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Medical and Public Health Microbiology Fellowship

Meet Our Fellows

2024-2026
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Samuel M. Goodfellow, PhD, MSc

Graduate School: University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM
Doctor of Philosophy, Biomedical Sciences, Concentration: Infectious Diseases and Immunology

2023-2025
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Jacky Lu, PhD

Graduate School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Doctor of Philosophy, Microbiology and Immunology

Past Trainees: Where Are They Now?
2022-2024
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Lucas J. Osborn, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM

Director of Microbiology, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology
Keck School of Medicine of USC

2021-2023
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John Fissel, PhD, M(ASCP)CM

Medical Director, Infectious Diseases
TriCore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2020-2022
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Thao Truong, PhD, D(ABMM)

Director, Microbiology and Molecular Microbiology Laboratories  
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology

2019-2021
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Rebecca Yee, PhD, D(ABMM)

Chief of Microbiology, George Washington University  
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

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Mimi R. Precit, PhD, D(ABMM)

Assistant Director of Microbiology, University of Kansas Medical Center  
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

2018-2020
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Utsav Pandey, PhD, D(ABMM)

Technical Director, Microbiology Services, Kaiser Permanente

2017-2019
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Chairut Vareechon, PhD, D(ABMM)

Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology, Thomas Jefferson University  
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Anatomy, & Cell Biology

2016-2018
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Samia Naccache, PhD, D(ABMM)

Director, Microbiology Laboratory, LabCorp Diagnostics Laboratory

2015-2017
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Tam Van, PhD, D(ABMM)

Technical Director, Microbiology Services, Kaiser Permanente