Dr Rima Moghnieh

Professor of Clinical Medicine and Head, Division of Infectious Diseases, Lebanese American University, Beirut 

Nationality – Lebanon 

Professor Rima Moghnieh, an infectious disease specialist and researcher, has practiced medicine in Lebanon since 1996. She held leadership roles in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) in multiple tertiary-care hospitals. Currently, she serves as Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, also heading the Division of Infectious Diseases at the university's medical center. 

As former president of the Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, her dedication to enhancing IPC practices in Lebanon spans since 2011, focusing on hand hygiene, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and AMS. Since 2018, she has been a part-time consultant for the WHO, developing National Action Plans for AMR control in several Middle Eastern countries, including Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait, Libya, Tunisia and Somalia and UAE. Additionally, she acted as an external consultant for WHO, aiding in developing national IPC guidelines in countries like Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, and Jordan. 

Prof. Moghnieh has co-authored over 50 publications in reputable journals, notably contributing to national clinical guidelines for managing community-acquired pneumonia, febrile neutropenia, urinary tract infections, and complicated intraabdominal infections. Her research interests encompass various fields of infectious diseases, including epidemiological studies, AMR surveillance, hospital-based IPC and AMS, and COVID-19 vaccinology.