Research at Mount Sinai Hospital

I have been volunteering in the rapid response lab at Mount Sinai Hospital for over a year and I recently sent my resume up to the microbiology lab in the hope that they would have some volunteer positions available over the summer. I ended up doing an interview and getting a research assistant position with them over the summer. Dr. Susan Poutanen is one of the lead microbiologists and infectious disease consultants at Mount Sinai Hospital and her research focuses on the mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and development of new testing methods. Barb Willey is the senior technologist that will supervise the summer research projects that will focus on developing new testing methods for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CREs). I'm really excited to be a part of their research team over the summer and I will try to update this blog once I start in June.

I have attached a link to a really interesting interview with Dr. Susan Poutanen. She also has tons of published articles that can be found with a simple google search so check that out if you have the opportunity :)

Interview