Dr Tihana Bicanic

Dr Tihana Bicanic is a Reader and Consultant in Infectious Diseases at St. George’s University of London (profile). Her research focusses on evolution, impact and mitigation of antifungal resistance in Cryptococcus and Candida. She has performed clinical trials in cryptococcal meningitis in Africa, as well as translational work linking Cryptococcal virulence phenotype and genomics to clinical presentation and outcome. She is currently Chief Investigator on two UK multi-centre studies: aspergillosis complicating severe influenza and COVID19 infection (AspiFlu) and Candida resistance in the ICU (CandiRes).