Council members

  • President

    John Perfect MD
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    John Perfect

    John Perfect is the James B.Duke Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Infection Diseases and Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology in the Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine. His research interests focus on antifungal agents and the molecular pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans.
    Contact John Perfect
    Website: https://medicine.duke.edu/faculty/john-robert-perfect-md
    Tel: + 1 (919) 684-4016

  • General Secretary

    Jacques Meis MD, PhD, FRCPath, FIDSA, FECMM, FAAM
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    Jacques Meis

    Jacques F. Meis received his PhD degree from the University of Nijmegen and his medical degree from Radboudumc followed by a specialist training fellowship at the Department of Medical Microbiology at Radboudumc, where he worked until 2000 as an associate professor. Among his mycology interests are treatment of fungal infections in intensive care patients and other compromised patients, resistance of filamentous fungi and molecular typing of fungi. Several articles on these and many other topics have been published in medical journals. He is past-president of the Dutch Society for Medical Mycology (1997-2011) and the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (2006-2012) and an elected fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Royal College of Pathologists, European Confederation of Medical Mycology and American Academy of Microbiology.
    Contact Jacques Meis

    Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne
    Department I for Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, & Center for Clinical Trials, University Hospital of Cologne

    Kerpener Strasse 62
    50937 Cologne
    Germany

  • Treasurer

    Oliver Cornely MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAAM, FECMM
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    Oliver Cornely

    Oliver Cornely is Director & Chair Translational Research at the CECAD Institute of the University of Cologne, and Scientific Director of the Center for Clinical Trials. Clinically, he serves as Infectious Diseases Consultant at the Department of Internal Medicine, at the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany.

    He is board certified in internal medicine, infectious diseases, haematology, oncology, and emergency medicine, and holds degrees in medical mycology and travel medicine.

    Originating from an HIV/AIDS clinical research group, Dr Cornely’s research interest centres on infections in immunocompromised hosts, including invasive fungal diseases, antimicrobial resistance and Clostridium difficile infection.

    Oliver Cornely is immediate-past President of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM), the roof organization of 25 national mycology societies, and set up ECMM Guideline Program, ECMM Academy (Fellows program), and ECMM Excellence Center Initiative, designating clinical and microbiological excellence centres after an international audit procedure. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the US Mycoses Study Group Education & Research Consortium (MSGERC), is founder and chair of the Infectious Diseases Scientific Working Group of the European Hematology Association (EHA), and was recently elected as the Treasurer of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM).

    Oliver Cornely coordinates guidelines on invasive fungal infections and currently collaborates with mycologists from more than 50 countries on tailoring management guidelines to health care settings throughout the world.

    He has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles, books, book chapters, and electronic media. He is a reviewer for numerous medical scientific journals, editorial board member for Haematologica, and Infectious Disease, and Editor-in-Chief of Mycoses.
    Contact Oliver Cornely

    Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne
    Department I for Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, & Center for Clinical Trials, University Hospital of Cologne

    Kerpener Strasse 62
    50937 Cologne
    Germany

    Tel: +49 221 478 85523

  • President-Elect

    Arnaldo Colombo
    • Contact Arnaldo Colombo

    Disciplina de Infectologia e Laboratório Especial de Micologia,
    Universidade Federal de São Paulo
    São Paulo, Brazil

  • Vice President – Joint Webmaster

    Ferry Hagen PhD, FECMM, FESCMID
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    Ferry Hagen

    Ferry Hagen is group leader of the Department of Medical Mycology at the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI-KNAW), Utrecht, The Netherlands. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology at the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht in 2005, and a year later he started with his PhD project at the CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Center in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The focus of this research project was the molecular epidemiology of the Cryptococcus gattii species complex, with an emphasis on the outbreaks in temperate climate zones. In 2011 he received his PhD degree from the Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, and directly thereafter he started with a traineeship at the Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital to become a medical molecular microbiologist. Since 2022 he is appointed as special chair professor ‘Fungal Functional Diversity’ at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam. The molecular epidemiology and molecular diagnostics of fungal pathogens are his main interests. He is co-founder of the Young ISHAM, treasurer of the Netherlands Society for Medical Mycology, and member of the Editorial Board of Clinical Microbiology Reviews, Mycopathologia, Medical Mycology and Revista Iberoamericana de Micología.
    Contact Ferry Hagen

    Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
    Department of Medical Mycology

    Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Website: https://www.wi.knaw.nl/ and https://www.medicalmycology.nl/
    Tel: +31 (0)30 2122 600

  • Vice President - Young ISHAM

    Aleksandra Barac MD
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    Aleksandra Barac

    Aleksandra Barać, M.D., PhD, Scientific Associate, is a clinician at the Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Visiting Professor from 2016 at the University of Sassari, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Sardinia, Italy. Dr Barać is Scientific Associate at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade and is involved in different national and international research projects. She is interested in mycology from 2009, and did PhD from 2010-2015 with focus on diagnosis of fungal infections of respiratory tract. Dr Barać authored and co-authored numerous publications in the infectious diseases, especially focused on mycology, published two book chapters, and teaches medical undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has expertise in conducting research on clinical mycology, including diagnosis and treatment of respiratory fungal infections, but also invasive fungal infections.

    Dr Barać is the president of the Trainee Association of ESCMID (TAE), Vice President of Junior members of European Rhinologic Society (ERS) Council member for International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) and Committee member of ISID Emerging Leaders. She serves as an editor for the Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. Dr Barać has been awarded with around 20 international awards, of the most importance are: 2018 ISHAM Young Investigator Award for achievements in clinical mycology, 2017 ESCMID TAE Award for training achievements, 2011 ECMM Young Investigator Award, 2017 EAACI Mentorship award and ERS Junior member grant. She has been a speaker and chair at several national and international conferences, and collaborate with mycology experts from and out of Europe.
    Contact Aleksandra Barac

    Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University Clinical Center of Serbia,
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
    Belgrade, Serbia

  • Vice President

    Ruoyu Li Prof. MD
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    Ruoyu Li

    Ruoyu Li, MD, is a Professor and Chief Physician in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at Peking University First Hospital. She currently serves as the Director of the National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases and as Deputy Director of the Research Center for Medical Mycology at Peking University. Professor Li has dedicated her career to both basic and clinical research in medical mycology, with a recent focus on fungal infections and host immunity. She has led over 10 research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, including several key initiatives. To date, she has published more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles. In addition to her research contributions, she holds prominent positions within various professional organizations: she is currently Vice President of the International Society of Human and Animal Mycology; President of the Asia-Pacific Medical Mycology Society; and a standing committee member of the Bacterial Resistance and Prevention Society of the Chinese Medical Association, honorary president of Mycology sub-society, Chinese Society of Microbiology.
    Contact Ruoyu Li

    National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases; Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital; Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University
    Beijing, China

  • Vice President

    Tom M. Chiller MD
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    Tom M. Chiller

    At the CDC, Tom Chiller provides leadership for fungal disease activities, which include detection, prevention and response activities, policy, communications, and advocacy, both nationally and internationally.  He also serves as the senior advisor for global programs in the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases. He remains actively involved in developing priority areas such as antimicrobial resistance, healthcare associated infections, molecular epidemiology and laboratory activities for fungal diseases. Dr. Chiller is board certified in infectious diseases and is a faculty member in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Emory School of Medicine. During the past decade with the Mycotic Diseases Branch, Dr. Chiller has led efforts to end deaths from opportunistic fungal infections in HIV, control the spread of MDR Candida auris and azole resistant Aspergillus, and identify emerging fungal infections.
    Contact Tom M. Chiller

    Chief, Mycotic Diseases Branch; Associate Director for Global Health, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

    Website: https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/index.html

  • Vice President

    Donald C. Sheppard MD
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    Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University
    Montreal, Canada

  • Past President

    Arunaloke Chakrabarti MD, Dip NB, FAMS, FNASc, FIDSA
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    Arunaloke Chakrabarti

    Arunaloke Chakrabarti is Professor and Head of Department of Medical Microbiology at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. He is also the Head of National Mycology Reference Laboratory of India. His laboratory has been upgraded as the ‘Centre of Advanced Research in Medical Mycology’ and is the only ‘WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Fungi of Medical Importance’. He also leads the ‘National Culture Collection of Pathogenic Fungi’. He is the Chair of ‘Fungal Infection Study Forum’ of his country and ‘Asian Fungal Working Group’. He is coordinator of two ISHAM working groups – ‘Fungal Rhinosinusitis’ and ‘ABPA in asthma’. He has contributed in providing domain knowledge and technical support to improve the standard of diagnostic mycology in India. His major area of interest in the field of fungal rhinosinusitis, mucormycosis, nosocomial fungal infections and allergic lung infections. He serves as the Editor/Associate Editor/Deputy Editor of the journals: Medical Mycology, Medical Mycology Case Report, Journal of Medical Microbiology, Mycoses, and Current Fungal Infection Reports.
    Contact Arunaloke Chakrabarti

    Dr. Arunaloke Chakrabarti
    Professor and In-Charge
    Center of Advance Research in Medical Mycology,
    WHO Collaborating Center for Reference & Research of Fungi of Medical Importance
    National Culture Collection of Pathogenic Fungi

    Head, Department of Medical Microbiology
    Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research
    Chandigarh 160012, India

    Tel: +91 172 2755173/2755155/2747990

  • Editor in Chief – Medical Mycology

    Sharon Chen Ph.D
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    Sharon Chen

    Sharon Chen is the Director of the Centre of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services at the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Sydney. Clinically she serves as Infectious Diseases Consultant at Westmead Hospital, Australia and heads the Clinical Mycology service.
    She is certified in Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and including in the area of pathogen genomics. Her research interests include the epidemiology, novel methods in diagnosis and management of a broad range invasive fungal disease,  antimicrobial resistance and in new antifungal drug development.

    Sharon Chen is a founding member and past co-chair of the Australia and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group which is dedicated to education and translational research in mycology. She is currently on the Board of Directors of the US Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC),  and has actively participated in the Global  ECMM-led guidelines on invasive fungal infections. She has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and is reviewer for numerous scientific journal. She is an Editorial board member for Journal  of Clinical Microbiology, and Associate Editor for the journal, Pathology.

    She was appointed Editor in Chief of Medical Mycology in 2021.
    Contact Sharon Chen

    Sharon Chen  PhD, MBBS
    Director
    Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services
    ICPMR | NSW Health Pathology
    Level 3 ICPMR Building, Westmead Hospital
    Darcy Road, Westmead, NSW 2145, AUSTRALIA

  • Editor in Chief - Medical Mycology Case Reports

    Adilia Warris MD
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    Adilia Warris

    Professor Adilia Warris is a paediatric infectious diseases specialist with a specific interest in medical mycology. She is co-director of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter. She is a part-time paediatric infectious diseases consultant in Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Prof Warris’ research profile has a strong translational focus and specific areas of interest include the host-fungus interaction in specific patient groups, the development of new management strategies for invasive fungal disease, paediatric antifungal stewardship and the epidemiology of fungal infections in children. Prof Warris chairs the European Paediatric Mycology Network (EPMyN) and leads the Fungal Infection Scientific Content Area within PENTA Child Health.

    She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Medical Mycology and Medical Mycology Case Reports journal and has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to several book chapters both nationally and internationally. She is a tutor in the Oxford PG-Diploma Paediatric Infectious Diseases and a member of the organizing committee of the yearly ESPID-Oxford Course Infection & Immunity in Children.

    Prof Warris is actively involved in the development of various international guidelines (ECIL, ESCMID-ECMM) and Consensus Definitions (EORTC) targeted at the diagnosis and management of invasive fungal infections.  In 2020 she was appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Medical Mycology Case Reports.
    Contact Adilia Warris

    Professor Adilia Warris, MD PhD FRCPCH FECMM
    Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist
    Co-director MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
    Consultant Great Ormond Street Hospital London
    MRC Centre for Medical Mycology
    University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building,
    Rm 318, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD
    United Kingdom

    Tel: +44(0)1392 727593
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