Diagnostics in Action: Telling Microbial Stories

About this episode

Andrea Prinzi and Rodney Rohde share their nonlinear journeys in clinical microbiology and their mission to make the field more relevant and approachable.

Andrea Prinzi, Ph.D., MPH, SM(ASCP) , and Rodney Rohde, Ph.D.,SM(ASCP)CM, SVCM , trace how passion‑driven, nonlinear paths in clinical microbiology led them from hospital benches and public health labs to academia and industry leadership. Their stories converge on a shared mission: to use diagnostics, outcomes research and lived experience to make microbiology relevant, contextual and approachable for patients, policymakers and the broader public. Links for This Episode: View Prinzi's ASM articles. View Rohde's ASM articles. Volunteer to write for ASM. Take the MTM listener survey!

People in this episode

Guests: Andrea Prinzi Ph D Mph Sm Ascp, Rodney Rohde Ph D Sm Ascp Cm Svcm

Topics covered

• clinical microbiology
• diagnostics
• public health
• academia
• industry leadership

Keywords

• microbiology
• outcomes research
• patient engagement
• policy

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