Clinical Microbiology: Open Access

Kenneth W Strauss

Biography

Ken Strauss is the Global Medical Director for Becton Dickinson, and Director of Safety in Medicine for the European Medical Association, based in Brussels. Dr. Strauss received his degree as a doctor from the University of South Carolina, USA. He did an Internal Medicine Internship and Residency at the Wake Forest University, USA. His Endocrinology Fellowship was at the Harvard Medical School and Joslin Diabetes Center. He was later on staff at the Harvard Medical School. Dr Strauss speaks in English, French and Spanish to health care worker (HCW) audiences throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East on topics related to diabetes, HIV disease and patient safety. As Medical Director he performs research trials at university hospitals throughout Europe and other parts of the world. In addition he develops disease management and educational tools for use in the clinical setting by doctors, nurses and patients. He publishes in peer-reviewed medical journals.

Research Interest

Dr. Strauss’ scientific interests in Immunology has led to publications in HIV disease, cellular activation and natural killer cell function, tumor immunology, HLA-B27-related rheumatologic conditions and screening, transplant cross-matching and graph rejection, pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis, leukemia diagnosis and minimal residual disease, platelet activation in vascular disease and stem cell transplantation in cancer patients.