AOAC OMB Nomination Review (June 12, 2019)

Awards

• AOAC Collaborative Study of the Year - TEMPO® TVC for the Enumeration of Aerobic Mesophilic Flora in a Variety of Foods (Official Method SM 2008.10). Awarded September 14, 2009 at the AOAC Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. • AOAC Multilaboratory Study of the Year –Evaluation of the VIDAS UP Listeria Assay (LPT) for the Detection of Listeria in a Variety of Foods and Environmental Surfaces: First Action 2013.10 Evaluation of VIDAS Listeria monocytogenes Xpress (LMX) for the Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in a Variety of Foods: First Action 2013.11 Awarded September 8, 2014 at the AOAC Annual Meeting. Boca Raton, FL. • AOAC Multilaboratory Study of the Year – Confirmation and Identification of Salmonella species, Cronobacter species, and Other Gram-Negative Organisms Bruker MALDI Biotyper Method First Action 2017 and Confirmation and Identification of Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria species, and Other Gram-Positive Organisms Bruker MALDI Biotyper Method First Action 2017 Awarded August 2018 at the AOAC Annual Meeting. Toronto, CA.

Certifications

• AOAC Collaborative Study Design and Management, September 15-16, 2007; Anaheim, CA • SAFTPAK – For the Shipping of Infectious Substances, 2007-Present; Cincinnati, OH

Presentations

• Overview and Comparison of Global Method Validation Schemes ; IAFP – Method Validation and Verification Working Group; July 2018 Webinar • Global Certification Scheme and Implementation of Omics-Methods in Daily Analysis ; AOAC International Annual Conference, August 2018 • Fit for Purpose: Matrix Verification Studies for Microbiological Methods and Rapid Pathogen Detection ; Flavorcon 2018

Notable Publications Evaluation of the 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay (MDA) 2 – Cronobacter for the Detection of Cronobacter species in Select Foods and Environmental Surfaces: Collaborative Study, First Action 2018.01 Journal of AOAC International, Vol. 102, No. 1, 2019 Confirmation and Identification of Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria spp. and Other Gram-Positive Organisms by the Bruker MALDI Biotyper Method: Collaborative Study, First Action 2017.10 Journal of AOAC International, Vol. 101. No. 2, 2018. Confirmation and Identification of Salmonella spp., Cronobacter spp., and Other Gram-Negative Organisms by the Bruker MALDI Biotyper Method: Collaborative Study, First Action 2017.09 Journal of AOAC International, Vol. 101. No. 2, 2018