
Iliyan D. Iliev, PhD, discusses how fluconazole targets gut Candida to improve disease activity in IBD.

Iliyan D. Iliev, PhD is a professor of immunology in medicine and co-director of the microbiome core laboratory at the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine

Iliyan D. Iliev, PhD, discusses how fluconazole targets gut Candida to improve disease activity in IBD.

Fluconazole was linked to improved Mayo and Harvey-Bradshaw scores; Iliev outlines the placebo-controlled trial needed next.

Weill Cornell investigator Iliyan D. Iliev, PhD, explains why fluconazole, not nystatin, cleared gut Candida in IBD.

September 18th 2026