Clinical Team

The UCSF Clinical Microbiology Laboratory is a CLIA-certified diagnostic laboratory at UCSF validating next-generation sequencing-based assays for infectious disease diagnostics. Licensed by CLIA and the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the laboratory is able to develop and run tests that can be used in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of patients.

Led by Dr. Charles Chiu, the clinical microbiology laboratory is actively engaged in translating research discoveries to the clinical diagnostic laboratory. Available now is a clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) assay for diagnosis of meningitis and encephalitis from cerebrospinal fluid. We are currently developing and validating several new mNGS assays for host response profiling and pathogen identification from plasma and other body fluids.

Angela Constantino, BS

mNGS Clinical Coordinator

Becky Fung, BS, CLS

Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Charles Chiu, MD, PhD

Professor, Laboratory Medicine Associate Director, UCSF Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Email

Danielle Ingebrigtsen, BS, CLS

Molecular Lab Supervisor

Doug Stryke, BS

Programmer Analyst

Jessica Neely, BS

Hospital Laboratory Technician UCSF Clinical Microbiology

Jessica Streithorst, BS, MS, CLS

Clinical Microbiology Supervisor Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Jessica Tan, BS, CLS

Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Kelsey Zorn, BA, MHS

UCSF Clinical Coordinator

Michael Kwok, BS, CLS

Clinical Laboratory Scientist UCSF Clinical Microbiology

Michelle Gerigk, BS, CLS

Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Patrick Benoit, MD

Medical Microbiologist Postdoctoral Fellow

Steve Miller, MD, PhD

Affiliated Faculty, UCSF Chief Medical Officer, Delve Bio

Sukhman (Sukhie) Sidhu, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator

Venice Servellita, CLS

Bioinformatics Programmer, Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Walter Lorizio, BS, CLS

Clinical Laboratory Scientist