Sandra Jirsa, AS

University of Iowa
Hygienic Laboratory
102 Oakdale Campus
Iowa City, IA
USA 52242
Email: sandra-jirsa@uiowa.edu

Biographical Sketch:
3/01 - Present -- Supervises programs and personnel associated with public health laboratory diagnostic testing for the isolation, detection, and identification of infectious viral, chlamydial, and mycoplasmal agents of human infection, with special reference to national and public health concern. Region VII Infertility Prevention Project Advisory Committee, 1996 - present Faculty, Virology Methods for Public Health Laboratories, produced by the Nation Laboratory Training Network and sponsored by the Association of Public Health Microbiologists Public Health Information Management System Committee Member of the National Laboratory Chlamydia Committee Co-author of numerous papers, presentations, and publications in the areas of specimen adequacy, influenza, amplified testing and pooling of chlamydia/gonorrhea specimens