Dr Milena Bond is a Consultant Rheumatologist at the Department of Rheumatology of the South Tyrol Health Trust, Italy, and a PhD candidate at Paracelsus Medical University in Salzburg, Austria. She is actively involved in several international collaborations on systemic vasculitis and polymyalgia rheumatica, including ACR and EULAR task forces, and has authored several publications in the field. Dr Bond is also an active member of EMEUNET (Emerging EULAR Network), where she serves on the Sub-Committee for Visibility and Global Affairs.