Happy lab week!! Very lucky to get to work with this amazing individual, Dr. Adam Seegmiller, who wore the Ken outfit with much aplomb! ⁦VUMC Pathology⁩ ⁦Vanderbilt Health⁩ #labweek #labprofessionals

Happy lab week!! Getting ready for CLSI AST Updates! VUMC Pathology David Gaston

In Clinical Infectious Diseases, Kaleb Wolfe, MD (@Kalebsiella), Virginia Pierce, MD (@VMPierceMD), and Romney Humphries, PhD (@romneyintn), discuss how current and proposed regulatory policies from the FDA may jeopardize the future of antimicrobial susceptibility testing. academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…

Voices of ID: Clinical Laboratory Experiences During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

by Romney Humphries, Susan Sefers, Jonathan Schmitz, & Adam Seegmiller

🆓 Freely Available
🔗 bit.ly/3sKa9Z2

Registration is now open for a free Nov 1 webinar on diagnostic innovations for antimicrobial stewardship and improved patient outcomes, featuring presentations from Drs Romney Humphries and Ritu Banerjee.

Pharmacy, medical, and nursing CE is available!

cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-…

In Press: Guiding antimicrobial stewardship through thoughtful antimicrobial susceptibility testing and reporting strategies: an updated approach in 2023

tinyurl.com/nb8xm3cp

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In honor of #PeerReviewWeek23 , sincere gratitude and appreciation go to our top contributing #JCMJournal Editorial Board reviewers from the past year 🏆: Blake Wade Buchan, Neil Anderson, Benjamin Liu, Niaz Banaei, Morgan Pence & Audrey Schuetz

Morgan Pence, PhD, D(ABMM) Audrey Schuetz

I would like to extend sincere thanks to our top contributing #JCMJournal ad hoc reviewers from the past year 🏆: Rebekah Dumm, Andrew E. Clark, Robert F. Potter, Richard B. (Tom) Thomson & Sean X. Zhang #PeerReviewWeek23

Robert Potter, PhD, D(ABMM) Rebekah Dumm

Flulapalooza is almost here for all Vanderbilt faculty and staff! Below are a few things to know before you go. Can't wait to see you there! For more information, visit: bit.ly/flulapalooza

Antibiotic resistance is an under discussed crisis. Great talk by Dr.Boucher - with some tips to make this part of our national (and international) conversation. #AMR #asmescmid

So excited to move into our new lab! Thank you to everyone who joined the sneak peek! ⁦VUMC Pathology⁩

Final reminder for CLSI members! SIDP's webinar 'Partnering Laboratory with Stewardship to Navigate Breakpoint Updates and Other New CLSI Recommendations to Enhance Clinical Practice' on 8/31 is free. Register here >> ow.ly/RQH550Pz56e. #lab4life

Holy smokes! It’s getting real! Excited to see the new lab space! ⁦VUMC Infectious Diseases⁩ ⁦VUMC Pathology⁩

New Editors in Conversation podcast! Susceptibility Testing for Aztreonam with Ceftazidime-Avibactam

AST-loving co-host Elli Theel, PhD and I talk with the A(ntimicrobial)-team Romney Humphries SimnerLab

Subscribe or stream tinyurl.com/455pcdce

NEW: I’m proposing the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution to help end our nation’s gun violence crisis.

The American people are sick of Congress’ inaction.

The 28th will enshrine 4 widely supported gun safety freedoms -- while leaving the 2nd Amendment intact:

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Our latest free resource is now live. In partnership with APHL, ASM, CAPathologists, and CDC, a comprehensive and user-friendly Breakpoint Implementation Toolkit is available here >> ow.ly/Tr8l50OHtMH. #publichealth

Streamline your breakpoint implementation process to meet new CAP requirements (coming Jan. 2024) with the Breakpoint Implementation Toolkit. CLSI has developed—in partnership with APHL, ASM, CAPathologists & CDC—this comprehensive toolkit: ow.ly/saQY50OEwGl

Congratulations to PMI Asst. Professor Wenhan Zhu on being awarded a three-year #grant from the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation to support his #research seeking to answer questions on #bacteria physiology.

Learn more in Vanderbilt Health Reporter: loom.ly/_OP3Cmw

Meet Dr. Devin Allison, one of our #PGY1 residents! See why he chose @vumcpathology and what he loves most about #nashville in this video spotlight! 🎥
youtu.be/DWRuU6qFLqg
#pathtwitter #path2path

Commentary: Clinical Metagenomics for Infectious Diseases: Progress toward Operational Value

'The field is moving from a place where the question of 'How do we do this?'... is joined with the question of 'How do we use this?''

bit.ly/3yu6ttz David Gaston