Prof. Stefano Di Bella, MD, is Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Trieste and Director of the Infectious Diseases Unit at Trieste University Hospital, Italy. He is also Director of the Postgraduate School of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. His clinical and research activities focus on antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial therapy, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, bloodstream infections, Clostridioides difficile infection, bacterial virulence, sepsis, and emerging infectious diseases. He is involved in national and international research collaborations and is a member of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.