Blood Banking in India: Ten Years After Presenter: Susan T. Johnson, MSTM, MT(ASCP)SBB, Director of Clinical Education, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Description of Session: Ensuring safe blood transfusion is important worldwide. In India, pretransfusion testing practices are not on the same level as developed countries. This is in part due to lack of resources and […]
HIV Testing Technology and the Latest Algorithm Presenter: Dave Warshauer, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI Description of Session: This presentation will describe the latest laboratory methods for the diagnosis of HIV infection, especially acute infections. The latest HIV testing algorithm will be presented with the inclusion of […]
Challenges in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - 2017 Presenter: Eric Beck, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Technical Director of Microbiology, ACL Laboratories Tom Dilworth, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor, Aurora Healthcare Tim Monson, M.S., Supervisor, Communicable Diseases Division, WSLH Erik Munson, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Assistant Professor, College of Health Sciences, Marquette University Ray Podzorski, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Microbiology Director, St. Mary’s Hospital Karen Siebers, […]
The Mosquitoes We Live With and the Diseases They Harbor (Part 1) Presenter: Lyric C. Bartholomay, Ph.D., Director of Upper Midwestern Regional Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI Description of Session: There are many species of mosquito that live in the […]
The Mosquitoes We Live With and the Diseases They Harbor (Part 2) Presenter: Rebecca Osborn, MPH, is an Epidemiologist specializing in vectorborne diseases in the Communicable Diseases Bureau at the Wisconsin Division of Public Health in Madison, WI. Dave Geske, is a Vector Ecologist at La Crosse County Health Department where he directs a regional vector-borne […]
Presenters: Erin Bowles, B.S., MT (ASCP), Laboratory Network Coordinator & Biosafety Officer, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Richard Dern, M.S., RM(AMM), M(ASCP), Biosafety Officer, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Erik Reisdorf, M.P.H, Virology Surveillance and Team Leader Peter Shult, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Ann Valley, B.S., ARLN Coordinator Description: This one-day meeting presented by the […]
Presenters: Erin Bowles, B.S., MT (ASCP), Laboratory Network Coordinator & Biosafety Officer, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Richard Dern, M.S., RM(AMM), M(ASCP), Biosafety Officer, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Erik Reisdorf, M.P.H, Virology Surveillance and Team Leader Peter Shult, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Ann Valley, B.S., ARLN Coordinator Description: This one-day meeting presented by the […]
Presenters: Erin Bowles, B.S., MT (ASCP), Laboratory Network Coordinator & Biosafety Officer, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Richard Dern, M.S., RM(AMM), M(ASCP), Biosafety Officer, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Erik Reisdorf, M.P.H, Virology Surveillance and Team Leader Peter Shult, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Ann Valley, B.S., ARLN Coordinator Description: This one-day meeting presented by the […]
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Update – 2017 Presenter: Pete Shult, Ph.D., CDD Director and Emergency Laboratory Response, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Erik Reisdorf, MPH, Virology Surveillance and Team Leader, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This webinar will provide a review of the past 2016 […]
2017 - WMLN Annual Conference Presenter: Donald Busalacchi, B.S., Microbiologist, Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Alana Sterkel, PhD., Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH Youngmi Kim, Senior Microbiologist, Mycobacteriology Laboratory, WSLH Allen Bateman Ph.D., MPH, D(ABMM), Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, WSLH John Wilson, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases Philip Wegner, […]