Comparing the performance of 3 bioaerosol samplers for influenza virus
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Jiayu Li finished her BS in Environmental Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2014. She is now a PhD student in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineeirng at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research interests include sensor development and aerosol field measurement.
Anna Levey finished her PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from The University of Manchester in 2010. She is now a Research Scientist at the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research interests include urban aerosol sampling, environmental and occupational health, and epidemiology.
Yang Wang finished his BS in Thermal Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2012. He is now a PhD student in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineeirng at Washington University in St. Louis. His research interests include nanoparticle flame synthesis, particle formation mechanisms, and aerosol instrumentation.
Caroline O’Neil earned a MA from the University of Missouri in 2006 and a MPH from St. Louis University in 2008. She is employed as a research coordinator for the Infectious Diseases division at Washington University School of Medicine. She has worked on projects focusing on aerosol generation during healthcare procedures, respiratory viruses in long term care settings, central-line associated bloodstream infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, accidental falls among hospital patients, hospital readmissions, surgical site infections, and infections in outpatient hemodialysis patients.
Meghan A. Wallace received her Bachelors of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science at St. Louis University. She continued on to work at St. Louis Children's Hospital in the microbiology laboratory. She currently conducts research in the laboratory of Dr. Carey-Ann Burnham in the Pathology department at Washington University in St. Louis.
Carey-Ann D. Burnham PhD, D(ABMM) is an Associate Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Molecular Microbiology, and Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. She is also the Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology for Barnes Jewish Hospital. Burnham is the Program Director for the Medical and Public Health Microbiology Fellowship at Washington University, the Co-Editor of Medical Microbiology Question of the Day, and the Section Editor for "The Brief Case" for the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
Adrianus CM Boon earned his Ph.D. in 2003 from The Erasmus University in The Netherlands. He is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. His research interests are influenza virology and viral pathogenesis.
Hilary Babcock is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Infectious Diseases division at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. She received her medical degree from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 1994 and completed a Master’s degree in Public Health from St Louis University in 2006. She is the Medical Director for the Infection Prevention and Epidemiology Consortium of BJC HealthCare, a multi-hospital system in St Louis, and also the Medical Director for Occupational Health for Infectious Diseases for Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St Louis Children’s Hospitals. Her research interests include healthcare associated infections, transmission of pathogens in healthcare settings and protection of healthcare personnel.
Pratim Biswas received his Ph. D. in 1985 from California Institute of Technology. He is now the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Professor, Chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, and also the Director of the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP) at Washington University in St. Louis. His research interests include aerosol science and engineering, air quality engineering, environmentally benign energy production, and thermal sciences.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.