Iliyan D. Iliev

Iliyan Iliev is an Immunologist and an Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine and the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in IBD at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York. He earned his PhD from the European School of Molecular Medicine and the University of Milan and was previously associated with the Tohoku University in Japan, the European Molecular Biology Organization, LB Bulgaricum Plc., Meiji Co., Ltd and the Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

Iliev’ s pioneering research on the gut mycobiome defined a role of commensal fungi in innate mucosal and protective humoral immunity and provided evidence for mycobiota involvement in the pathophysiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and lung inflammation. The laboratory applies translational, experimental and computational approaches to study the role of immunity to mycobiota early and later in life, upon therapeutic interventions and during conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, allergy, and immunodeficiencies, where fungi contribute to pathologies.

Dr. Iliev’s was a recipient of the NIH Pathway to Independence Award, CTSI Publication Award, Malaniak Award for Excellence in Research, Days of Molecular Medicine award, Young Investigator Award, Irma T. Hirschl Scholar Award, Kenneth Rainin Foundation Innovator and Breakthrough Awards, and was named a Burroughs Welcome Fund PATH Investigator. His research program is funded by the National Institutes of Health, Burroughs Welcome Fund, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.