Meet the Team

Meredith A. M. Hackel, PhD Associate Laboratory Director, Laboratory Manager

Meredith was awarded her BS (Natural Resources), MPH (Hospital Epidemiology), and PhD (Molecular Epidemiology) from the University of Michigan before beginning her career at   University Hospital in Ann Arbor. 

Meredith has published and presented numerous papers and posters in the areas of infectious disease, molecular bacteriology and laboratory diagnostics.  Current research interests include molecular diagnostics, and the epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in community and hospital acquired pathogens.

In 1985, Legionella hackeliae was named after Meredith who had isolated the organism during her work at University Hospital. 

After working for over 15 years in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at University Hospital, as well as appointments in Washington state and Advocate Health Care Systems, she joined IHMA in 2002 as a Technical Specialist, moving to her present position as Associate Laboratory Director and Laboratory Manager in 2006.