The Clinical Working Party

Rosemary Barnes is Clinical Reader in Medical Microbiology and acting head of the Department of Infection, Immunity and Biochemistry at the School of Medicine at Cardiff University.

She qualified from Cambridge University and Westminster Medical School.

Her research interests include infections in immunocompromised patients. A particular focus is the rapid diagnosis of invasive fungal infection and the impacts this has on the optimal use of antifungal agent and patient outcomes.

Dr. Werner Heinz is working as specialist for infectious diseases at an university hospital and center for hematology and oncology. Here he is taking care for patients with a broad range of acute and chronic infections. A specific area of interest is the prophylaxis and treatment of infections in patients with hematological malignancies.

He is member of the German working group for infections in hemato-oncology, and coauthor of several guidelines for infectious complications in this patient population. He is participating in several clinical trials investigating antimicrobial treatment or prevention of infectious complications in patients with hematological malignancies, mainly invasive fungal infections. Another focus is the evaluation and validation of markers for diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis.

Brian Jones is a Consultant Clinical Microbiologist and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. He qualified in Immunology and Medicine from the University of Glasgow. He is the lead microbiologist for antimicrobial management in the Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board. His clinical and research interests include the epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infection in haemato-ocology and neonatal intensive care patients.

Ass. Prof. Lena Klingspor is the medical Head of the Mycology Unit at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge and Solna and also works as a consultant Senior Physician in Paediatrics.

Research has been focused on the field of Medical Mycology concerning: Epidemiology, Clinic, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment in children and adults. In diagnostics: To develop and to evaluate different diagnostic tests in patients.