Dr. Rim M. Harfouch is a PhD last year student in cancer Immunology at the college of pharmacy, Tishreen university, Latakia, Syria. She is a full- time lecturer of microbiology and immunology courses at the college of pharmacy, Al Andalus university, Qadmus, Syria, and a part-time lecturer of chemical pathology at the college of pharmacy, Alsham Private University, Latakia, Syria. Rim’s master thesis was on detecting of anti-Helicobacter pylori antibodies in patients with peptic complaints using indirect immunofluorescence assay. Now she is working on her PhD thesis to assess the significance of PD-1, PDL-1 and Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer biopsies. Dr. Rim’s research focuses on antibacterial activity of several plants extracts against multi-drugs resistant bacteria in addition to prevalence of some pandemic diseases in her country Syria during the crisis.