Preeti Pancholi
Professor
Pathology
Academic information
- Department: Pathology
Research interests
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
About
Biography
As the Director of Clinical Microbiology, I oversee the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory operations and microbiological diagnosis for the OSU Medical Center, Ross Heart Hospital, Ohio State East Hospital, and the associated outreach clinics. I am particularly excited about approaches to infectious disease diagnostics by rapid methods that detect pathogens in a clinically-relevant time frame to impact optimal patient management.
As a principal investigator, test development from the lab bench or clinical trials and translation into clinically valuable tests that impact patient care is a particularly gratifying experience. My lab plays an active role in the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program within the Medical Center to employ proactive, multifaceted strategies to detect, report and minimize the spread of antibiotic resistant pathogens within the hospital.
Credentials
Education
- Senior Research Fellow
- The New York Blood Center, The Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York, NY, United States
- Postdoctoral Training
- Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
- Clinical Microbiology Fellow
- The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Rockefeller University, New York City, NY, United States
- PhD - Microbiology and Immunology
- Post Graduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Research
Research interests
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Microbiology
- Association for Molecular Pathology
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Awards and Honors
- Punjab Agricultural University Research Fellowship (1981 – 1984)
- Indian Council of Medical Research Fellowship (1985 – 1988)
- Heiser Fellowship for Leprosy Research (1990 – 1992)
- Grant-in-aid from The New York Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation (1991 – 1992)
- Co-Principal Investigator NIH-NIAID grant # 1 RO1 AI47349-01 (1999 – 2004)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2002 to 2013)
- Editor, Reviews in Medical Microbiology (2002 – 2006)
- Advisory boards (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Abbott Molecular)
- South Central Association for Clinical Microbiologist (SCACM) State Director Ohio (2012-2015)
- Director award for travel and presentation on Mass Spectrometry Applications to the Clinical Laboratory at the MSACL-2013 meeting San Diego, CA
- Nominating Committee (Infectious Diseases), Association for Molecular Pathology (2009-2011)
- Member, Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute (MM19 Establishing Molecular Testing in Clinical Laboratory Environments (2009)
- Elected Representative to Training and Education Committee, Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) 2017 – 2019
- Member, Professional Practice Committee, American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2017 – 2019
- ASCP Choosing Wisely Advisory Board member 2018