There are Research Associate Positions Available in the Arnaout, Riedel and Brennan-Krohn Research Laboratories.  Please Inquire!!!   Dedicated Mentorship, Addressing Topics of Compelling Medical Need

Dr. Brennan-Krohn brings a wealth of experience and exciting new research programs to the Clinical Microbiology Team.  Dr. Brennan-Krohn is trained both as a pediatric infectious disease physician and as an ABMM board certified clinical microbiologist.  Her NIH-funded research program investigates and discovers novel combination therapies for Gram-negative infections including CRE and Burkhoderia.  We are delighted to now have a four member academic clinical microbiology team with a highly active bench-to-bedside basic and translational research program that spans novel antimicrobial development, antimicrobial resistance, diagnostic method evaluation and implementation, immunological response to infectious disease, and that investigates every class of microbial pathogen from bacteria to viruses to fungi to protozoa.

Keynote Address Silverstein Symposium.   Link to Talk by Kirby and Arnaout: Innovating out of Crisis: Rising to the Laboratory-Diagnostic Challenges of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic at BIDMC.  Start at 1 hour 15 minutes 30 seconds.

Highlights Include:  Discussion of Limits of Detection, Distribution of Viral Loads in Patients from March through June 2020, Reproducibility of Patient Sampling, 3-D Printed Swab Initiative Serving Acute Needs and Leading to the National Swab of Belgium, Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration!!!!