
Carey-Ann D. Burnham, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA, F(AAM)
Professor of Pathology & Immunology
Contact
- Email: cburnham@wustl.edu
Division: Laboratory & Genomic Medicine
Titles
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Medicine
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Education
B.Sc., Medical Laboratory Science (With Distinction): University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (2002)
Ph.D., Medical Sciences (Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology): University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (2007)
Fellowship in Clinical Microbiology: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (2009)
Boards
Diplomate, Americian Board of Medical Microbiology, 2009
Recognition
The American Society for Microbiology/Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Young Investigator Award
Washington University Laboratory and Genomic Medicine Teacher of the Year
The Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) Ellis S. Benson Award
American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Outstanding Speaker Award
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) “40 Under 40” Honoree
Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA)
Distinguished Educator Award (Graduate Medical Education/ Residents or Clinical Fellows), Washington University School of Medicine
Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (AAM)
Research Interests
My research efforts are focused on the transmission and epidemiology of multi-drug resistant bacteria, with a focus on the diagnosis and epidemiology of Clostridium difficile and Staphylococcus aureus infections.
Selected Publications
Metagenomic signatures of extraintestinal bacterial infection in the febrile term infant gut microbiome
Publication
The effects of a prospective sink environmental hygiene intervention on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia burden in hospital sinks
Publication
Validation of a modified rapid test to detect the cefazolin inoculum effect in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from bloodstream infections in hospitals from North and Latin America
Publication
A call for the United States to continue investing in science
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