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Career Pathways in Microbiology is a virtual career panel that takes place in the Spring or Summer of each year. We are looking for speakers to talk about their career path, current roles and responsibilities and what a typical "day in the life" looks like. 

Commitment

• March-Aug. every year.

Responsibilities and Expectations

• Preparation of a 15-minute presentation on your career path, current roles and responsibilities and what a typical "day in the life" looks like.
• Answer questions from the audience during the Q&A portion.
• Fill out a questionnaire on your field. 

Eligibility

• You must be an ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿member. 
• You must be impacting the microbial sciences in your current profession.

Please fill out the volunteer interest form.

Position Description:

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿is looking for 3 workgroup members to help prepare, distribute and analyze their 2025 American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM) salary survey. The salary survey is sent out every 3 years to ABMM Diplomates in order to collect important data pertaining to the ABMM Diplomate workforce.  The goal of the survey is to gather data on the laboratory director profession that will help ABMM Diplomates understand the current market value of their skills. Please refer to the 2021 ABMM salary survey as an example of the finished product. 

Service Term: 

Ad hoc.

Time Commitment: 

Monthly (virtual) meetings until survey analysis is completed and results are released.

Qualifications:  

• Must be an ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿member.  
• Must be an ABMM Diplomate who works in a clinical/public health laboratory or industry.

Apply by March 13

The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Distinguished and Waksman Foundation Lecturer (ASMDL) program consists of a scientifically-diverse roster of 16-20 lecturers who present at ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿Branch meetings throughout the U.S. ASMDL lecturers also participate in career development and mentoring activities at branch meetings that benefit students, postdocs and early career scientists. Waksman Foundation Lecturers have specific expertise in antibiotics, translational research and/or environmental microbiology, and are supported by an endowment from the Waksman Foundation for Microbiology.

The American Board of Medical Microbiology’s (ABMM) mission is to certify doctoral-level microbiologists to direct medical and public health microbiology laboratories. The board accomplishes its mission by judging, by examination, the competence of microbiologists who apply for certification in medical and public health microbiology, and issuing certificates of competence to successful applicants in the name of the ASM. 

Commitment

• 3 years.
• 2 to 4 hours per month.

Responsibilities and Expectations

• Uphold the integrity of the ABMM.
• Review applications for eligibility.
• Actively participate in board discussions that are conducted by email and virtual meetings.
• Serve on ad hoc subcommittees as needed.
• Meet deadlines.

Eligibility

• Must be an ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿member.
• Certified by the ABMM, active status.
• Working full-time in clinical or public health laboratory.

Application Process

• Submit your curriculum vitae (CV).
• Include a paragraph highlighting the reason(s) you would like the opportunity (250 word limit).
• Deadline April 15.

The Personnel Standards and Workforce Subcommittee’s mission is to identify gaps in personnel standards, collect the data to fill the gaps, and identify implementation strategies to support the profession and infuse the workforce.

Commitment

• 3 years.
• 2 to 4 hours per month.

Responsibilities and Expectations

• Actively participate in subcommittee discussions that are conducted by email and virtual meetings.
• Generate plan to conduct studies and generate data as part of the subcommittee mission.
• Identify what type of data is needed to drive the visibility of the profession¹.
• Brainstorm key questions to elicit data.
• Analyze data. 
• Contribute to drafting a manuscript for publication.
• Meet deadlines.

Eligibility

• Must be an ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿member.
• 3+ years experience directing a clinical or public health microbiology laboratory.
• Published in peer-reviewed journals.

Application Process

• Submit your curriculum vitae (CV).
• Include a paragraph highlighting the reason(s) you would like the opportunity (250 word limit).
• Deadline April 10.

ASM’s Subcommittee on Postgraduate Educational Programs (CPEP) offers 2-year postgraduate training programs in medical and public health laboratory microbiology and in medical laboratory immunology. CPEP Fellowships primarily serve to train postdoctoral fellows to be directors of medical and public health microbiology and medical immunology laboratories. 

CPEP is currently looking for ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿members to help revise the Essentials and Guidelines document for the medical immunology fellowship program.

Eligibility

Open to ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿members in good standing. Must be an immunologist who is a current ABMLI or DMLI Diplomate and has completed an immunology program fellowship. The individual must also be actively practicing in the field. 

Commitment

• Three to 6 months.
• This is an ad hoc working group. The group will disband once the review is complete.

Member Role

The member will help determine and make revisions to the CPEP Essentials and Guidelines for its medical immunology fellowship program.

 

ASM’s Subcommittee on Postgraduate Educational Programs (CPEP) offers 2-year postgraduate training programs in medical and public health laboratory microbiology and in medical laboratory immunology. CPEP Fellowships primarily serve to train postdoctoral fellows to be directors of medical and public health microbiology and medical immunology laboratories. 

CPEP is currently looking for ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿members to help revise the Essentials and Guidelines document for the .

Eligibility

Open to ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿members in good standing. Must be a microbiologist who is a current ABMM Diplomate and has completed a CPEP medical and public health microbiology fellowship program. The individual must also be actively practicing in the field. 

Commitment

• Three to 6 months.
• This is an ad hoc working group. The group will disband once the review is complete.

Member Role

The member will help determine and make revisions to the CPEP Essentials and Guidelines for its medical and public health microbiology fellowship program.

 

Leadership Development Training for Postdoctoral Women is a 3-part virtual training program that occurs in the Fall of every year. We are looking for speakers to present on leadership topics.

Commitment

• Jan.-Oct. every year.

Responsibilities and Expectations

• Attend 2, 1-hour planning meetings.
• Preparation of a 1.5-hour session on a leadership topic with other speakers/moderators. This may include being a presenter, facilitator of small group discussions and moderator for the Q&A portion.
• Answer questions from the audience during the Q&A portion. 

Eligibility

• You must be an ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿member. 
• You must be impacting the microbial sciences in your current profession.