Expert Qualifications
This highly qualified expert has been a virologist for more than 40 years. She holds a PhD in Microbiology with minors in Biochemisty and Preventative Medicine. She has taught medical virology for more than 30 years at the university level and has participated in more than 70 invited lectures and presentations. This expert's work includes more than 40 publications in the virology space, more than 30 grant funded research projects, and the creation of the medical virology lab at a children's hospital in Tennessee.
Bio Snapshot
- Location: Tennessee
- B.S., University of Mississippi
- Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Certification: Medical Laboratory Professional License
- Additional Certification: Specialist Microbiologist, Americal Society for Clinical Pathology, General Specialist, American Board of Bioanalysis, CITI/IRB, HIPPA and FERPA; Blood Borne Pathogen Certified, Red Cross Shelter Certified,
- Member, American Society for Microbiology
- Member, American Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Member, Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Published, 50+ abstracts, book chapters, peer-reviewed publications
- Research, 30+ grant-funded research projects
- Lectures, 70+ nationally invited lectures and presentations
- Former, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences and Director of Virology
- Former, Director, Microbiology and Immunology Laboratories, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center
- Former, Director, Immunology/Serology Laboratories, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center
- Current, Professor, Clinical Laboratory Sciences at a major University Health Center
