Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiologist
State of Michigan
Sara McNamara, MPH, MT(ASCP), CIC, Antimicrobial Resistance Epidemiologist, joined the Surveillance for Healthcare Associated and Resistant Pathogens (SHARP) Unit at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) in 2017. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Laboratory Science from Michigan Technological University and a Master’s of Public Health in Molecular and Hospital Epidemiology from the University of Michigan. She is certified as a Medical Laboratory Scientist by the American Society for Clinical Pathology, and in Infection Control by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology. She has 20 years of combined experience in microbiology, epidemiology, and infection prevention.