Employment History

Present

Academic Employment

  • July 1, 2019 – present 
    Director. International Graduate Programs (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry – UAlberta). Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 

  • January 2014 – present 
    Divisional Director. Division of Diagnostic and Applied Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, UAlberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 

  • September 2012 – present. 
    Associate Investigator – Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. 

  • July 1, 2009 - present. 
    Professor. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Cross Appointment to the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta.

Professional/Clinical Employment

  • October 2018 – Present. 
    Northern Alberta Zone Clinical Department Section Chief, Medical Microbiology, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Alberta Health Services, Alberta.

  • October 1996- Present 
    Clinical Microbiologist. Provincial Laboratory of Public Health/University of Alberta Hospital Microbiology Laboratory, Edmonton, Alberta.

Past

Academic Employment

  • July 2019 – December 2019 
    Interim Program Director. Clinical Microbiology Fellowship Program. Division of Diagnostic and Applied Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, UAlberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

  • July 2015 – October 2017 
    Program Director. Clinical Microbiology Fellowship Program. Division of Diagnostic and Applied Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, UAlberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

  • July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2011. 
    Program Director. Clinical (PhD) Microbiology Residency Training Program. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. 

  • August 1, 2007 – June 30, 2010. 
    Adjunct Associate Professor. Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. 

  • January 1, 2005 – June 2011 
    Chair of Medical Sciences Graduate Program Committee. Committee consisted of Graduate Departments of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dentistry and Orthodontics, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Genetics, Ophthalmology, Paediatrics, Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, all within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and each with their own graduate program. 

  • July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2009. 
    Associate Professor. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Cross Appointment to the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta.

  • April 2000- December 2004. 
    Graduate Studies Coordinator. The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. 

  • September 1997- June 2003. 
    Assistant Professor. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Cross Appointment to the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta.

  • 1994-1996. 
    Assistant Professor. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Professional/Clinical Employment

  • September 2018-2019. 
    Associate Medical/Scientific Director, Provincial Laboratory of Public Health, Edmonton, Alberta.

  • January 1, 2016-October 2018. 
    Acting Associate Medical Director, Provincial Laboratory of Public Health, Edmonton, Alberta.

  • April 1, 2011-September 30, 2018 
    Zone Clinical Department Section Chief, Medical Microbiology, Edmonton Zone, Alberta Health Services, Alberta.

  • May 2012 – May 2014 
    Past President, Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID), Canada.

  • February 1, 2011-March 31, 2011 
    Acting Medical Director, Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Alberta Health Services, Alberta. 

  • August 1, 2010 – July 8, 2012 
    Acting Associate Medical Director, Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Alberta Health Services, Alberta. 

  • May 2010 – May 2012 
    President, Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID), Canada.

  • August 2008 – April 2012 
    Consulting Medical Microbiologist. Red Deer Regional Hospital. Service shared with two other Microbiologists, Red Deer, Alberta.

  • July 2008 – March 31, 2011 
    Divisional Director. Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta Hospital, Capital Health, Edmonton, Alberta.

  • March 2008 - May 2010 
    Vice-President, Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID), Canada. 

  • April 2007 – June 2008 
    Interim Divisional Director. Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta Hospital, Capital Health, Edmonton, Alberta.

  • April 2007 – March 31, 2011 
    Clinical Microbiologist. Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta Hospital, Capital Health, Edmonton, Alberta.

  • April 2006 - June 2009 
    Past President, Canadian College of Microbiologists - Canada.

  • April 2003 - March 2006 
    President, Canadian College of Microbiologists - Canada.

  • April 2001- April 2010 
    Director, National Centre for Streptococcus - Canada. Centre moved to Winnipeg April 2010.

  • April 2001 - 2003 
    Vice-President and Treasurer, the Canadian College of Microbiologists - Canada.

  • March 2001 – May 2001 
    Acting Registrar. The Canadian College of Microbiologists - Canada.

  • April 1998 - 2001 
    Director. The Canadian College of Microbiologists. Canada.

  • April 1997-2001 
    Assistant Director. National Centre for Streptococcus, Edmonton, Alberta.

  • April 1997-September 2014 
    Treasurer. Alberta Association of Clinical Laboratory Doctoral Scientists (AACLDS). Alberta

  • July 1994-September 1996 
    Associate Microbiologist. Department of Microbiology and Department of Medicine, Victoria General Hospital and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.