Michael Backlund Email & Phone Number

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Serve as Medical Director for the Infectious Disease Laboratory at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Assist the Director in technical and administrative management of high complexity testing laboratory comprised of Molecular Diagnostics, Bacteriology, Parasitology, Mycology, and Mycobacteriology. Oversee a laboratory staffed by 40 military and civilian medical technologists to execute over 500,000 clinical specimens annually for northern half of Regional Health Command Atlantic and National Capitol Region. Assist in assay and protocol development and implementation. Maintain accountability and readiness of equipment valued at over $5M and direct an annual budget of >$12M.Ensure compliance with multiple accreditation standards and regulations to include those from the Joint Commission, College of American Pathologists, and OSHA. Provide clinical consultative services for clinicians (e.g., microbiology plate rounds), as well as didactic instruction at post-baccalaureate level to pathology residents and fellows and medical technologists.Oversee proficiency testing and Laboratory Response Network rule-out of biothreat agents.

Seattle, Washington

U.S. Army sponsored attendance to CPEP (Committee on Postgraduate Educational Programs)-approved clinical microbiology fellowship.• Clinical rotations at University of Washington Medical Center, Haborview Medical Center, University of Washington Clinical Virology Laboratory, Washington Public Health Laboratory, and Seattle Children's Hospital.• Projects involving principal component analysis of MALDI spectra to visualize genetic distance and relatedness between bacterial populations; use of whole-genome, deep sequencing methodology and bioinformatics pipeline to identify viral variants.

Brooke Army Medical Center

• Assist Chief of Microbiology in technical and administrative management of the clinical microbiology, consisting of 29 medical technologists; successful supervision of CAP inspection for molecular diagnostics, bacteriology, mycobacteriology, mycology and parasitology• Provide technical leadership and facilitate management of the BSL-3 facility • Serve as diagnostic and teaching liaison to Infectious Disease and Pathology physicians and house staff• Oversee implementation and validation of new technologies and SOPs

Kuwait

USARCENT Theater Microbiologist assigned to 485th Medical Detachment (Preventive Medicine), 1st Medical Brigade.Provide expeditionary Level III field preventive medicine support, consultation, and deployed force health protection to the US Army Central Command (USARCENT). Specific areas of responsibility include disease and injury prevention, endemic disease surveillance, and biological warfare agent presumptive analysis in order to mitigate disease and non-battle injuries to the warfighters, DoD civilians and contractors.

Executive Officer/Endemic Disease 44th Medical Brigade, 1st Area Medical LaboratoryAberdeen Proving Ground, MD• Serve as Director of 1st AML Ebola Virus Disease Laboratory Testing for Task Force Scientist, 1st AML, in support of Operation United Assistance; Monrovia, Liberia.• Serve as Executive Officer, 1st Area Medical Laboratory, a deployable confirmatory analytical laboratory, with a worldwide mission to protect and sustain United States and Allied forces through surveillance and testing of environmental samples to determine CBRN and health threats across the full spectrum of operations. • Provide vision, direction, mentoring and training to the unit's coordinating staff and subordinate officers for administrative, personnel, operations, logistics, budget, maintenance and resource management leadership. • Serve as primary staff officer for coordination and mission execution with 44th MED BDE and 20th CBRNE COMMAND. Directly responsible for coordination with Property Book Officer to insure maintenance, accountability and deployability of equipment.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center - Bethesda

Chief of Bacteriology and Molecular DiagnosticsWalter Reed National Military Medical CenterBethesda, MD• Serve as Chief of Bacteriology and Molecular Diagnostics in the Infectious Disease Laboratory, a section of 28 military and civilian medical technologists. Required to be competent in all aspects of processing, identification and susceptibility of organisms isolated or received at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda.• Ensure compliance with federal regulations to include The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations & College of American Pathologists. Assist in development, organization, and implementation of methodologies and techniques for Infectious Disease laboratory. • Serve as diagnostic and teaching liaison to Infectious Disease and Pathology physicians.• Provide didactic instruction at post-baccalaureate level for Army's one-year-long Clinical Laboratory Officer Course and to Pathology residents.

Chapel Hill, Nc

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NCPostdoctoral Researcher, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine• Clinical Trial Coordinator; Enrolling patients in QIAGEN artus Influenza RG PCR clinical trial under mentorship of Dr. Melissa Miller• Development of real-time PCR assay to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria• Prevalence and characterization of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus isolates

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NCPostdoctoral Researcher, Department of Genetics • Studying the role of genes involved in development of asthma through seamless syntenic replacement of mouse genes with the corresponding human genes under mentorship of Dr. Beverly Koller• Design and write animal protocols for IACUC approval; assist with composition of grants and manuscripts • Manage administration, organization, and maintenance of laboratory • Supervise training laboratory personnel in correct animal techniques

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TNPostdoctoral Researcher, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center• Examine roles of novel prostaglandin-signaling pathways downstream of cyclooxygenase-2, and the molecular mechanisms that regulate their expression in gastrointestinal and lung tumorigenesis under advisorship of Drs. Raymond DuBois and David Johnson• Study the role of enzymes involved in the catabolism of prostaglandin E2, 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase and prostaglandin transporter, and the mechanisms of regulation in chronic inflammation and colorectal cancer

Phd, Genetics And Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: Awards: 2000, Breast Cancer Research Predoctoral Award. Department of Defense, U.S. AMRMC, University of North.

Bs, Biology

Activities and Societies: Awards: 1995, Alexander Julian Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North.