Carol A. Kumamoto | |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles (BS, PhD) |
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| Institutions | Stanford University Harvard Medical School Tufts University |
Carol Kumamoto is an American microbiologist who is Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology at Tufts University. She investigates the filamentous growth of Candida albicans, a fungal pathogen that causes several diseases. She is also interested in how C. albicans interacts with its host during colonisation and invasive diseases. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Microbiology.