The UWI Mona Campus' Annual Departmental Reports 2022_2023

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DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Antimicrobial resistance remains a key are of research in the department and is inextricably linked to the teaching and clinical service. The introduction of Next Generation Sequencing in the department has expanded the potential of this area of scientific research.

ALIGNMENT

PUBLIC SERVICE Dr. Sandra Jackson-Betty − Member, World Health Organization Global Influenza Program/Global Influ- enza Surveillance and Response System − Expert Advisor, Influenza Virus Traceability Mechanism, WHO, Geneva − Member, World Health Organization Global Surveillance for Respiratory Syn- cytial Virus − Member, International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus Dis- eases − Member, Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology − Member, American Biological Safety Association − Member, Caribbean Association of Clinical Microbiologists Dr Camille-Ann Thoms-Rodriguez − Member of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Medical Inten- sive Care Unit (MICU) Taskforce − Member of the Oversight Committee for the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Neonatal Protocols Implementation Programme − Member of the American Society of Microbiology − Member of the Caribbean Association of Clinical Microbiologists Dr Joshua Anzinger − Associate Editor, Journal of Clinical Virology Plus − Member, Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition − Member, Caribbean Sub-regional Certification Committee for the Global Erad- ication of Poliomyelitis. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). − Member The Arbovirus Diagnostic Network of the Americans (RELDA) − Director, Global Virus Network, Jamaica Affiliate Center of Excellence

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