Henriette Farkas

Prof. Henriette Farkas MD, PhD, DSc
Henriette Farkas is Professor of Allergology and Clinical Immunology at Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, and works as the Director of the Hungarian Angioedema Center of Reference and Excellence (ACARE). She is a member of the Committee of the Hungarian Allergology and Clinical Immunology Society, the Hungarian Professional College of Immunology and Allergology, the Medical Advisory Board of HAEi, the International HAE Working Group and the WAO Steering Committee for Angioedema. She has been founder and organizer of the International C1-INH Deficiency Workshop series since 1999 and the HAENETWORK Project. She supervises of the projects of 52 student scientists, and tutoring of 10 PhD students. She has more than 600 publications related to angioedema topic. She received the Semmelweis University Jendrassik Award in 2005, the L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 2013, the International HAE Working Group For HAE Patients Award in 2013, the Hilfenhaus Award from the Plasma Protein Therapeutic Association in 2017, Merit Award from Semmelweis University in 2021, ACARE Academic Didactic Achievement Award in 2022.