May 2009 - Posts

Preparing for a Bio-Katrina
May 26, 2009 12:03 PM by Matthew T. Patton

In an interview with Federal News Radio in March, Tara O’Toole, MD, MPH, was asked what she would tell President Obama if she had the chance. Her reply: "There is a possibility, a real possibility, that there could be the equivalent of a bio-Katrina on Read More...

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Work in Hematology or Coagulation?
May 20, 2009 7:26 AM by Matthew T. Patton

Do you currently work in hematology or coagulation? If so, we'd would like to speak to you about the benefits of working in those lab specialty areas. Send an e-mail to mpatton@advanceweb.com to be featured in an upcoming issue of ADVANCE . Read More...

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Going Overboard With MRSA Screening?
May 19, 2009 8:48 PM by Matthew T. Patton

Could it be hospitals aren't backing down from unreasonable and unsustainable infection control guidelines when aiming to prevent MRSA transmission in healthcare facilities? That's the question pondered by Michael B. Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA, professor of Read More...

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Don't Get Caught Dirty Handed: ASM's Clean Hands Campaign
May 19, 2009 8:21 PM by Matthew T. Patton

We've heard a lot about washing hands lately, especially during the H1N1 outbreak. And when it comes to washing their hands, Americans say they are getting the message. However, their actions speak otherwise. So sayeth literature from ASM distributed Read More...

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Dispatches From The Reporter's Notebook: ASM's Exhibit Hall
May 19, 2009 8:05 PM by Matthew T. Patton

During a busy day in the exhibit hall, ADVANCE asked some folks at ASM why they decided to come to the 109th General Meeting in Philadelphia: Leslie Lynch , Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point, NJ: "I like the see the up and coming methodology in the Read More...

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Technology Transfer
May 18, 2009 3:44 PM by Kerri Penno

This afternoon, students and other ASM attendees were invited to a career options symposium, where three presenters offered information on three different microbiology career paths: technology transfer, clinical microbiology and microbiology in the military. Read More...

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Pathogen Immunity
May 18, 2009 3:35 PM by Kerri Penno

One of today's ASM Award Lectures was the Maurice Hilleman Merck Award, presented to Stanley A. Plotkin, Sanofi Pasteur, Doylestown, PA. Maurice Hilleman is known for having developed more than 40 vaccines and is credited with having saved more lives Read More...

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Hive Health
May 18, 2009 2:13 PM by Kerri Penno

In today's "Advances in New Pathogen Discovery" Colloquium at ASM, Joseph DeRisi, University of California, San Francisco, spoke about viral detection, specifically the ViroChip. In studies, the ViroChip has proven to perform with accuracy at least on Read More...

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Taste of Philadelphia
May 18, 2009 1:45 PM by Kerri Penno

This year's American Society of Microbiology General Meeting is in Philadelphia, just a few miles away from the ADVANCE home base in King of Prussia, PA. The meeting kicked off yesterday with an opening session focusing on microbes and evolution. This Read More...

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Toxicology Awards
May 11, 2009 1:45 PM by Kerri Penno

Multiple scientists at The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences were recently recognized at the Society of Toxicology 48th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo for their contributions to the toxicology and risk assessment. Russell Thomas, PhD, director, The Hamner Read More...

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AAALAC Elects President
May 4, 2009 9:20 AM by Kerri Penno

John Bradfield, DVM, PhD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, was elected president of the Council on Accreditation of the Association for the Assessment and Read More...

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Challenges Facing Healthcare Reform
May 3, 2009 2:04 PM by Amanda Koehler

This morning at the keynote session for CLMA's ThinkLab '09, held May 2-5 at the Tampa (FL) Convention Center, political analyst Charlie Cook entertained and informed audience members. According to CLMA Immediate Past President (as of today) JoAnne Milbourne, Read More...

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