Chief Clinical Officer
Pattern Bioscience
Carey-Ann Burnham, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA, F(AMM) is currently Chief Clinical Officer, Pattern Bioscience, and Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. She was previously Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Pediatrics, Molecular Microbiology, and
Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine and Vice Chair for Faculty Mentoring & Advancement in Pathology & Immunology. In addition, for 11 years she served as Medical Director of the system clinical microbiology laboratory at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, and the program director for the Medical and Public Health Microbiology Fellowship at Washington University. At Washington University, her research program focused on the development of new diagnostics for infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and transmission and epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms. Burnham is actively involved in several editorial roles, including serving as an editor for the Journal of Clinical Microbiology,
Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, and Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, 5th ed. Burnham has held leadership roles in professional societies, including the American Society for Microbiology, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists. In 2020, Burnham received the prestigious American Society for Microbiology Award for Research and Leadership in Microbiology, and Burnham has published more than 200 articles in the area of diagnostic and clinical microbiology.