Dr. Peera Hemarajata, D(ABMM) is an Assistant Director at Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratories and a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology. His research interests include emerging infectious diseases, molecular assay development, antimicrobial resistance and microbial genomics. You can follow him on Twitter @peerahemarajata or on his personal blog at https://peerahemarajata.com.