Ellen Jo Baron

Professor of Pathology at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emerita

Bio

Now retired; not working. Formerly Executive Director of Medical Affairs, Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA from 2008-2018.

Academic Appointments

Emeritus Faculty - University Medical Line, Pathology

Administrative Appointments

Executive Director, Medical Affairs, Cepheid (2015 - 2018)
Executive Director, Technical Support, Cepheid (2013 - 2015)
Director of Medical Affairs, Cepheid (2008 - 2013)
Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Interim Director, Clinical Virology Laboratory, Stanford Univ. Med. Center (2009 - 2010)
Associate Chair of Pathology for Faculty Development, Department of Pathology (2006 - 2009)
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, SUMC (1999 - 2009)

Honors & Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award, Anaerobe Society of the Americas (2018)
Lifetime Honorary Medical Staff Appointment, School of Medicine, Stanford (2016)
Founders' Award, American Society for Microbiology (2012)
Mickey King Lectureship, South Central Association of Clinical Microbiology (2012)
Kenneth L. Vosti, M.D. Teaching Award, Stanford Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine (2003)
BioMerieux Vitek Sonnenwirth Award, American Society for Microbiology (2000)
Alice C. Evans Award, American Society for Microbiology (1997)
Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis (1996-present)
May Memorial Lectureship, Southern Association of Clinical Microbiology (1996)
Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America (1992)
Foundation Speaker, American Society for Microbiology (1990-1991)
Fellow, Infectious Disease Society of America (1988-present)
Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (1987 - present)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Board Member; Co-founder, Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program (NGO) (2008 - 2020)

Professional Education

B.S., Michigan State University, Med. Micro. & Public Health (1968)
M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Medical Microbiology (1978)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Medical Microbiology (1981)

Community and International Work

Diagnostic Microbiology Development Program, Cambodia, Africa, India, Malaysia, others

Topic

Educating resource-poor nations on basic laboratory microbiology

Partnering Organization(s)

WHO, ASM, Global Fund for Security, Merieux Foundation

Populations Served

South East Asia, primarily

Location

International

Ongoing Project

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Opportunities for Student Involvement

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Patents

Ellen Baron, Andreas Kogelnik. "United States Patent 7,718,361 Quantitative PCR for coagulase negative staphylococci in blood cultures", Leland Stanford Junior University, May 1, 2010

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

No current scientific activities. I am retired.

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