october 2026
Pre-analytic specimen handling for quantitative urine culture - Clinical and Research implications
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Hosted By: Maya Chandru, md, PhD
Assistant Professor of Urology, Adjunct in Bioengineering & Chemistry
Pediatric Urologist, Seattle Children's Hospital
University of Washington, Seattle
Thursday October 8, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 PM UTC)
Gail Hayward, MBBChir, d.phil, mrcgp
Getting the first step right: patient experiences and research around urine sample collection.
Professor of Primary Care
Clinical Director, NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Community Healthcare
University of Oxford
Melanie Yarbrough, PhD
From Ur-ine to Result Out: Navigating the Real World of Urine Collection, Stabilization, and Culture Reporting.
Professor of Pathology & Immunology
Medical Director, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Clinical Microbiology Lab
Washington University, St. Louis
Robert Potter, PhD, D(ABMM)
Pre-analytic Considerations in the Era of Next-Generation UTI Diagnostic Modalities.
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Assistant Director, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Infectious Disease Diagnostics Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania
February 2027
Topic: Emerging Voices of UTIGA
co-Hosted By: Scott Bray, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Baylor College of Medicine
co-Hosted By: Zachary Resko, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pittsburgh
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