James W. Snyder

Dr. Snyder is the Medical Director of the Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at the University of Louisville Hospital, and holds the academic rank, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

He holds active memberships in the following professional organizations: American Society for Microbiology, South Central Association for Clinical Microbiology, Infectious Disease Society of America, Pan American Virology Association, Society of Surgical Infections, and The Medical Mycological Society of America.

He serves the American Society for Microbiology as its representative to the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) for Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism and Emerging Infectious Diseases, coordinating editor of the LRN Sentinel Level Laboratory Testing Protocols, co-author of the Anthrax Sentinel Level Protocol, a member of the Laboratory Practices Committee, coordinating editor of the Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, former chairman of Division C (Clinical Microbiology) of the ASM, and a reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. He recently was selected to represent the ASM on the APHL Biosafety and Biosecurity Committee. He is a lifetime member of the South Central Association of Clinical Microbiology (SCACM) and has held several leadership positions including having been elected twice as President, and currently serves as a member of the program planning committee for the SCACM Audioconference Series. He has authored or co- authored over 60 publications, five book chapters, numerous abstracts, research posters, and presented numerous invited presentations at the regional, national, and international levels.

Dr. Snyder received his BS and MS degrees from Eastern Kentucky University, his doctorate from the University of Dayton, is board certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Microbiology, and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology.

He retired from the U.S. Army Reserves with over 43 years of service including deployment to Iraq in 2011 where he commanded the Medical Task Force in support of Operation New Dawn.