University of Münster
Barbara C. Kahl, M.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology at the
University Hospital Münster, Westfalian-Wilhelms University (WWU), Münster, Germany. She received
her M.D. from the WWU and her Board Certification for Medical Microbiology and Epidemiology. She
worked as a visiting researcher at the Rockefeller University, New York City, NY, from 1997 to 2000.
Since the 1990s, Dr. Kahl’s scientific interests have included the epidemiology and pathogenesis of
Staphylococcus aureus infections, especially in the background of the hereditary disease cystic fibrosis
(CF), with a focus on staphylococcal small colony variants, mucoid phenotypes and adaptation of S.
aureus to the hostile niche of CF airways. She has published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed
journals in on staphylococci and CF.
S28--Models of CF Airway Infection
Saturday, September 28, 2024
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET