Jesus Rodriguez Bano MD, PhD

Professor Jesús Rodríguez-Baño is President-elect and Secretary General of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). He is Head of the Infectious Diseases Division at Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena in Seville, Spain, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Seville; Chair of the Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Health and Associate-Editor of Clinical Microbiology and Infection.

He has been appointed as member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Joint Programme Initiative on Antimicrobial of the European Union. His main areas of interest in research are multi-drug resistant bacteria (molecular basis, clinical implications, therapy and control) and healthcare-related infections. Professor Rodríguez-Baño is author of more than 250 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals and leads or participate several European research projects.