Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Becomes a PhD Examiner at Leiden University

Makassar (ANTARA) - Dean of Faculty of Medicine (FK) Hasanuddin University (UNHAS), Prof. Dr. Dr. Haerani Rasyid, M.Kes, Sp.PD-KGH, Sp.GK, FINASIM was an examiner at the Ph.D. ceremony on behalf of Aldian Irma Amaruddin with the title Gut environment and economic status: A study of children in the urban area of Makassar.

Besides Prof. Haerani, several professors and lecturers from several universities were also examiners, including Prof. Dr. Hermelijn Smits (Leiden University), Prof. Dr. Ronald van Ree (University van Amsterdam), Prof. Dr. Peter Hiemstra (Leiden University), Prof. Dr. Ed Kuijper (Leiden University), Dr Abena Amoah (Leiden University) and Dr Sitti Wahyuni, PhD, SpParK, (Hasanuddin University).

Dr. Aldian Irma, who is also a lecturer at FK UNHAS, described the importance of environmental influences, especially socioeconomic disparities, in this case including exposure to infections, especially parasites and children's nutritional status, on the health of Indonesian children living in urban areas, especially in the areas of BCG vaccination, allergies, gut microbiota. , and intestinal permeability function.

The supervisors included Prof. Dr. Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Dr. Erliyani Sartono from Leiden University, and Dr. Firdaus Hamid, PhD, SpMK(K) from Hasanuddin University. The exam was held on Wednesday, 15 Nov 2023 at Academiegebouw Leiden University, Rapenburg 73, Leiden.