Dr. Marianna Meschiari graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2008 at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, and then served as an Infectious Disease Specialist at Modena and Reggio Emilia University Teaching Hospital in 2015. She is currently a Medical Doctor at the University of Modena. She has been a physician in the Infectious Diseases Clinic at Modena and Reggio Emilia University Teaching Hospital since 2015. She is also a member of Gruppo Italiano Stewardship Antimicrobica (GISA), the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT), and a panel member of the ECSMID Study Group for Infectious in the Elderly (ESGIE). Dr. Marianna Meschiari's research mainly focuses on viral and bacterial infections in critically ill patients, antibiotic resistance, infections with multi-resistant microorganisms, antimicrobial stewardship strategies, and appropriate use of antibiotics including newly developed ones.