Before joining the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr. Scicluna held a tenured position at the respected Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as Assistant Professor. In addition, he held a faculty position in the Center for Experimental Molecular Medicine, Amsterdam Institute of Infection and Immunity. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota, USA. He then pursued an M.Sc. in Molecular Pathology from the University of Malta. Subsequently, he enrolled at the Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, to pursue his Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine. After completing his doctoral studies, Dr. Scicluna became a member of Prof. Dr. Tom van der Poll's infection, immunology, and sepsis research laboratory at the Amsterdam University Medical Centre.
Dr. Scicluna’s research focuses on understanding the host immune response in the context of ageing, respiratory infections and critical illness due to sepsis. His work is published in several prestigious international journals that include Nature, Nature Immunology, Lancet Respiratory Med., Intensive Care Med., and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. He is a member of several international consortiums, including the Personalized Immunotherapy for Sepsis (IMMUNOSEP), the Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Europe (COMBACTE), and a transatlantic Sepsis Subclasses consortium. He is a member of the European Group on the Immunology of Sepsis (EGIS), European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), and since 2023 an elected councilor of the European Shock Society (ESS). Dr. Scicluna was awarded the prestigious ESICM Established Investigator Award in 2022 for significant contributions to critical care research.
He has collaborated with several respected research groups in the USA and Europe on topics that include sepsis, neuropathology, disease tolerance and cancer. He is a very much sought-after lecturer by various international conferences and institutes. Dr. Scicluna is a dedicated teacher and mentor to young Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral students and Post-doctoral fellows. He is currently leading several translational research projects in the context of infection, immunity and ageing.
