Dr. Islam Hussein obtained his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master’s degrees from Zagazig University, Egypt; he earned his doctorate degree from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 2007. His thesis work focused on the preclinical development of antiviral drugs; he did his postdoctoral training at the US National Institutes of Health and Kansas University Medical Center. He then worked as research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied the evolution, transmissibility, and pathogenicity of avian influenza viruses. Currently, he is a Senior Scientist at Microbiotix, a bio-pharmaceutical company specialized in antimicrobial drug discovery. His research efforts are distributed among the clinical development of an anti-human cytomegalovirus drug and other discovery projects targeting several viruses, such as influenza, ebola and zika. Dr. Hussein authored numerous peer-reviewed research articles, reviews, and book chapters. He also delivered several lectures, interactive webinars, and blog posts targeting science enthusiasts in the Middle East. He is a science vlogger (video blogger) and the founder of the YouTube channel Virolvlog, communicating the science of virology to the general public.

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