Carey-Ann Burnham

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Carey-Ann Burnham
CitizenshipCanadian, American
Alma mater University of Alberta (B.Sc., 2002)

University of Alberta (Ph.D., 2007)

Washington University School of Medicine (Fellowship, 2009)
Known forPathogen identification
Scientific career
Fields Pathology & Immunology , Clinical Microbiology , Medicine

Carey-Ann Burnham is a clinical microbiologist, and a professor of Pathology and Immunology, Molecular Microbiology, Pediatrics and Medicine in Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

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Education

Burnham earned her Ph.D. in medical sciences at the University of Alberta in 2007. Later, she pursued fellowship training in clinical microbiology at Washington University, which she completed in 2009. [1] [2]

Career

Burnham is a professor of Pathology and Immunology, Molecular Microbiology, Pediatrics and Medicine at Washington University. [3] She is the medical director for the clinical microbiology laboratory at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the program director for the CPEP fellowship at Washington University. [4] [2]

Research

Burnham's research is focused on rapid pathogen identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing to prevent infectious diseases. Burnham edited the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, the Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, and the Manual of Clinical Microbiology. [4] She is the co-editor of the textbook The Dark Art of Blood Cultures, which received praise in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, where Stephen M. Brecher called the work, "a wonderful historical perspective of the past, present, and future of blood cultures." [5] She has had her work on the topic of diagnostic and clinical microbiology published over two hundred times. [4]

Memberships

Burnham has held senior positions and leadership roles in several professional organizations, including the American Society for Microbiology, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists. [4]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

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