Associate Director
Element
Disclosure(s): Paratek Pharmaceuticals: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support
Michael D. Huband, Associate Director, Element Materials Technologies (JMI Laboratories), North Liberty Iowa, USA.
Mr. Huband joined JMI Laboratories in 2015 as a Manager of Research and Development and was appointed the position of Associate Director in 2016. As Associate Director, Mr. Huband is responsible for overseeing new antibacterial and antifungal surveillance and drug development projects including protocol design, data analysis, and medical writing including abstracts, posters, reports, and publications. He has authored/co-authored 132 scientific publications and 215 presentations (oral and poster sessions) at national and international scientific meetings.
Mr. Huband is a member of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID; 2015-present), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA; 2015-present), and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM; 1986-present). He is a former-president of the Michigan Branch of ASM (2003-2004) and presently serves as secretary of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) M23 quality control subcommittee (2006-present). Mr. Huband participates as an ad hoc reviewer for several scientific journals.