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Assistant Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Dr. Ahmed Babiker is a dual trained infectious diseases and medical microbiology physician. In the summer of 2020, Dr. Babiker joined Emory as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease with a secondary appointment in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Babiker sees patients on the Infectious Diseases inpatient consult service at Emory University Hospital and serves as the Associate Director of the Investigational Clinical Microbiology Core. In addition Dr. Babiker serves as subject matter expert for the International Infection Control Program within the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Babiker's primary research interest is the clinical and molecular epidemiology of multi-drug resistant healthcare-associated infections, the role of microbiome in colonization resistance and the integration of novel diagnostics and -omics technology into clinical microbiology and infectious diseases workflows.