Director of Parasitology
NYS DOH, Wadsworth Center
Delmar, New York, United States
Susan Madison-Antenucci is the Director of Parasitology at the New York State public health laboratory, Wadsworth Center and an Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Sciences Department and in the Environmental Health Sciences Department at the School of Public Health, University at Albany. The Parasitology Laboratory provides clinical and reference testing and develops improved methods of detecting, identifying and characterizing parasites that infect humans, as well as investigating pathogenicity and sources of infection. Sensitive molecular methods advance the diagnostic power well beyond what has been available through classical microscopic techniques. The Parasitology Laboratory has developed and validated numerous real-time PCR assays for improved sensitivity and more precise identification. These include assays to detect Babesia microti, Giardia duodenalis, Cyclospora cayetanensis as well as multiplex assays to identify Plasmodium, Entamoeba and Cryptosporidium at the species level. The laboratory has capitalized on advances in deep sequencing to characterize malarial parasites for drug resistance and used targeted next generation sequencing to identify genetic relationships in Cyclospora to reveal infections that resulted from a common source. We also work with epidemiologists in New York State and New York City and use molecular methods to identify sources of contamination and link them to human cases of infection.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM PST