Dr. Samir Jawhara

Samir Jawhara is currently a researcher at Lille University Hospital, France (CNRS-UMR 8576), and was previously a research fellow at the Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH, USA), before returning to Lille University Hospital. He received his Ph.D. in immunology-microbiology from Lille University. His research focuses on how fungal glycans can modulate platelet activation via different receptors of the innate immune response, contributing to the escape of pathogenic yeasts from the immune response.