Carey-Ann D. Burnham's Biography

Faculty Bio

Carey-Ann D. Burnham, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Carey-Ann Burnham assumed the position of Associate Director of Clinical Microbiology, St. Louis Children’s Hospital in 2009, after completion of a Clinical Microbiology Fellowship at Washington University. In 2010, she was appointed Director of the Bacteriology Laboratory. Her research interests include molecular diagnostics, mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance, improved diagnostics for gastroenteritis, and fungal infections.

		Education
B.Sc., Medical Laboratory Science (With Distinction), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Ph.D., Medical Sciences (Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

		Training
Fellowship in Clinical Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

		Licensure and Board Certification
Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science, General Certification in Medical Laboratory Technology, 2001 Diplomate, American Board of Medical Microbiology, 2009

		Honors
University of Alberta Medical Staff Prize (for highest proficiency during clinical internship). University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 2001 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Doctoral Scholarship (PGSD), 2004 Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award, Academy of Clinical and Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, 2009

		Selected Publications
Burnham, C.D., S.E. Shokoples and G.J. Tyrrell. 2005. Phosphoglycerate kinase inhibits epithelial cell invasion by Group B Streptococci. Microb. Path. 38: 189-200 Burnham, C.D., S.E. Shokoples and G.J. Tyrrell. 2007. Rac1, RhoA, and Cdc42 participate in HeLa cell invasion by Group B Streptococcus. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 272: 8-14 Burnham, C.D., S.E. Shokoples and G.J. Tyrrell. 2007. Invasion of HeLa cells by Group B Streptococcus required the phosphoinositide-3-kinase signaling pathway and modults phosphorylation of host-cell Akt and glycogen synthase kinase-3. Microbiology 153: 4240-4250 Burnham, C.D., C.J. Weber and W.M. Dunne, Jr. 2010. A novel screening agar for the detection of vancomycin non-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol. 48: 949-951