Hometown: Modesto, CA

Undergraduate: Stanford University B.A., Human Biology; M.S. Biological Sciences

Medical School: Michigan State College of Human Medicine

Ph.D. Training: Michigan State University; Animal Science

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Stanford University, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Residency: Michigan State University/Sparrow Hospital- Lansing, MI

Research Interests: Rapid identification of microbes responsible for sepsis in ED patients using point-of-care technologies; molecular characterization of antibiotic resistance genes from pathogenic organism