Prof. Fergus Shanahan

Fergus Shanahan

Director of the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre at University College Cork (UCC) and a Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at UCC, Ireland.

His expertise lies in mucosal immunology, the gut microbiota, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Professor Shanahan has a distinguished career in gastroenterology, focusing on host-bacterial interactions in the gut and their implications for health and disease.