William D. Lainhart, PhD, D(ABMM)

Professor, Department of Pathology - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Section Chief, Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Banner UMC Tucson
System Scientific Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Diagnostics, Banner Health/Sonora Quest Laboratories
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