Head
National Microbiology Laboratory
Streptococcus and STI Unit
1015 Arlington St. H2600
Winnipeg,
MB
Canada
R3E 3R2
irene.martin@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Biographical Sketch:
2009 - present: Head, Streptococcus and STI Unit, Bacteriology and Enteric Diseases, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1990 - 2009: Laboratory Center for Disease Control, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario and Bacteriology and Enteric Diseases, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Head, Streptococcus and STI Unit providing reference services, quality control, method development, implementation and validation, laboratory surveillance systems for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma spp, Ureaplasma spp, Streptococcus spp.
Responsible for Canadian national Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance program.
Author or coauthor of 33 publications primarily relating to sexually transmitted diseases and vaccine-preventable diseases.
Numerous presentations at scientific meetings.