Microbiology
Faculty
Professor | Division Head, Clinical Microbiology | Director, Molecular and Next-Gen Microbiology Lab
Drew Bell, PhD
Assistant Professor
Lori A. Bourassa, PhD, MPH, D(ABMM)
Assistant Professor | Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology | Director, Clinical Microbiology Fellowship
Jill E. Clarridge, PhD, D(ABBM)
Professor Emeritus
Professor
Alex L. Greninger, MD, PhD, MS, MPhil
Associate Professor | Larry Corey Endowed Professorship in Virology
Associate Professor | Head, Informatics Division | Co-Director, NGS Analytics Laboratory | Specialty CMIO for Lab and Pathology services for UW Medicine
Professor | Head, Virology Division, University of Washington | Director, UW Molecular Virology Laboratory | Director, UW Virology Laboratory | Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch | Larry Corey Endowed Professorship in Virology
Research Associate Professor Emeritus
Assistant Professor | Assistant Director, Molecular Diagnosis, Microbiology Section
Professor | Assistant Director of Clinical Microbiology
Professor
Research Assistant Professor
Karen G. Stephens, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Thao Truong, PhD, D(ABMM), M(ASCP)CM
Assistant Professor
The clinical microbiology division has laboratories located at the University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake and Harborview Medical Center. The division provides a wide range of diagnostics services in bacteriology, parasitology, mycology, mycobacteriology and molecular diagnosis. The division employs over 70 full and part time medical laboratory scientists, technicians, administrative support staff and faculty.
Education
The Clinical Microbiology Division participates in training programs for undergraduate medical laboratory science students, Laboratory Medicine Master of Science students, medical students, clinical pathology residents and infectious diseases fellows. In addition, the division administers a CPEP-accredited postdoctoral training program in medical and public health laboratory microbiology. Please see the Education section for more information on these programs.
Research
The clinical microbiology division supports numerous lines of research. For more information, see entries for individual faculty.
Susceptibility Testing and Antibiograms
The clinical microbiology division creates and provides annual antibiograms for Harborview and University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake, which can be found by visiting the Antibiograms and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Information guideline.
Contacts
University of Washington Clinical Microbiology Lab
Room NW177
Tel: 206.598.6147
Hours: 24 hours daily
For clinical consultations, page our Microbiology Fellow on-call at 206.598.6190.
Harborview Medical Center Clinical Microbiology Lab
Room GWH 47
Tel: 206.744.5858
Hours: 6am-11:30pm daily
After Hours: Samples accepted at Specimen Processing Services
USPS and Courier
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
1959 NE Pacific Street, Room NW120
Seattle, WA 98195-7110
Tel: 206.598.6131
Fax: 206.598.6189
M-F 8am-5pm
Supervisory Staff
UW Medical Center - Montlake Microbiology Lab 206.598.6147
Sarah Jensen, Health Sciences Manager
Elizabeth Bauerle, Lead
Lynda Bui, Lead
Michael Majors, Lead
Carolyn Mallahan, Lead
Meghan Sedita, Lead
Erez Theriault, Lead
Harborview Microbiology Lab 206.744.5858
Angelica Ludwig, Lead
Jason Matsumoto, Lead