Associate Professor od Medicin Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Description: Worldwide, the burden of fungal infections has increased dramatically over the last several decades. Drivers of which include, but are not limited to, the increased use of immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory medications, the emergence of novel fungal pathogens, and impacts that global climate change have on the ecology and edemicity of some pathogens. In this talk, the speaker will discuss the clinical and global impacts of fungal diseases as well as the need for better diagnostics.
Learning Objectives: 1. Name three fungal diseases whose incidences and prevalences have increased over the recent past. 2. Describe one or more novel fungal pathogens to have recently emerged and spread throughout the human population. 3. Identify drivers of fungal emergence and spread and discuss how improved diagnostics can help respond to this growing public health problem.
