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ASM works with the AskScience subreddit team to organize quasi-monthly Ask Me Anything (AMA) discussions, in which expert panelists respond to questions from the Reddit community. AMA discussions are open to the public and cover a wide range of technical knowledge. Topical AMAs organized by ASM touch on all parts of microbiology, from vaccines and disease, to microbiomes, to medical diagnostics.
Upcoming
June 22 - Avian
Influenza
2023
AMA Panel:
- Rebecca A Drummond, Ph.D.- Institute of Immunology & Immunotherapy, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham.
- Scott Filler, M.D.- Investigator, The Lundquist Institute; Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Principal, NovaDigm Technologies.
- Jeniel Nett, M.D., Ph.D.- Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Wisconsin.
- Peter G. Pappas, M.D.-
Senior Scientist, Inflammation, Immunology and Immunotherapeutics,
O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
April 18- We're Experts Here to Discuss the Recent Outbreaks of Marburg Virus.
AMA Panel:
- Christopher Basler, Ph.D.- Professor, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
- Melinda Brindley, Ph.D.- Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Disease, Department of Population Health, University of Georgia.
- Jana Broadhurst, M.D., Ph.D., DTMH- Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center.
- Elke Mühlberger, Ph.D.- Professor,
Department of Virology, Immunology and Microbiology,
Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine,
Boston University.
March 14- We're Experts in the Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics.
AMA Panel:
- Meghan Hibicke, Ph.D.- Postdoctoral Researcher, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans.
- Emmanuelle Schindler, M.D., Ph.D.-
Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine; Medical
Director, Headache Center of Excellence, Va. Connecticut Healthcare
System.
February 28- Been watching "The Last of Us" on HBO? We're experts on fungal infections.
AMA Panel:
- Charissa de Bekker, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University.
- Carolyn Elya, Ph.D.- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University.
- Matt Kasson, Ph.D.- Director of the International Culture Collection of (Vesicular) Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Associate Professor of Forest Pathology and Mycology, West Virginia University.
- Ilan Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D.- Infectious Diseases Physician and Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Duke University.
February 7- We're Experts in the Disease Known as Relapsing Fever.
AMA Panel:
- Phil Stewart, Ph.D.- Rocky Mountain Laboratories.
- Tom Schwan, Ph.D.- Rocky Mountain Laboratories.
2022
November 17- We're Experts on Influenza (aka the Flu).
AMA Panel:
- Jessica Belser, Ph.D.- Research Microbiologist, Immunology and Pathogenesis Branch, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Haley Bridgewater- PhD Candidate, Tinker Vaccine Development Laboratory, Boise State University.
- Larry Plon, PharmD- Assistant Adjunct Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine.
AMA Panel:
- Purnima Kumar, D.D.S., Ph.D.- Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan.
- Bruno Lima, D.D.S., Ph.D.- Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota.
- Michael Schmidt, Ph.D.- Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina.
August 25- We're experts who study how wildfires affect micro- and macro-ecosystems.
AMA Panel:
- Brent Christner, Ph.D.- Associate Professor and Preeminent Scholar, University of Florida.
- Sam L. Fox, Ph.D.- Postdoctoral Fellow, Natural Resources and Society, University of Idaho.
- John Spear, Ph.D.- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines.
- Thea Whitman, Ph.D.- Associate Professor of Soil Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Zifan Zhao, Ph.D.- Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.
AMA Panel:
- Christy Hutson, Ph.D., M.S.- Branch Chief, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Reeti Khare, Ph.D., D(ABMM)- Director, Infectious Disease Laboratory, National Jewish Health.
- Rodney E. Rohde, Ph.D., MS, SM(ASCP)CM, SVCM, MBCM, FACSc- Regents' Professor, Texas State University System, University Distinguished Chair & Professor, Clinical Laboratory Science.
- Rachel L. Roper, Ph.D.- Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University.
AMA Panel:
- Paul Auwaerter, M.D., MBA- Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
- Alan Barbour, M.D.- Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine.
- Lillian Rainer Butler- PhD Student, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
- Job Lopez, Ph.D.- Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine.
- Jean Tsao, Ph.D.- Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University.
AMA Panel:
- Hassan Aziz, PhD, FACSs, MLS(ASCP)CM- Dean, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
- Ericka Hendrix, PhD, MB(ASCP)CM- Associate Professor/Program Director, School of Health Professions, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
- Cristian Lozano, MLS(ASCP)CM (u/LabMicroDCLS)- University of Kansas Medical Center.
- Stephanie Noblit, Esq., MLS(ASCP)CM- Legislative Attorney at the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association.
- Rodney E. Rohde, PhD, MS, SM(ASCP)CM, SVCCM, MBCM, FACSc- Regents' Professor, Texas State University System, University Distinguished Chair & Professor, Clinical Laboratory Science.
- Burhan A. Khan, MD, MSc- Medical/Scientific Consultant for diagnostic laboratories.
March 17- We're Experts Studying COVID-19 In Deer and Other Wildlife.
AMA Panel:
- Angela Bosco-Lauth, Ph.D., D.V.M.- Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University.
- Andrew S. Bowman, M.S., D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVPM- Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University.
- Martha I. Nelson, Ph.D.- Staff Scientist, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health.
AMA Panel:
- Caryn Bern, M.D., M.P.H.- Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine.
- De'Broski Herbert, Ph.D.- Penn Presidential Associate Professor of Immunology, University of Pennsylvania.
- Julie Jacobson, M.D., DTM&H, FASTMH- Founder and Managing Partner, Bridges to Development; Immediate Past President of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [ASTMH].
- Patrick Lammie, Ph.D.- Director, Neglected Tropical Disease Support Center.
- Laura-Isobel McCall, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma.
- Jill Weatherhead, M.D., Ph.D., CTropMed, FAAP- Assistant Professor, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital.
2021
AMA Panel:
- Sarah Adkins-Jablonsky, Ph.D.- Medical student, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine.
- Sonja Borndörfer- Student, University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf.
- Mireya Duran- Medical Laboratory Scientist, Texas Health (Dallas).
- Judy Nguyen, Ph.D.- Administrator, Monarch Butterfly Friends Hawaii.
- Natascha Varona- Ph.D. Student, University of Miami.
November 1- We're Experts Here to Discuss Sexually Transmitted Infections.
AMA Panel:
- Srishti Baid- Doctoral Student, University of Kansas.
- Jose Bazan, D.O.- Infectious Diseases Physician, Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
- Megan Crumpler, Ph.D., HCLD- Laboratory Director, Orange County Public Health Laboratory.
- Miguel E. Quiñones-Mateu, Ph.D.- Professor, Webster Family Chair in Viral Pathogenesis, University of Otago.
- Barbara Van Der Pol, Ph.D., M.P.H.- Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
September 16- We Are Microbiologists Studying All Aspects of Fungi.
AMA Panel:
- Brian Lovett, Ph.D.- Post-Doctoral Researcher, West Virginia University.
- Delaney Lynn Miller- Graduate Student, Indiana University.
- Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University.
- Jessie Uehling, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor, Oregon State University.
July 29- We Are Scientists Studying Microbes in Outer Space.
AMA Panel:
- Jamie Foster, Ph.D.- Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida.
- Christine Moissl-Eichinger, Dr. rer. nat.- Professor for Interactive Microbiome Research, Medical University of Graz.
- Aaron Regberg, Ph.D.- Geomicrobiologist, Planetary Protection Lead, Astromaterials Acquisition & Curation Office, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division, NASA Johnson Space Center.
- Rosa Santomartino, Ph.D.- Postdoctoral Research Associate in Space Microbiology, University of Edinburgh (UK).
May 27- We're Experts Here to Discuss Zoonotic Disease.
AMA Panel:
- Barbara Han, Ph.D.- Disease Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
- David Blehert, Ph.D.- Chief, Laboratory Sciences Branch, U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center.
- Greg Gray, MD, MPH- Professor of Medicine and Global Health, Duke University.
- Tara Smith, Ph.D.- Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Kent State University College of Public Health.
April 20- We're Experts Here to Discuss the Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis.
AMA Panel:
- Azeem Ahmad, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor of Biology, Marian University.
- Zoe Hansen- Graduate Student, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University.
- Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.- Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
- Maria Fernanda Mojica, Ph.D.- Postdoctoral Scholar, Case Western Reserve University.
- Sanjana Mukherjee, Ph.D., M.Sc.- ORISE Public Health Policy and Regulatory Research Fellow, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
March 11- We are experts looking at connections between the gut microbiome and mental health.
AMA Panel:
- Christy Clutter, Ph.D.- Contributing writer, American Society for Microbiology.
- Sean Gibbons, Ph.D.- Washington Research Foundation Distinguished Investigator & Assistant Professor, Institute for Systems Biology.
- Jonathan Lynch, Ph.D.- Postdoctoral Fellow, Hsiao Lab, UCLA.
- Beatriz Peñalver Bernabé, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Chicago.
- Gregor Reid, Ph.D., MBA- Endowed Chair in Human Microbiome and Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute.
February 4- Updates on COVID vaccines.
AMA Panel:
- Maria Elena Bottazzi, Ph.D., FASTMH- Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine.
- A. Oveta Fuller, Ph.D.- Associate Professor, African Studies Center International Institute; Microbiology and Immunology Department, University of Michigan Medical School.
- Kevin McCarthy, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor, Center for Vaccine Research; Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh.
- Angela Rasmussen, Ph.D.- Affiliate, Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security.
2020
December 15- Got questions about vaccines for COVID-19? We are experts here with your answers.
AMA Panel:
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Brianne R. Barker, Ph.D.- Associate Professor of Biology, Drew University.
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A. Oveta Fuller, Ph.D.- Associate Professor, African Studies Center International Institute; Microbiology and Immunology Department, University of Michigan Medical School.
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Vineet D. Menachery, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
AMA Panel:
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Amanda Harrington, PhD, D(ABMM)- Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory; Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Pathology; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Loyola University Chicago.
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Melissa Miller, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(AAM)- Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; Director, Clinical Molecular Microbiology Laboratory; Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
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Sherri Goodlove- Vice President, Marketing, Association for Supply Chain Management.
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Peter A. Bolstorff, CSCP, SCOR-P- Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Association for Supply Chain Management.
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Susan Butler-Wu, Ph.D., D(ABMM), SM(ASCP)- Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, and Director of Clinical Microbiology at LAC+USC Medical Center.