Fall Meeting: October 18, 2018
"Plasmid Encoded AmpC/Emerging antibiotic resistance in P. aeruginosa as seen in Cystic Fibrosis patients"
Nancy D. Hanson, PhD
Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology, Director, Center for Research in Anti-Infectives and Biotechnology
Creighton University School of Medicine
“Gut Microbiome at the Interface of Health and Disease”
Purna Kashyap, M.B.B.S.
Gastroenterology Research, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Winter/Spring Meeting: February 8, 2018
"Zoonotic Gram negatives: in your backyard, and possibly in your milk!"
Maureen Sullivan, MPH
Supervisor, Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit, Minnesota Department of Health
Tory Whitten, MPH
Senior Epidemiologist, Zoonotic Disease Unit, Minnesota Department of Health
“Emergence of Candida auris: The First Fungal Superbug”
Raj Mody, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Prevention and Control Unit, Minnesota Department of Health
Fall Meeting: October 12, 2017
"All New Creepy Crawly Cases in Parasitology"
Bobbi Pritt, MD, MSc, DTM&H
Director, Clinical Parasitology Laboratory, Mayo Clinic
Sponsored by BioFire Diagnostics
“Stories from the Lab-FilmArray’s Impact on Patient Outcomes”
Ericka Eve, MS, MT(ASCP)
Field Application Support, BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
Winter/Spring meeting: February 23, 2017
“From A(edes) to Z(ika) and Everything In Between”
Elitza S. Theel, Ph.D., D(ABMM)
Director, Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory
Co-Director, Vector-borne Diseases Laboratory Services
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic
“Bacteriophage/Antibiotic Combinations: Promising Future Therapy for Device-Related Biofilms?”
Anne Marie Leuck, MD
University of Minnesota Assistant Professor: Medicine / Infectious Diseases
Fall meeting: October 27, 2016
“Current Challenges and Future Solutions in Susceptibility Testing”
Patricia J. Simner PhD, D(ABMM)
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Director of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Division of Medical Microbiology
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Department of Pathology, Division of Medical Microbiology
“Antibiotic Stewardship and One Health: Acting together to keep antibiotics working in Minnesota”
Amanda Beaudoin DVM, PhD, DACVPM
Director, One Health Antibiotic Stewardship
Minnesota Department of Health
Spring meeting: May 12, 2016
“Zika Virus”
Stacy Holzbauer, DVM, MPH
MN Department of Health
Elizabeth Schiffman, MPH, MA
MN Department of Health
“The Microbiome and Treatment of Severe GI Diseases”
Dr. Michael Sadowsky
BioTechnology Institute and the University of Minnesota