Point-of-care technologies for health care

TY - JOUR

T1 - Point-of-care technologies for health care

AU - Beyette, Fred R.

AU - Gaydos, Charlotte A.

AU - Kost, Gerald J.

AU - Weigl, Bernhard H.

N1 - Funding Information: Charlotte A. Gaydos received the B.S. degree in medical technology and the M.S. degree in medical microbiology from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, the M.P.H. and Dr.P.H. degrees in infectious diseases and immunology from Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD. She has extensive laboratory expertise with more than 40 years of experience in microbiology, has authored 18 book chapters, more than 250 research articles, and more than 450 research abstracts and oral presentations. She has conducted clinical trials for new diagnostics for STIs and respiratory pathogens. She has developed DNA amplification tests for multiple organisms. An Internet project for home STI screening using self-administered genital swabs sipped dry for testing has been an effective outreach program. Her laboratory is the core diagnostic laboratory and reference laboratory for many international studies of STIs, respiratory diseases, and trachoma. She is Coinvestigator for the Diagnostic Core for the Mid-Atlantic Center of Excellence for Biothreat and Emerging Infectious Diseases. She is a recipient of an NIH Center grant to develop point-of-care tests for STIs. Her laboratory is Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-licensed. She is a Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, a member of the Center for Global Health, with joint appointments in Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology and Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health. She is the Director of the International STD, Respiratory Diseases, and Biothreat Research Laboratory, as well as the Director of the North American Branch for the International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI). She serves on the National Chlamydia Laboratory Committee and on the Executive Boards of the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA) and International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR). Prof. Gaydos serves on the Editorial Board for the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Journal.

PY - 2011/3

Y1 - 2011/3

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U2 - 10.1109/TBME.2011.2109251

DO - 10.1109/TBME.2011.2109251

M3 - Editorial

C2 - 21278008

AN - SCOPUS:79952024394

SN - 0018-9294

VL - 58

SP - 732

JO - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

JF - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

IS - 3 PART 2

ER -