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Dr. Hodinka received his B.S. in Biology (1976) from Marietta
College, M.S. in Microbiology (1979) from the University of
Montana, and Ph.D. in Microbiology (1983) from Ohio University.
He then completed a research postdoctoral fellowship (1986)
in Microbiology (Chlamydial Pathogenesis) in the Department
of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of North
Carolina--Chapel Hill, followed by a clinical postdoctoral
fellowship (1988) in Diagnostic Microbiology and Immunology
at the University of North Carolina Medical Center.
Dr. Hodinka joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine in 1988, and is currently an Associate
Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology and Director of the
Clinical Virology Laboratory at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
He has a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Center.
He is co-chair of the Annual Clinical Virology Symposium
and Annual Molecular Virology Workshop. He has served as
a
Council Member and is currently the President of the
Pan American Society for Clinical Virology. He is a member
of the Board of the American College of Microbiology, Chairperson
for the American Society for Microbiology Committee on Postdoctoral
Educational Programs, and member of the International Scientific
Advisory Committee for the 6th Asia Pacific Congress of
Medical
Virology.
Dr. Hodinka serves on various journal editorial boards and
professional committees. His clinical and research interests
include pediatric viral diseases, detection and monitoring
of viral infections in immunocompromised hosts, rapid methods
for viral diagnosis, and molecular diagnostics. He is the
author of a number of original scientific publications, review
articles and book chapters. Dr. Hodinka's awards include 2
Distinguished Teaching Awards (2000, 2001) and the Dean's
Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching (2001) from
the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the
Dupont Clinical Virology Award (1995). He has been selected
as a National Foundation Lecturer (1994-96) for the American
Society for Microbiology and was elected to Fellowship in
the American Academy of Microbiology in 1997.
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