Dr. Karen Burns, MRCSI, MRCPI, FRCPath, CSCST, MSc, FFPath RCPI, FRCPI, is a Clinical Microbiologist at Beaumont Hospital, Leinster, Ireland. She graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Her research interests include Microbiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention, Epidemiology, Surgical Infection, Critical Care Infection, and Antimicrobial Resistance.