Director, Microbiology and Virology; Interim Chief of Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Pathology
Children's Hospital Los Angeles; University of Southern California
South Pasadena, California, United States
Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA is a Professor of Pathology (Clinical Scholar) in the Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. She is the Interim Chief of Laboratory Medicine and Director of the Clinical Microbiology and Virology Laboratories in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Dien Bard serves on several committees and working groups for organizations including the National Academy of Science (NAS), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the Antimicrobial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG). Dr. Dien Bard is an Editor of Clinical Microbiology Reviews journal, an Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Virology and serves on the Editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Dr. Dien Bard has published over 100 scientific papers and is a frequent speaker in the areas of rapid molecular diagnostics for the identification of infectious diseases pathogens. Her clinical research studies explore the application and effects of laboratory diagnostic, particularly molecular diagnostics and antimicrobial susceptibility testing, on patient diagnosis, antimicrobial utilization and overall clinical outcome.
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Saturday, November 18, 2023
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