Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chiefs

Andrew Stewardson, MBBS, GradDipClinRes, MS(Epi), PhD, FRACP, The Alfred Hospital & Monash University, Australia
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Specialisms: Healthcare-associated infections, Antimicrobial resistance, Hand hygiene




Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, MD, MSc, PhD, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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Specialisms: Infectious diseases and hosp. epidemiology, Hospital acquired infections, Drug-resistant pathogens, C. difficile




Andrew Whitelaw, MBBCh, MSc, FCPATH Micro, Stellenbosch University, South Africa







Associate Editors

Alaa AbouElfetouh, MSc, PhD, Alexandria University, Egypt
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Specialisms: Bacterial genomics, Antimicrobial resistance, Microbial biofilms, Research ethics



Dr med. Seven Johannes Sam Aghdassi, MD, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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Specialisms: Infection control, Healthcare-associated infections, Surveillance




Antonella Agodi, PhD, University of Catania, Italy
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Specialisms: Healthcare-associated infections, Antimicrobial resistance, Molecular epidemiology, Risk analysis, Birth cohorts



Alex Aiken, MB BChir, DTMH, MSc, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
André Ricardo Araujo da Silva, MD, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil 
Lauren Bloomfield, MPH, DrPH, University of Notre Dame, Australia
Luisa Denkel, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
John Ferguson, University of Newcastle, Australia
Hitoshi Honda, MD, PhD, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama General Medical Center, Japan
Marlieke De Kraker, PhD, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Marjolein  Kluytmans, MD, PhD, UMC Utrecht, Netherlands
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Specialisms: Antimicrobial resistance, Infection control




Takaaki Kobayashi, MD, MPH, University of Iowa, USA
Tomislav Kostyanev, MD, PhD, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Pieter Nel, MBChB, MMed Micro, FC Path Micro, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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Specialisms: General microbiology, Tuberculosis, Laboratory diagnostics, AMR, AST




Sade Ogunsola, MSc, PhD, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Elisabeth Presterl, MD, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Annette Schuermans, PhD, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, Belgium
Professor Dr. med. Rami Sommerstein, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland

Ermira Tartari, MSc, PhD, University of Malta, Malta
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Specialisms: Infection prevention and control




Athanassios Tsakris, MD, PhD, FRCPath, Medical School University of Athens, Greece 
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Specialisms: Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, Infection control, Antimicrobial stewardship, Diagnostic methods



Constantinos Tsioutis, MD, PhD, European University Cyprus, Cyprus

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Specialisms: Infection control, Antimicrobial resistance Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Medical education, COVID-19 epidemiology, Long covid

Andreas Widmer, MD, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland 

Non-manuscript handling Editors

Founding Editors
Didier Pittet, MD, MS, CBE, University of Geneva Hospitals, Switzerland

Christina Vandenbroucke-Grauls, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Specialisms: Clinical microbiology, Infectious diseases epidemiology, Antimicrobial resistance, Healthcare-associated infection



Andreas Voss, MD, PhD, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre and CWZ, Netherlands

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Benedetta Allegranzi, MD, DTM&H, World Health Organization, Switzerland
John M Boyce, MD, Hospital of Saint Raphael, USA
Jean Carlet, MD,  Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, France
Joanne Wai-Yee Chung, PhD, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Dr med. Markus Dettenkofer, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
Philippe Eggimann, MD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Switzerland
Alexander W Friedrich, PhD, University Hospital Groningen, Netherlands
Professor Dr Petra P Gastmeier, Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Germany
Herman Goossens, PhD, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Belgium
M Lindsay Grayson, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRACP, FAFPHM, FRCP, University of Melbourne, Australia
Alison Holmes, OBE, FRCP, FMedSci, FRCPI, Imperial College London, UK
Waleria Hryniewicz, MD, National Institute of Public Health, Poland
Namita Jaggi, MBBS, MD, MBA, Artemis Hospital, India (APSIC)
Vincent Jarlier, MD, Groupe Hospitalier, France 
Samuel Ponce de Leon-Rosales, MD, Ministry of Health, Mexico
Samuel Ponce de Leon-Rosales, MD, Ministry of Health, Mexico
Leonard Mermel, DO, ScM, AM (Hon), FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, Brown University, USA
Maria Luisa Moro, MD, Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale, Italy
Dilip Nathwani, MB, DTM&H, FRCP, FRSE, OBE Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, UK
Eli Perencevich, MD, University of Iowa, USA
Sharon Salmon, MPH, PhD, National University Health System, Singapore
Wing-Hong Seto, MBBS, FRCPath, MRCP, FHKAM (Pathology) Gleneagles Hospital, Hong Kong
Marin Schweizer, PhD, Univeristy of Iowa, USA
Robert Skov, MD, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark
Marc Struelens, MD, PhD, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Sweden
Nuntra Suwantarat, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Constantinos Tsioutis, MD, PhD, European University Cyprus, Cyprus
Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD, Erasme University Hospital, Belgium
Thomas Kwok-Shing Wong, PhD, Tung Wah College, China
PD Dr med. Walter Zingg, University of Geneva Hospitals, Switzerland