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Department Chair's Welcome

Ilhem Messaoudi, PhD

Welcome to the UK College of Medicine Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. On Nov. 1, 2021, I moved across the country to join this engaged and collegial community of microbiologists and immunologists who study microbial pathogenesis and the host defense against infectious diseases and cancer, as well as inflammation in the context of a variety of human diseases.