Neven Papić, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine and a consultant infectologist at the University Hospital for Infectious Diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljević”, Zagreb, Croatia, where he serves as Head of the Department for Gastrointestinal Infections and Viral Hepatitis.
Building on his PhD work in transcriptomics and the role of liver cell subtypes in HCV infection, his research focuses on translational studies linking mechanistic insights with clinically relevant outcomes at the interface of infectious diseases and hepatology. Currently, he is the Principal Investigator of the SepsisFAT and SteatoCAP projects, exploring immunometabolic and host–pathogen interactions in severe infections and steatotic liver disease.
His broader clinical and research interests include severe bacterial infections, antimicrobial resistance, and infections in solid organ transplant recipients, and he is a member of the Liver Transplant Team at University Hospital Centre Zagreb. He is committed to medical education; he has organized professional schools and conferences, mentors junior clinicians and researchers, regularly presents at international meetings, and contributes to international educational initiatives.