<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum received his PhD in Microbial Physiology, University of Technology in Loughborough, England, and MBA, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University (CASE), Cleveland, OH. A tenured Professor and Director of the Center for Medical Mycology, and Integrated Microbiome core, Centers of Excellence that combines basic and translational research. Recently, he pioneered studies on the fungal communities residing in our body and coined the term ‘Mycobiome”. He is a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America and past President of the Medical Mycological Society of the Americas. Dr Ghannoum received a number of prestigious awards (Rhoda Benham Award, the Freedom to Discover Award). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Dr. Ghannoum is an entrepreneur-scientist who has launched a number of companies focused on microbial dysbiosis.</span></p>
