Shelley Rankin
Director, Salmonella Reference Center, University of Pennsylvania

Shelley Rankin graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1988 with an honors degree in microbiology. In 1996 Dr. Rankin obtained her PhD from the University of Glasgow, Faculty of Medicine, Scotland. She served as a clinical scientist at the Scottish Salmonella Reference Laboratory in Glasgow for 11 years, and in 1999 joined the University of Pennsylvania as research assistant professor. Dr. Rankin is currently assistant professor, clinician educator of microbiology at the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rankin's primary research focus has been the molecular epidemiology and surveillance of novel strains of Salmonella and other enteric pathogens from veterinary and human sources as a control measure in the prevention of disease outbreaks. In her current role as chief of the Clinical Microbiology Service at Penn, Dr. Rankin's research studies include antimicrobial resistance surveillance in companion animals, methicillin-resistant staphylococci and the development of molecular diagnostic tools and rapid detection methods to improve diagnostic services.

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