Cynthia L. Sears, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Medicine, Oncology and Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Cynthia L. Sears, M.D. is Professor of Medicine, Oncology and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Through her work as an infectious diseases specialist, she studies how bacteria and the microbiome impact gut diseases, particularly human colon cancer. She has long been an active member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), serving as President of IDSA in 2019, is an AAAS Fellow and is currently Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, the flagship journal of the IDSA.

Presentation(s):

• Diet and Cancer & Nutritional Microbiology Joint GEM Forum - Diet at the Intersection of Cancer, the Microbiome, and Immunotherapy

  Tuesday, July 28, 2026
  10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

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  Vedanta: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)