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The Division of Laboratory Medicine of the Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine is pleased to announce the establishment of a postdoctoral training program in Medical and Public Health Microbiology. This program has been approved by the Committee for Postdoctoral Education Programs (CPEP) of the American College of Microbiology and the American Society for Microbiology and is open to candidates with a M.D. and/or Ph.D. degree and an interest in clinical microbiology as a profession. Individuals completing this two-year fellowship are eligible to participate in examinations leading to Diplomate status in the American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM). The program and major clinical rotations are based at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital – a health care facility ranked among the top ten hospitals in the U.S. World & News annual poll.

During the initial year of the program, fellows are expected to gain considerable taxonomic and diagnostic expertise in the areas of bacteriology, mycology, mycobacteriology, virology, and parasitology through interactive bench rotations provided at both adult and pediatric clinical microbiology laboratories. During the subsequent year, each fellow will receive substantial exposure to molecular diagnostics, molecular epidemiology, pharmacotherapy, infection control, and laboratory management. The public health segment of the program has been developed in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Health and includes training at the primary bacteriology laboratory and the State mycobacteriology facility.

As an adjunct to laboratory training, fellows are provided with a wealth of interdepartmental lectures, seminars, and symposia during the course of the program and given the unique option to gain additional exposure to other disciplines of clinical laboratory medicine. Ample opportunity will be provided to the fellow during both years of training for the development of research projects (basic or applied) in the field of clinical or molecular microbiology.