How rare are rare diseases? Are they present at birth or they appear later in life? Are they caused by an inherited genetic condition? Can I predict or prevent them? These are a few of the questions that will be answered in an open discussion on Friday, 8th April at Innovathens. The event “How are rare are you?” will take place with the support of the Greek Alliance for Rare Diseases and under the auspices of the Hellenic Paediatric Neurology Society and the Hellenic Endocrine Society.

Speakers:
Gerassimos Voutsinas, Molecular Geneticist, Principal Investigator – National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”,
Stylianos Gatzonis, Neurologist, Assoc. Professor, Athens University,
Dimitrios Zafeiriou, Paediatric Neurologist, Professor of Child Neurology and Developmental Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Marianna Lambrou, President of the Greek Alliance for Rare Diseases,
Stylianos Tsagkarakis, Endocrinologist, Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Center “Evangelismos” General Hospital.
Moderator: Dr. Theo Anagnostopoulos, Geneticist, Science Communicator
Founder of NPO “SciCo” and the “Athens Science Festival”.

Organisation: Novartis Oncology