Medical Technologist with Molecular Biology Skills. She has authored several chapters focusing on infectious diseases in textbooks and has also published her research in peer-reviewed journals, such as Infection and Immunity, and the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Firmani has taught numerous continuing education courses in the laboratory science field, including a DVD for the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) on emerging infections. She also directed a research laboratory where she conducted NIH-funded research on Mycobacterium tuberculosisВ and mentored both undergraduate and graduate student research projects.Дr. Firmani was an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM) where she taught various undergraduate CLS courses and graduate-level Biomedical Sciences courses. She taught lecture and laboratory courses and directed a research lab where she performed basic and applied research on Mycobacterium tuberculosisВ and MRSA and mentored masterвЂ™s student thesis projects.ДЇrom 2007вЂ“2010, Dr.

Firmani also held two previous faculty appointments.ДЇrom 2002вЂ“2007 she was an assistant professor in the CLS department at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) in New Orleans. Firmani was a principal investigator at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC), where she conducted and managed several research projects involving biothreat agent characterization. Prior to her arrival at The George Washington University, Dr. She also mentors undergraduate and graduate research projects and has published peer-reviewed articles with students Firmani both directs and teaches several courses within the BLS department, including Clinical Bacteriology, Molecular Diagnostic Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology, and Plagues, Pandemics & Epidemics. In addition to her administrative duties, Dr. Marcia Firmani has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and research.

Chair, Biomedical Laboratory Sciences DepartmentДirector, Clinical Microbiology Graduate ProgramДr.

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