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Subcommittees
What is a Subcommittee?
Subcommittees are responsible for two or more related documents in a topic area. They write draft documents, evaluate and respond to comments on content throughout the document development process, conduct scheduled document reviews, and may be responsible for continual revision of certain documents. CLSI has established subcommittees in the following areas:
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Subcommittee
The AST Subcommittee provides useful information to laboratories, enabling them to advise clinicians in the selection of appropriate antimicrobial therapy in response to bacteria. This subcommittee operates through a network of AST Working Groups.
Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Subcommittee (AFUNG)
The Antifungal Subcommittee collaborates to develop standards and guidelines that promote accurate antifungal susceptibility testing and appropriate reporting. This subcommittee operates through a number of Antifungal Working Groups.
Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (VAST) Subcommittee
The VAST Subcommittee collaborates to develop and promote performance standards, breakpoints, and interpretive categories for in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria isolated from animals. The VAST Subcommittee operates through a number of AST & VAST Working Groups.
What Can I Expect as a Committee Volunteer?
Committee volunteers meet regularly—in person and via conference call—throughout the development process to review the draft document, discuss and resolve issues related to the document's content, and to ensure the committee is on schedule with respect to the document development timeline.
Once the draft is finalized by the committee, it is circulated for Proposed Draft review and vote by the committee, the responsible expert panel, and the CLSI member delegates. After the vote, the committee reviews and responds to all comments received. The Final Draft document is then prepared and submitted to the Consensus Council for review and approval. Once approved, the document is prepared for publication.
On average, it takes 24 months to complete a CLSI document. As a committee volunteer, you are asked to commit to participating for the duration of the project.
What are my duties as a volunteer?
Volunteers provide research support, review data, discuss technical issues, and work on assignments that help create or revise the subcommittee's library of documents.
What positions are available?
Titles and experience levels are provided below for a subcommittee. CLSI invites volunteers from varied backgrounds and different levels of experience to participate in different roles.
*Position has voting rights on the committee.
How often do subcommittees meet?
Subcommittee volunteers meet face-to-face once or twice a year and may meet virtually several times throughout the year. Subcommittees typically meet in person once or twice annually, during January and/or June Committees Weeks. There is no attendance fee for Committees Week meetings, but registration is required. Your CLSI project manager will notify you of the planned and expected meetings and will provide announcements, agendas, and other pertinent materials before each meeting.
Current Subcommittee Participation
CLSI thanks these committed volunteers for their valued contributions.
- Kevin Alby, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / UNC Hospital, United States
- Amelia Bhatnagar, MPH, BS / Advisor / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
- April M. Bobenchik, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, United States
- Alexandra Lynn Bryson, PhD, D(ABMM) / Secretary / Virginia Commonwealth University Health, United States
- Shelley Campeau, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Scientific and Medical Affairs Consulting, LLC, United States
- Mariana Castanheira, PhD / Advisor / JMI Laboratories, United States
- Sharon K. Cullen, BS, RAC / Advisor / Beckman Coulter, Inc. Microbiology Business, United States
- Tanis Dingle, PhD, D(ABMM), FCCM / Member / Alberta Precision Laboratories - Public Health Laboratory, Canada
- Lindsay Donohue, PharmD, BCIDP / Advisor / University of Virginia Medical Center, United States
- Rebekah Dumm, PhD / Advisor / Washington University School of Medicine, United States
- German Esparza, MSc / Member / Proasecal SAS Colombia, Colombia
- Andrea L. Ferrell, MLS(ASCP)CM / Advisor / BD, United States
- Mark A. Fisher, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / ARUP Laboratories, United States
- Marcelo F. Galas, BSc / Advisor / Pan American Health Organization, United States
- Sören Gatermann, PhD / Advisor, Germany
- Elizabeth Hirsch, PharmD / Advisor / University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, United States
- Andre Hsiung, MBA, MS / Advisor / Hardy Diagnostics, United States
- Romney M Humphries, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA / Advisor / Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States
- Holly Huse, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / Harbor UCLA Medical Center, United States
- Dmitri Iarikov, MD, PhD / Advisor, United States
- Antonieta Jimenez Pearson, MHA, PhD / Advisor / Inciensa Costa Rica, Costa Rica
- Kristie Johnson, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States
- Thomas Kirn, PhD, MD / Advisor, United States
- Joseph Kuti, PharmD, FIDP, FCCP / Advisor / Hartford Hospital, United States
- James S. Lewis II, PharmD, FIDSA / Vice-Chairholder / Oregon Health and Science University, United States
- Joseph Lutgring, MD / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
- Maria Jose Machado / Advisor / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
- Amy J Mathers, MD,D(ABMM) / Chairholder / University of Virginia Medical Center, United States
- William Miller, MD / Advisor / Methodist Hospital, United States
- Stephanie L. Mitchell, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Beckman Coulter, United States
- Samia N. Naccache, PhD, M(ASCP)CM, D(ABMM) / Advisor / LabCorp Seattle, United States
- Navaneeth Narayanan, PharmD, MPH / Member / Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, United States
- Elizabeth Palavecino, MD / Member / Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States
- Virginia M. Pierce, MD / Member / University of Michigan, Department of Pathology, United States
- Brigit Quinn, MS / Advisor / Selux Diagnostics, United States
- Michael Satlin, MD, MS / Advisor / Weill Cornell Medicine, United States
- Audrey N. Schuetz, MD, MPH, D(ABMM) / Member / Mayo Clinic Rochester, United States
- Ribhi M. Shawar, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Advisor / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
- Patricia J. Simner, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Mayo Clinic, United States
- Pranita D. Tamma, MD, MHS / Member / Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, United States
- Jolyn Tenllado / Advisor / BioMerieux, Inc., United States
- Melvin P. Weinstein, MD / Advisor / Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, United States
- Katsunori Yanagihara / Advisor
- Barbara L. Zimmer, PhD / Advisor / Beckman Coulter - West Sacramento, CA, United States
- Barbara D. Alexander, MD, MHS / Member / Duke University Medical Center, United States
- David Andes, MD / Member / University of Wisconsin - Madison Medical School, United States
- Esther Babady, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA, F(AAM) / Advisor / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
- Shukal Bala / Advisor / FDA CDER, United States
- Elizabeth Berkow, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS(ASCP) / Advisor / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
- Andrew M. Borman, BSc, PhD / Member / Public Health England, United Kingdom
- Cecilia Carvalhaes / Advisor / bioMérieux, United States
- Sharon Chen / Advisor, United States
- Anuradha Chowdhary, MD, PhD / Advisor / Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, India
- Sharon K. Cullen, BS, RAC / Advisor / Beckman Coulter, Inc. Microbiology Business, United States
- Ryan Demkowicz, MD / Secretary / West Virginia University Hospital, United States
- Tanis Dingle, PhD, D(ABMM), FCCM / Member / Alberta Precision Laboratories - Public Health Laboratory, Canada
- Philippe J. Dufresne, PhD / Chairholder / Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Canada
- Hari P. Dwivedi, BVSc(DVM), MVSc, PhD / Member / bioMerieux, Inc., United States
- Jeff Fuller, PhD, FCCM, D(ABMM) / Advisor / London Health Sciences Centre, Canada
- Guillermo Garcia-Effron, BSc, PhD / Advisor / Universidad nacional del Litoral - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Argentina
- Mahmoud Ghannoum, PhD, MBA, MS / Advisor / Case Western Reserve University, United States
- Ferry Hagen / Advisor, Netherlands
- Camille Hamula, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / Saskatoon Health Region/University of Saskatchewan, Canada
- Kimberly E. Hanson, MD, MHS / Advisor / University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories, United States
- Nicole Holliday, BA / Advisor, United States
- Scott B. Killian / Advisor / Thermo Fisher Scientific, United States
- Laura Kovanda, BA,PhD / Advisor / Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc., United States
- Julianne Kus, HonBSc, MSc, PhD, FCCM / Member / Public Health Ontario, Canada
- Sixto M. Leal Jr., MD, PhD / Advisor / University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
- Shawn R. Lockhart, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
- Stephanie L. Mitchell, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Beckman Coulter, United States
- Mary R. Motyl, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / Merck & Company, Inc., United States
- Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, CMQ / Advisor / Memorial Hermann Healthcare System - Houston, United States
- Chris Pillar, PhD / Member / Microbiologics, United States
- Gary W. Procop, MD, MS, MEd / Advisor / American Board of Pathology, United States
- Jeffrey Rybak / Advisor, United States
- Audrey N. Schuetz, MD, MPH, D(ABMM) / Advisor / Mayo Clinic Rochester, United States
- Amir Seyedmousavi, VMD, PhD, D(ABMM), F(ECMM) / Member / National Institute of Health, United States
- Ribhi M. Shawar, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Advisor / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
- Vera Tesic, MD, MS, D(ABMM) / Advisor / University of Chicago Medicine, United States
- Priyanka Uprety, MSPH, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / Quest Diagnostics, United States
- Paul E. Verweij, MD, FECMM / Member / Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands
- Thomas J. Walsh, MD, PhD(hon), FIDSA, FAAM, FECMM / Advisor / Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, United States
- Nathan P. Wiederhold, PharmD / Vice-Chairholder / University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States
- Adrian M Zelazny, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / National Institutes of Health Department of Laboratory Medicine, United States
- Sean X. Zhang, MD, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Johns Hopkins University, United States
- Yanan (Nancy) Zhao, PhD, MD / Advisor / School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, United States
- Trevor Alexander, BSc / Advisor / Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, United States
- Mike D. Apley, DVM, PhD, DACVCP / Advisor / Kansas State University, United States
- Robert Bowden, BS / Member / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States
- Claire R. Burbick, DVM, PhD, DACVM / Member / Washington State University, United States
- Casey L. Cazer, DVM, PhD / Advisor / Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, United States
- Stephen Cole, VMD, MS, DACVM / Advisor / University of Pennsylvania, United States
- Keith DeDonder, DVM, PhD, DACVCP / Advisor / Veterinary & Biomedical Research Center, Inc., United States
- Ian DeStefano, DVM, DACVECC / Advisor / Tufts University, United States
- Dubraska V. Diaz-Campos, DVM, PhD / Chairholder / College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medical Center, The Ohio State University, United States
- Virginia R. Fajt, PhD, DVM / Member / Texas A & M University, United States
- Claire Fellman, PhD / Advisor / Tufts Medical Center, United States, Ended: Jan 1, 2025
- Andrea T. Feßler, DVM, PhD / Member / Freie Universität Berline, Germany
- Erin Frey, DVM, MPH, DACVPM / Advisor / North Carolina State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, United States
- Heather Fritz, DVM, PhD / Advisor / UC Davis, United States
- Sarah Gefroh, MLS(ASCP), SM / Advisor / North Dakota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, United States
- Ronette Gehring, BVSc, DACVCP / Advisor / Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
- Merran Govendir, PhD, BVSc, FHERDSA, MANZCVS / Member / The University of Sydney, Australia
- Jennifer Granick, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM(SAIM) / Advisor / University of Minnesota, United States
- Lacie Gunnett / Advisor / Zoetis, United States
- Joshua Hayes, PhD / Advisor / FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, United States
- Nicole Holliday, BA / Advisor, United States
- Rikki Horne, PharmD, FSVHP / Advisor / The Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center, United States
- Robert P. Hunter, MS, PhD / Advisor / One Medicine Consulting, United States
- Scott B. Killian / Member / Thermo Fisher Scientific, United States
- Amanda Kreuder, PhD, DVM / Member / Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, United States
- Sara D. Lawhon, DVM, PhD, DACVM / Advisor / Texas A&M University, United States
- Tessa LeCuyer / Advisor, United States
- Xian-Zhi Li, PhD / Advisor / Heath Canada Veterinary Drugs Directorate, Canada
- Brian V. Lubbers, DVM, PhD, DACVCP / Member / Kansas State University, United States
- Chandra Machin, BS / Advisor / Microbial Research, Inc., United States
- Kelli Maddock, DrPH, MS, MLS(ASCP) / Member / NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, United States
- Marilyn N. Martinez, PhD / Advisor / FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, United States
- Ron A. Miller, MS, PhD / Member / FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, United States
- Ian Morrissey, BSc, MBA, PhD, FRSM / Member / Antimicrobial Focus Ltd., United Kingdom
- K. Marcia Murphy, DVM, DACVD / Advisor / North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, United States
- Mark G. Papich, DVM, MS / Advisor / College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, United States
- Susan Sanchez, PhD, FRSB / Advisor / University of Georgia, United States
- Stefan Schwarz, DVM / Secretary / Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
- Shabbir Simjee, MSc, PhD / Advisor / Elanco Animal Health, United Kingdom
- Dylan Staats, MS / Advisor / Thermo Fisher Scientific, United States
- Michael T. Sweeney, MS / Vice-Chairholder / Zoetis, United States
- Ronald Tessman, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DACVPM / Member / Elanco Animal Health, United States
- Valentine Usongo / Member, Canada
- Juliette Wipf, DVM, PhD, FVH / Advisor / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Weill Cornell Medical College, United States
- Barbara L. Zimmer, PhD / Advisor / Beckman Coulter - West Sacramento, CA, United States
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