Salika M. Shakir, PhD, D(ABMM)

Salika M. Shakir, PhD, D(ABMM) is the Medical Director of the Microbial Amplified Detection and AFB Laboratories and Assistant Professor of Pathology at the University of Utah, School of Medicine. After receiving a doctoral degree in Microbiology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), she went on to pursue a research fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at OUHSC. She completed a fellowship training in Medical and Public Health Microbiology through the University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT and is a diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology. Her research and academic interests focus on the implementation of novel molecular assays for pathogen detection into the clinical laboratory and effective utilization of these new diagnostic tests. She has also successfully conducted several industry-sponsored clinical research projects for diagnostic assays/devices seeking FDA approval.