrombocytopenia (ITP) preceptorship at Dmitry Rogachev National Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Moscow, Russia. Dr. Hassan is an editor and reviewer for many journals, including *Hemophilia, Medicine, Oncology Letters, Child Neurology*, and more. He was a primary investigator in four international clinical trials and a sub-investigator for ten others.

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*Santina Marrazzo, Roberto Miniero and Marco Bertini*
