Dr. Nadeem Kaakoush

Biography

Nadeem Kaakoush is an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, leading a research group focused on host-microbiome interactions. His research investigates how host-associated microbial communities affect health and disease, and he has pioneered methods to manipulate these communities for therapeutic purposes. He completed his doctoral studies at UNSW in 2008 and further enhanced his expertise with an invitation to the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. During his doctoral studies, he contributed as a Research Associate in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, examining the role of mucosa-associated pathobionts in inflammatory bowel diseases. In 2011, he was awarded an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship, allowing him to study the microbiota-associated metabolome in inflammatory bowel diseases. His research interests broadened to encompass the microbiome's role in upper gastrointestinal cancers. In 2016, he received a Career Development Fellowship from the Cancer Institute NSW, leading to his relocation to the School of Medical Sciences. Since 2019, he has been a Scientia academic at UNSW, focusing on microbiome research and has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers in the field of medical microbiology.

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