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Hana Shabana: I Honor the Science, the Patients, and the Researchers On World Microbiome Day

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Jun 27, 2026, 16:52

Hana Shabana: I Honor the Science, the Patients, and the Researchers On World Microbiome Day

Hana Shabana, Phd student at Karolinska Institute, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Today, on World Microbiome Day, I celebrate the unseen worlds that continue to reshape medicine.

As a gynecologist and researcher in women’s health, fertility and reproductive medicine, I feel honored to work in a field that reminds us how much remains to be discovered. The microbiome is no longer a distant research topic, it is becoming part of how we understand health, disease, diagnosis and future clinical care.

This day is also deeply personal to me.

My father, Dr. Yahya Shabana, was a microbiologist, lecturer and researcher whose work focused on parasitology, particularly Ascaris lumbricoides. Among his scientific contributions was the identification and description of a previously unrecognized subspecies of Ascaris, a reminder that even well-known organisms can still hold undiscovered complexity.

He is sadly no longer with us, but his memory, his scientific curiosity, and the honor of his work remain with me. In many ways, his dedication to microbiology continues to shape how I see science, medicine and the invisible biological worlds that influence human health.

Ascaris in the lungs could present with symptoms resembling asthma, a presentation recognized as Löffler’s syndrome, illustrating how looking beyond the obvious can fundamentally change diagnosis and patient care.

The parasitic infections could masquerade as asthma, leaving clinicians searching for answers when standard asthma treatments proved ineffective.

That lesson has stayed with me.

Research is not only about discovering something new. It is about questioning what we think we know, connecting biology with clinical reality, and giving patients better answers.

Today, microbiome and metabolome research are opening new doors across medicine. I believe they will become an essential part of our future clinical practice, from prevention and diagnostics to personalized treatment.

On World Microbiome Day, I honor the science, the patients, and the researchers who keep bringing the invisible into the light.

Happy World Microbiome Day, June 27.”