HUMA Awardee Announced

We are delighted to announce Dr Robin Patel as recipient of the Hamao Umezawa Memorial Award (HUMA), the most prestigious award given by the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC) to recognise outstanding contributions to the field of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 

Robin Patel is the Elizabeth P. and Robert E. Allen Professor of Individualized Medicine and the Director of the Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Co-Director of the Clinical Bacteriology Laboratory, Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and former Chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology, at the Mayo Clinic.

Dr Patel will receive the award at the 32nd International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ICC) in Perth, Australia (27 - 30 November 2022) where she will present the HUMA plenary lecture on "Microbial Theranostics – A Resistance Combatting Strategy". More details on the ICC will follow this week when the official ICC website is launched.

To learn more about Dr Patel and the award, please visit ISAC.world