William D. Lainhart, PhD, D(ABMM)

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Banner UMC, Tucson
Research Interests: 
  • New diagnostics
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Bacteriology
  • Automation
Degrees
  • BS Biological Sciences: Cornell University, 2000-2004
  • MS Biological Sciences: SUNY University at Buffalo, 2005-2007
  • MS Epidemiology: SUNY University at Buffalo, 2009-2011
  • PhD Biomedical Sciences: SUNY University at Albany, 2011-2015
Honors and Awards
  • American Society for Microbiology Infectious Diseases Travel Award, ASM Microbe, 2016
  • American Society for Microbiology Outstanding Abstract Award, ASM Microbe. 2017
  • American Society for Microbiology Infectious Diseases Fellows Program, ASM Microbe, 2017
  • Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award, ACLPS 52nd Annual Meeting. 2017
  • American Society for Microbiology Outstanding Abstract Award, ASM Microbe, 2018
Fellowship
  • New York State Emerging Infectious Diseases Postdoctoral Fellowship: Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, 2015-2016
  • Medical and Public Health Microbiology Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 2016-2018
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Medical Microbiology, 2018