Jorge L. Cervantes, MD, PhD, Associate Prof.
Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, FL, USA
Dr. Cervantes received his M.D. degree from Cayetano Heredia University in 1998, and received research training in Tropical Medicine in Japan and conducted dengue surveillance in the Amazon, before pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Sciences in Japan.
Dr. Cervantes has published over 60 peer reviewed publications, and has served as a reviewer for multiple clinical and scientific journals. His research interests include clinical and molecular epidemiology, immunology and infectious diseases, focusing on the innate immune aspects of host-pathogen interactions, bacterial nucleic acid recognition, tuberculosis, leprosy, Lyme disease, the human microbiome in lung and gastro-intestinal diseases, and bacterial ligands associated with autoimmune diseases.
Dr. Cervantes joins the Editorial Board of Clinical Infection and Immunity as Editor-in-Chief, hoping to revamp the scope of the journal with the latest achievements in the areas of clinical infection and immunology translational research.
Editor-in-Chief
Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, MD, PhD, Associate Prof.
University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
Director, Unit of Infectious & Transplant Medicine, AORN Ospedali dei Colli – Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
Emanuele Durante Mangoni, MD PhD, is an associate professor of Internal Medicine in the University of Campania ‘L. Vanvitelli’ and director of Unit of Infectious and Transplant Medicine, ‘V. Monaldi’ teaching hospital, Naples, Italy. Head of a research laboratory with know-how in molecular biology and protein assays, he was a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and Imperial College Medical School in London.
Emanuele authored >130 full papers in peer-reviewed International journals with impact factor, with an Hirsch index of 36 and >4000 citations. His main areas of scientific interest include infective endocarditis, post-transplant and drug-resistant infections and viral hepatitis.
Scientific Board Member of Clinical Microbiology & Infection (2016- ), Emanuele is acting as the scientific secretary of the International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (2017-2021). He is an investigator in several international and national studies funded by the US NIH, Italian Medicines Agency, the EU Commission and the Italian Ministries of Health and of Research.
