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Shiranee Sriskandan is a Clinical Professor of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London and Head of Section for Adult Infectious Diseases based at Hammersmith Hospital. She is the co-Director of Imperial's Centre for Bacterial Resistance and leads the theme for the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance. Professor Sriskandan's research focuses on Streptococcus pyogenes, a bacterium responsible for conditions like tonsillitis, scarlet fever, necrotizing fasciitis, maternal sepsis, and toxic shock. She has conducted significant studies on the association of S. pyogenes with rheumatic fever, which is a major cause of valvular heart disease in the developing world. Her research interests include investigating Gram-positive pathogens, the epidemiology of diseases caused by these bacteria, and the unexpected changes in bacteria leading to disease, particularly in relation to the severity of illness in patients.
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