Dr. Katalin Burian is currently Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology at the University of Szeged, Hungary. She is a Core member of the SZTE Doctoral School of Interdisciplinary Medicine. She holds a Ph.D. degree in theoretical medicine from SZTE, ÁOK. In 2011, she completed a Habilitation in theoretical medicine at the University of Szeged. Her research interests are focused on the study of chlamydia; cytokines; pathogenesis; animal models; and epidemiology.