Lars Westblade, Ph.D.
Weill Cornell Medicine
Lars Westblade, Ph.D., is an associate professor in pathology, laboratory medicine and infectious diseases at Weill Cornell Medicine and Director of the Clinical °®¶¹´«Ã½ Service at New York-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Westblade did his undergraduate and postgraduate training in biochemistry at the University of Birmingham in the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Kingdom, followed by postgraduate studies in molecular biophysics at Rockefeller University in New York City. Subsequently, he completed a fellowship in medical and public health laboratory microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
His research laboratory primarily focuses on understanding antimicrobial resistance in the setting of the immunosuppressed host and clinical and antimicrobial stewardship outcomes related to implementing rapid diagnostic tests. Westblade is also fascinated by so-called “Weirdobacter weirdii” microorganisms that give clinical microbiologists countless hours of fun! Additionally, he coauthored the ASM Press/Wiley title, (Seventh Edition, 2023, Washington D.C.: ASM Press).
Westblade did his undergraduate and postgraduate training in biochemistry at the University of Birmingham in the °®¶¹´«Ã½ Kingdom, followed by postgraduate studies in molecular biophysics at Rockefeller University in New York City. Subsequently, he completed a fellowship in medical and public health laboratory microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
His research laboratory primarily focuses on understanding antimicrobial resistance in the setting of the immunosuppressed host and clinical and antimicrobial stewardship outcomes related to implementing rapid diagnostic tests. Westblade is also fascinated by so-called “Weirdobacter weirdii” microorganisms that give clinical microbiologists countless hours of fun! Additionally, he coauthored the ASM Press/Wiley title, (Seventh Edition, 2023, Washington D.C.: ASM Press).