Name: Ridha Barbouche
When did you start working with the JMF? Since 2008 at a symposium entitled ‘’PIDs beyond Europe’’ during the ESID meeting which took place in The Netherlands.
Profession and Location: M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine at the Medical School, University of Tunis El Manar, Head of Department and Director of Research Laboratory at the Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
What inspires you? To progress in anything I do, including helping provide a better life for patients and their families.
What aspect of JMF do you find most special? The opportunity to share experiences and knowledge with a fantastic community of colleagues, facilitated by brilliant hosts and friends of everyone.
What’s your favorite JMF memory? The contribution of Vicki and Fred to the second ASID meeting in Hammamet, Tunisia which translated their permanent commitment to advance PIDs cause everywhere.
Favorite Quote: ‘’There is hope…always!’’
To Sum Up! I grew up in the small island of Jerba in Southern Tunisia, I think that the marvelous Mediterranean sea around me –beautiful and mysterious- had a major impact since then on my permanent quest to better discover, understand and appreciate people and things around me and beyond.