Dr Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases & Medical Education, University of Manchester & Honorary Consultant Medical Mycologist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Rautemaa-Richardson is the Clinical Head of Service for the Mycology Reference Centre Manchester and a member of the Infectious Diseases team. She is an internationally recognised expert, senior researcher, educator and clinician in the field of fungal infectious diseases.  She is an academic clinician who has published over 180 peer-reviewed articles and books or book chapters in the field of medical microbiology, medical mycology, mucosal immunology, infectious diseases and oral medicine, and has an h-index of 53.

Dr Rautemaa-Richardson has special expertise in the management of a spectrum of mycoses including fungal sinusitis and infections in compromised patients, and a special interest in chronic mucosal candidosis and mucosal immunology. She also has expertise in antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention. She is an author of the recently updated BASHH guideline on Vulvovaginal candidiasis as well as the ECMM/ISHAM Candidiasis and Rare yeasts guidelines. She is the Lead for Infectious Diseases learning for Manchester Medical School, the Chair of the UK SMI Bacteriology Working Group, and the lead for the ESCMID Academy. She has years of editorial experience and is currently an Editor for the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.