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3535 ,
3636 Chairman Phil Mendelson
3737 at the request
3838 of the Mayor
3939 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
4040 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
4141 To confirm the reappointment
4242 of Dr. Michael Pentella to the Science Advisory Board.
4343 RESOLVED, BY COUNCIL
4444 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution
4545 may be cited as the "Science Advisory Board Michael Pentella Confirmation Resolution
4646 of
4747 2023".
4848 Sec.
4949 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the reappointment of:
5050 Dr. Michael Pentella
5151 East Grandview Dr.
5252 Coralville, Iowa 52241
5353 as a scientist with experience in scientific research and methodology, who has been published in
5454 peer-reviewed scientific journals, and who
5555 is not currently employed by the Department of
5656 Forensic Sciences or by a law enforcement laboratory or agency member of the Science
5757 Advisory Board, in accordance with section
5858 12 of the Department of Forensic Sciences
5959 Establishment Act
6060 of 2011, effective August 17, 2011 (D.C. Law 19-18; D.C. Official Code§ 5-
6161 1501.11 ), for a term to end April 18, 2026.
6262 Sec. 3. The Council shall transmit a copy
6363 of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the
6464 nominee and to the Office
6565 of the Mayor.
6666 Sec.
6767 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 1
6868 CURRICULUM VITAE
6969
7070 Michael A. Pentella
7171
7272
7373 I. EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
7474
7575 A. Education
7676 Dates Field of Degree Degree
7777 Institution Attended Study Obtained Date
7878
7979 Ohio State University,
8080 Columbus, OH
8181 1969-
8282 1972
8383 Microbiology B.S. 1972
8484
8585 Thomas Jefferson
8686 University,
8787 Philadelphia, PA
8888 1977-
8989 1980
9090 Clinical
9191 Microbiology
9292 Master of
9393 Science
9494 1980
9595
9696 University of South Florida,
9797 Tampa, FL
9898 1988-
9999 2000
100100 Infectious
101101 Disease
102102 Doctor of
103103 Philosophy
104104 2000
105105
106106 Certification/Licensure
107107
108108 Board Date
109109
110110
111111 SUV20313 State of Florida Laboratory Supervisor
112112
113113 1982
114114
115115
116116 Certified in Infection Control (CIC)
117117
118118 1993
119119
120120 Diplomat, American Board of Medical Microbiology
121121
122122 2005
123123
124124
125125
126126
127127
128128
129129
130130 Specialist in Microbiology, American Society of
131131 Clinical Pathology (SM(ASCP))
132132 1986 University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
133133 Michael A. Pentella
134134
135135 2
136136 B. Professional and Academic Positions
137137
138138 Dates Position Title of Service Location/Institution
139139
140140 Medical Technologist in Microbiology
141141 1973 - 1975
142142 Aultman Hospital, Canton, OH
143143 Medical Technologist in
144144 Microbiology
145145 1975- 1978
146146 Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
147147 Supervisor of Microbiology and Immunology
148148 1978- 1981
149149 UpJohn Laboratory Procedures,
150150 Inc.
151151 Clinical Microbiologist, Manager of Focused Laboratory Services and
152152 Infection Control
153153 1981- 2002
154154 Lakeland Regional Medical Center,
155155 Lakeland, FL
156156 Associate Director 2002- March 2013
157157 University Hygienic Laboratory,
158158 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
159159 State Public Health Laboratory Director
160160 March 2013
161161 Massachusetts Department of
162162 Health, Bureau of Infectious
163163 Diseases and Laboratory Sciences
164164 Clinical Associate Professor 2008 - 2013
165165 College of Public Health,
166166 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
167167 Clinical Professor 2017 – present
168168 College of Public Health,
169169 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
170170
171171
172172
173173 C. Honors, Awards, Recognitions, Outstanding Achievements
174174
175175 Year Title
176176
177177 1994 Delta Tau, Public Health Honor Society
178178 2016 University of South Florida College of Public Health 2016 Outstanding
179179 Alumni Award
180180 https://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/health/publichealth/news/dr-michael-
181181 pentella-receives-2016-coph-outstanding-alumni-award/
182182 2016 W.J. Haulser, PhD, Award, Director’s Achievement in Leadership
183183 II. TEACHING Experience
184184
185185 A. Teaching Assignments
186186 Semester, Course Title/ Semester # Percent University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
187187 Michael A. Pentella
188188
189189 3
190190 Year Number Hours Students Role Responsible
191191
192192 Fall 1980 Thomas Jefferson University,
193193 Nursing Clinical Microbiology
194194
195195
196196 2 40 Instructor
197197
198198 Fall 1982
199199 and 1983
200200 University of Central Florida,
201201 Department of Medical
202202 Technology
203203 Medical Mycology course
204204
205205
206206
207207 3
208208
209209
210210 15
211211 Course
212212 designer and professor
213213 100
214214 %
215215
216216 Fall 1996-
217217 August 2002
218218 University of South Florida,
219219 College of Public Health, Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health
220220 Certificate Program in Infection Control
221221
222222 Provided guest lectures in several courses including: Introduction to Environmental
223223 and Occupational Health,
224224 Parasitology, Exotic and
225225 Emerging Infectious Diseases,
226226 and Immunology
227227
228228
229229 12
230230 varied Developed
231231 certificate program and taught 3 of the 4 courses
232232
233233
234234 Fall 2002-
235235 2013
236236 Diagnostic Microbiology
237237 Department of Epidemiology
238238
239239 3 Varied
240240
241241
242242
243243 Course
244244 Director
245245
246246 Summer
247247 2011- 2013
248248
249249 Public Health Laboratory Varied Course
250250 Director
251251
252252 Other Teaching
253253
254254 Semester, Course Title/ Semester # Percent University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
255255 Michael A. Pentella
256256
257257 4
258258 Year Number Hours Students Role Responsible
259259
260260 Fall 2003-
261261 2013
262262
263263 Epidemiology of Infectious
264264 Diseases,
265265 University of Iowa College of
266266 Public Health
267267 Guest
268268 lecturer
269269
270270
271271 2007-13 Medical Microbiology course for
272272 Medical students
273273 University of Iowa College of
274274 Medicine
275275 Guest
276276 lecturer
277277
278278
279279 B. Students Advised
280280
281281 Jeff Benfer
282282 Amanda Irish
283283 Cook, Courtney
284284 Gipple, Denyse
285285 MacIntyre, Tracy
286286 Gingerich, Stefan
287287 Rice, Natalie
288288 Fowler, Jana
289289 Graf, Erin
290290 Mullins, Jeremi
291291 Neil, Brock
292292 Kostle, Pamela, MS PH Project
293293 Wallace, Brandon, MPH Project
294294
295295
296296 C. Other Advising/Mentoring
297297
298298 Fall 1982 and 1983
299299 University of Central Florida, Department of Medical Technology
300300 Responsible for students from UCF during their laboratory practicum in Microbiology, Serology,
301301 and Urinalysis at Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
302302
303303 Fall 1996- August 2002
304304 University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Dept. of Environmental and Occupational
305305 Health
306306 Advised students and regularly offered practicums for them to pursue at Lakeland Regional
307307 Medical Center.
308308
309309 Fall 2011
310310 ASM/CDC Fellowship mentoring for Lab Capacity Building Program. Dr. Aree Thattiyaphong,
311311 PhD, National Public Health Laboratory, Thailand. University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
312312 Michael A. Pentella
313313
314314 5
315315
316316 Summer 2014
317317 ASM/CDC Fellowship mentoring for Lab Capacity Building Program. Drs. Lata Kapoor and
318318 Raju Sivadhas from the CDC India.
319319
320320 D. Other Contributions to Institutional Programs
321321
322322 Date Title Location
323323 2014- 2015 CDC: External Laboratory Safety Workgroup Atlanta, GA
324324 2017- open CDC: Campylobacter Workgroup Atlanta, GA
325325 2017- 2018 CDC: Biosafety Symposium Planning Atlanta, GA
326326
327327 E. Course Materials (syllabi, instructional web pages, computer lab materials)
328328 Online trainings that M. Pentella helped to develop, most can be found at:
329329 http://www.shl.uiowa.edu/dcd/sentlabtrain/courses/index.xml
330330
331331
332332 Introduction to the Public Health Laboratory System: This one- hour, interactive course
333333 follows the progress of public health, from the early days to the modern testing, surveillance and communication available in today’s public health laboratory system.
334334 Lab Biosafety: Avoiding Lab Acquired Infecti
335335 ons (LAI): Learn about LAI’s, potentially dangerous pathogens and when and how to properly use a biosafety cabinet. Practice identifying “trigger points” that will help keep you safe.
336336 BT Rule-o
337337 In each of our five, short training modules, you will practice working with a potential agent of bioterrorism and determine if the test results provided can rule out the agent.
338338 BT 1-1: Bacillus anthracis
339339 BT 1-2: Brucella species
340340 BT 1-3: Francisella tularensis
341341 BT 1-4: Burkholderia pseudomallei
342342 BT 1-5: Yersinia pestis
343343
344344 Electronic BT Workshop for Sentinel Labs: In this online workshop, based on our live, Wet
345345 Workshops, you can safely practice recognizing a potential agent of bioterrorism and then choose the appropriate rule- out testing.
346346
347347 The Role of Sentinel Labs in Emergency Response: In this course, we explain how the
348348 roles of sentinel and public health labs vary in chemical and biological events. Do you know the responsibilities of YOUR lab? Be sure to try our practice scenarios.
349349
350350 Tools for Proficiency Training: (CLIA-related)
351351 University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
352352 Michael A. Pentella
353353
354354 6
355355 Mission Possible: Understanding Training and Competency Assessment: (CLIA-related)
356356
357357 Chain- of-Custody Training: If victims of exposure to a toxic chemical are transported to a
358358 facility for evaluation and treatment, laboratories may be directed to submit blood and urine
359359 samples to the nearest LRN reference lab, or to CDC, for testing. This course provides training
360360 on the proper way to maintain and document chain- of-custody for such samples.
361361
362362 Anatomy of a Foodborne Outbreak: This just-in-time training focuses on testing that should
363363 be done in the clinical laboratory to detect Shiga Toxin- producing E. coli (STEC).
364364 The following three short, interactive e- modules accompanied the lectures in Dr. Pentella’s e-
365365 course, Diagnostic Microbiology for Epidemiology. The goal of this course was to introduce
366366 the epidemiologist to the clinical microbiology laboratory to provide them with a better understanding of the testing performed in, and the value of, the clinical laboratory.
367367
368368 Quadrant-Streaking:A Demonstration: An interactive guide to streaking- for-isolation.
369369
370370 Germy the Germ: For K-12: Germy the Germ is a 15- minute, narrated presentation designed
371371 for students in kindergarten through third grade.
372372 Virtual Knowledge Assessments: These were developed for CDC and are on the CDC
373373 Train web page. There are currently 2 available and 1 is completed and ready to post. These online challenges provide the learner with the opportunity to differentiate between suspect biothreat agents and other pathogens.
374374 III. SCHOLARSHIP
375375
376376 A. Publications or Creative Works
377377 Peer-Reviewed Papers
378378
379379 1. Redshaw, P.A., P.A. McCann, M.A. Pentella, and B.M. Pogell. 1979. Simultaneous loss of multiple differentiated functions in aerial mycelia negative isolates of Streptomyces.
380380 Journal of Bacteriology. 137:891- 899.
381381
382382 2. Binford, L., M.A. Pentella, and B.H. Kwa. A survey to determine the presence of cryptosporidium infection associated with diarrhea in West Central Florida, 1985- 1988.
383383 Florida Journal of Public Health. 1991; 3: 18- 21.
384384
385385 3. Kwa, B.H., and M.A. Pentella. 1993. Sexually transmitted diseases: risks, transmission, and laboratory diagnostic update. Clinical Laboratory Science. 6: 85- 89.
386386
387387 4. Kwa, B.H., M. Moyad, M. Pentella, and J.B. Rose. 1993. A nude mouse model as an in
388388 vivo infectivity assay for cryptosporidiosis. Water Science Technology. 27: 65- 68.
389389 University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
390390 Michael A. Pentella
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393393 5. Kwa, B.H., and M.A. Pentella. Dengue: Re- emergence of an urban tropical disease.
394394 The Indian Practitioner. 54: 177- 181. March 2001.
395395
396396 6. Pentella, M.A., B.H. Kwa, T. Ohrmund, T. Fisher, S. Chandler, and B.G. Yangco. Are
397397 disinfectants accurately prepared for use in hospital patient care areas? The Indian
398398 Practitioner. 54: 166- 171. March 2001.
399399
400400 7. Franks, F., M. Gilchrist, R. Groepper, M. Pentella, R. Currier, P. Quinlisk, C. Lohff, C.
401401 Rupprecht, M. G. Reynolds, and T. Boo. Human Rabies – Iowa 2002. Morbidity and
402402 Mortality Weekly Report. 2003. 52: 47- 48.
403403
404404 8. Sasser M., C. Kunitsky, G. Jackoway , J. W. Ezzell , J. D. Teska , B. Harper , S. Parker,
405405 D. Barden, H. Blair , J. Breezee , J. Carpenter, W. V. Cheek , M. DeMartino, B. Evans ,
406406 J.W. Ezzell, S. Francesconi,E. Franko, W. Gardner, M. Glazier, K. Greth, B. Harper, T.
407407 Hart, M. Hodel , K. Holmes -Talbot, K. L. Hopkins , A. Iqbal, D. Johnson, P. Krader , A.
408408 Madonna, M. McDowell, M. L. McKee , M. Park , S. Parker, M. Pentella, J. Radosevic, R.
409409 A. Robison, B. Rotzoll, K. Scott , M. Smith, N. Syed, J. Tang, J. D. Teska, H. Trinh, L. I.
410410 Williams, and M Wolcott . Identification of Bacillus anthracis from culture using gas
411411 chromatographic analysis of fatty acid methyl esters. J AOAC Int. 2005. 88(1):178- 81.
412412
413413 9. Rubin, B. D, and M. Pentella. Preparing for Large Scale Emergencies. Advance for Medical Laboratory Professionals. Volume 18, Issue 24, p. 18. Nov. 20, 2006.
414414
415415 10. Boddicker, J.D., P. Rota, T. Kreman, A. Wangeman, L. Lowe, R. Thompson, W. Bellini,
416416 M. Pentella, and L.E. DesJardin. 2007. Real-time RT-PCR Assay for the Detection of
417417 Mumps Virus RNA in Clinical Specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Volume 45,
418418 p. 2902- 2908.
419419
420420 11. Polgreen, P.M., L.C. Bohnett, S.B. Gingerich, L.E. Desjardin, M.A. Pentella. Duration of Mumps Shedding Following the Onset of Symptoms. 2008. Clinical Infectious Diseases. May 1;46(9):1447- 9..
421421
422422 12. Polgreen, P.M.,Pentella, M.A., et. Al, A Spatial Analysis of the Spread of Mumps in
423423 Iowa: the Importance of College Students and their Spring- Break Associated Travel.
424424 HYG-)M-1883- Jan-09) Epidemiology and Infection 9, September 2009.
425425
426426 13. Bennett, B, B Branson, K Delaney, M Own, M Pentella, B Werner. HIV Testing Algorithms: A status report. The Association of Public Health Laboratories and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. April 2009. Access at: http://www.aphl.org/aphlprograms/infectious/hiv/Documents/StatusReportFINAL.pdf
427427
428428
429429 14. Polgreen PM, Chen Z, Segre AM, Harris ML, Pentella MA, Rushton G. Optimizing
430430 influenza sentinel surveillance at the state level. Am erican Journal of Epidemiology.
431431 2009 Nov 15;170(10):1300- 6. Epub 2009 Oct 12.PMID: 19822570
432432 University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
433433 Michael A. Pentella
434434
435435 8
436436 15. Harris ML, Massaquoi D, Soyemi K, Brend SM, Klein D, Pentella M, Kraemer J,
437437 Nashelsky M, Schmunk G, Smith T, Pleva A. Recent Iowa Trends in Sudden
438438 Unexpected Infant Deaths: the importance of public health collaboration with medical
439439 examiners' offices. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. Accepted for
440440 publication April 2010
441441
442442 16. Harmon K, Bower L, Kim WI, Pentella M, Yoon KJ. A matrix gene- bas ed multiplex real-
443443 time RT-PCR for detection and differentiation of 2009 pandemic H1N1 and other
444444 influenza A viruses in North America. Influenza Other Respiratory Viruses. 2010
445445 Nov;4(6):405- 10. doi: 10.1111/j.1750- 2659.2010.00153.x. Epub 2010 Oct 1.PMID:
446446 20958935 [PubMed - in process]
447447
448448 17. Delany,J., J. Rodriguez, D. Holmes, M. Pentella, K. Baxley, and K. Shah. CDC/APHL
449449 Laboratory Biosafety Competencies for the BSL- 2, BSL-3, and BSL-4 Laboratories.
450450 MMWR, Supplement, April 15, 2011.
451451
452452 18. Pentella, M. Infections Among Travelers: The world is not a theme park. Advance for
453453 Medical Laboratory Professionals. Vol. 23, No. 8. April 25, 2011.
454454 http://laboratorian.advanceweb.com/ebook/magazine.aspx?EBK=MT042511#
455455
456456 19. Polgreen PM, Sparks JD, Polgreen LA, Yang M, Harris ML, Pentella MA, Cavanaugh
457457 JE. A statewide outbreak of Cryptosporidium and its association with the distribution of
458458 public swimming pools. Epidemiol Infect. 2011 Sep 27:1-7.
459459
460460 20. Miller, M.J., R. Astles, T. Baszler, K. Chapin, R. Carey, L. Garcia, L. Gray, D. Larone, M.
461461 Pentella, A. Pollock, D.S. Shapiro, E. Weirich, and D. Wiedbrauk. Guidelines for safe
462462 work practices in Human and Animal medical diagnostic laboratories. MMWR,
463463 Supplement, January 6, 2012.
464464
465465 21. Tyrell, F., G. Budnick, T. Elliott, L. Gillim-Ross, M. Hildred, P. Mahlmeister, N. Parrish,
466466 M. Pentella, J. Vanneste, Y. Wang, and A. Starks. Probability of negative
467467 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex cultures based on t ime-to-detection of positive
468468 cultures: a multi-center evaluation of commercial broth-based culture systems. Journal
469469 of Clinical Microbiology (Paper #JCM0125- 12R1). Accepted for publication July 19,
470470 2012.
471471
472472 22. Horvat, R.T., and M. Pentella. From the Arm to the Test Tube: Laboratory’s New Role
473473 in Tuberculosis Testing. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. Vol 34, No. 15. P.117- 125.
474474 August 1, 2012.
475475
476476 23. Pentella, M. Diagnosing Latent Tuberculosis in the 21
477477 st
478478 century. Lab Matters, Summer
479479 2012. P. 19.
480480 University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
481481 Michael A. Pentella
482482
483483 9
484484 24. Dubravac, T., T.F. Gahan, M.A. Pentella. Use of the Abbott Architect HIV
485485 antigen/antibody assay in a low incidence population. Journal of Clinical Virology. Vol.
486486 58S. 2013. E76- 78.
487487
488488 25. Hutchinson, A.B.; S.F. Etheridge, L.G. Weslowski, R.K. Shrestha, M. Pentella, B.
489489 Bennett, P.G. Farnham, T. Sullivan, P. Patel, and B.M. Branson. Costs and outcomes
490490 of laboratory diagnostic algorithms for the detection of HIV. Journal of Clinical Virology.
491491 Vol. 58S. 2013. E2- 7.
492492
493493 26. Laboratory Testing for the Diagnosis of HIV Infection: Updated Recommendations and a
494494 quick reference guide can be downloaded from the CDC Division of HIV/AIDS
495495 Prevention’s website at http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/testing/lab/guidelines
496496 . June 27, 2014.
497497
498498 27. Collette Fitzgerald, Mary Patrick, Anthony Gonzalez, Joshua Akin, Christopher Polage, Kate Wymore, Laura Gillim-Ross, Karen Xavier, Jennifer Sadlowski, Jan Monahan,
499499 Sharon Hurd, Suzanne Dahlberg, Robert Jerris, Renee Watson, Monica Santovenia, David Mitchell, Cassandra Harrison, Melissa Tobin- D'Angelo, Mary DeMartino, Michael
500500 Pentella, Celere Leonard, jafar razaq, Carrianne Jung, Ria Achong- Bowe, Yaaqobah
501501 Evans, Damini Jain, Billie Juni, fe leano, Trisha Robinson, Kirk Smith, rachel gittelman, Charles Garrigan, Irving Nachamkin, and Campylobacter diagnostics study working group [Paper #JCM01925- 15R2], "Multicenter evaluation of clinical diagnostic methods
502502 for detection and isolation of Campylobacter spp. from stool." Journal of Clinical Microbiology. May 2016; 54:5; 1209- 12-15.
503503
504504 28. Nasrullah, Muazzam, L.G. Wesolowski, S.F. Ethridge, K. Cranston, M. Pentella, R.A.
505505 Myers, J.T. Rudrik, A.B. Hutchinson, S.B. Bennett, and B.G. Werner. Acute Infections,
506506 Cost and Time to Reporting Of HIV Test Results in Three U.S. State Public Health
507507 Laboratories. 2016. Journal of Infection. Posted online May 26, 2016.
508508 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163445316300913
509509
510510
511511 29. Zhowandai, M.H, Jepson, R. T. Ghajar,M., Tyrrell, F, Pentella, M.A. A collaborative
512512 study on the performance characteristics of Xpert MTB/RIF in low incidence United States populations. Submitted for publication, November 2016.
513513
514514
515515
516516 Books/Monographs
517517 Chapters
518518
519519 1. Pentella, M.A. Rapid methods and automation in the microbiology laboratory. In
520520 Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. Mahon, C.R. and Manuselis, Jr. G. editors. 1995. W.B. Saunders Co. Philadelphia, Pa.
521521 University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
522522 Michael A. Pentella
523523
524524 10
525525 2. Pentella, M.A. Sexually transmitted diseases. In Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology.
526526 Mahon, C.R. and Manuselis, Jr. G. editors. 1995. W.B. Saunders Co. Philadelphia,
527527 Pa.
528528
529529 3. Pentella, Michael A., Kostle, Pamela A., DesJardin, Lucy, Gilchrist, Mary J.R., Biosafety
530530 for Microorganisms Transmitted Primarily by the Airborne Route Fungi, Mycobacteria
531531 and Selected Bacteria, in Biological Safety (4th Ed.). D.O. Fleming & D. Hunt. ASM
532532 Press, Washington, D.C. 2006
533533
534534 4. Pentella, M.A., Overview of the Biosafety Risk Assessment Process, in Anthropology of
535535 Biosafety XI: Worker Safety Issues. J.Y. Richmond and K.B. Byers. American
536536 Biological Safety Association, Mundelein, IL. 2008.
537537
538538 5. Pentella, M.A. APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology. 3
539539 rd
540540 Edition. West Nile
541541 Virus Chapter 87. Carrico, R. editor. 2009. Association for Professionals in Infection
542542 Control and Epidemiology. Washington, DC.
543543
544544 6. Shah, K. and M. A. Pentella, Laboratory Biosafety Competency Development for the
545545 BSL-2, 3, and 4. in Anthropology of Biosafety XII: Worker Safety Issues. J.Y.
546546 Richmond and K.B. Byers. American Biological Safety Association, Mundelein, IL.
547547 2010.
548548
549549 7. Pentella MA, Mumps Epidemic: lessons learned from the frontline of testing. In Hunting
550550 KL and Gleason BL (eds): Essential Case Studies in Public Health: Putting Public
551551 Health into Practice. Jones and Bartlett Learning, Sudbury MA. 2011.
552552
553553 8. Terry, A., C. Atchison, and M. Pentella. 2009 H1N1 Influenza Epidemic in Iowa. In
554554 Landesman, L.Y and I.B. Weisfuse (eds): Case Studies in Public Health Preparedness
555555 and Response to Disasters. Jones and Bartlett Learning. Sudbury MA. 2013.
556556
557557 9. Snyder, J.A. and M.A. Pentella. Bioterrorism (Chapter 23). Truant, A.L., Editor, Manual
558558 of Commercial Methods in Clinical Microbiology. 2
559559 nd
560560 Edition. (ISBN 1119021863) May
561561 2016.
562562
563563 10. Pentella, Michael A. Biosafety for Microorganisms Transmitted Primarily by the Airborne
564564 Route Fungi, Mycobacteria and Selected Bacteria, in Biological Safety (5th Ed.).
565565 Submitted for publication September 2016.
566566
567567 11. Pentella, Michael A, Components of a Biosafety Program for a Clinical Laboratory, in
568568 Biological Safety (5th Ed.). Submitted for publication September 2016.
569569
570570
571571
572572
573573 Electronic Publications University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
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577577
578578
579579 Abstracts
580580
581581 1. Kauffman, L.M., M.A. Pentella, and J.A. Franco. 1980. Evaluation of different
582582 methods of preserving urine specimens for routine cultures. ASM abstracts.
583583
584584 2. Pentella, M.A. 1982. Comparison of different methods for identification
585585 Hemophilus sp. ASM abstracts. March, 1982.
586586
587587 3. Pentella, M.A., B.H. Kwa, and A.C. Vickery. 1988. The nude mouse as a model
588588 for cryptosporidiosis in the immunodeficient host. Abstract of the 37th annual
589589 meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. No. 109.
590590
591591 4. Pentella, M.A., B.H. Kwa, K. Balasky, and A.C. Vickery. Detection of Cyclospora
592592 sp. In an Andean community in Venezuela. Abstract 1994.
593593
594594 5. Pentella, M.A., B.H. Kwa, and J. Lauretta. Prevention of Blood Culture
595595 Contamination by Quality Improvement. Abstract. Southeastern Branch
596596 American Society for Microbiology. October 30, 1997.
597597
598598 6. Yangco, B.G., S. Chandler, T. Fisher, J. Lauretta, M. A. Pentella. Reduction of
599599 Postoperative Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Open Heart Surgery By
600600 Intranasal Mupirocin. Abstract. 39th Annual Meeting of the Interscience
601601 Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. September 28, 1999.
602602
603603 7. Pentella, M.A., T. Fisher, S. Chandler, T. Britt -Ohrmund, B.H. Kwa, and
604604 B.G.Yangco. Are disinfectants accurately prepared for use in hospital patient
605605 care areas? Abstract. Fourth Decennial International Conference on
606606 Nosocomial and Health care- Associated Infections. March 9, 2000.
607607
608608 8. Gompf, S.G., J.C. Sniffen, M.A. Pentella, T.C. Gompf, A.L. Vincent, U. Shah,
609609 and J. Bedi. Community-acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
610610 (MRSA) infections in children. Abstract. Meeting of Infectious Disease Society
611611 of America. September 7, 2000.
612612
613613 9. Pentella, M.A., B.H. Kwa, and B.G. Yangco. Reduction of Vancomycin Resistant
614614 Enterococcal (VRE) transmission in an acute care facility through appropriate
615615 disinfectant use. Abstract. 40th Annual Meeting of the Interscience Conference
616616 on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. September 19, 2000
617617
618618 10. Pentella, M.A., R. Yogendra, P. Bhuta, D. Brewer, and B. G. Yangco. Home
619619 Laundering: Is it a good infection control practice? Abstract. 42nd Annual
620620 Meeting of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and
621621 Chemotherapy. September 29, 2002. University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
622622 Michael A. Pentella
623623
624624 12
625625
626626 11. Kostle, P.A., M. Pentella, W. Sanderson. Sample processing recovery operation
627627 of Bacillus anthracis from environmental sampling media. Abstract. AIHA May
628628 2004.
629629
630630 12. Boo T., M. Pentella, R. Volk, L. Desjardin, S. Jirsa, M. Gilchrist, and P. Hartley.
631631 Pilot study of oropharyngeal Vaccinia carriage in Smallpox vaccines – Iowa 2003.
632632 Abstract. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. February
633633 29, 2004.
634634
635635 13. Mera, R. , L. A. Miller, M. A. Pentella, T. R. Fritsche, and R. M. Jones.
636636 Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Effect on S. pneumoniae Serotype Carriage
637637 and Multidrug- Resistance in the United States. Abstract. Interscience
638638 Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2006.
639639
640640 14. Mera, R. , L. A. Miller, M. A. Pentella, T. R. Fritsche, and R. M. Jones. A
641641 Mathematical Model for the Impact of the Conjugate Vaccine on S. pneumoniae
642642 Vaccine and Non- vaccine serotypes. Abstract. Infectious Disease Society of
643643 America. 2006.
644644
645645 15. Mera, R. , L. A. Miller, Heather Madsen, M. A. Pentella, T. R. Fritsche, and R. M.
646646 Jones. Differential Propensity of Serotype Groups to Switch and Acquire
647647 Multidrug- Resistance after the Introduction of the Pneumococcal Conjugate
648648 Vaccine in the United States. Abstract. 17
649649 th
650650 European Congress of Clinical
651651 Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and 25
652652 th
653653 International Congress of
654654 Chemotherapy. 2007.
655655
656656 16. Polgreen, P., L. Bohnett, J. Cavanaugh, S. Gingerich, L. Desjardin, and M.
657657 Pentella. A model to predict the duration of viral shedding after onset of
658658 symptoms for mumps. Abstract. Infectious Disease Society of America. 2007.
659659
660660 17. Lynch, A., T. Gahan, and M. Pentella. Four years of interferon gamma release
661661 assay (IGRA) testing: Iowa’s perspective. Abstract. Association of Public Health
662662 Laboratories. 2012.
663663
664664 18. Werner, B., M. Pandori, L. Gillim-Ross, B. Bennett, and M. Pentella. New HIV-
665665 1/HIV-2 diagnostic testing algorithm. Abstract. Association of Public Health
666666 Laboratories. 2012.
667667
668668 19. Dubravac, T., T. Gahan, and M. Pentella. HIV antigen/antibody testing in a low
669669 incidence population. Abstract. HIV Diagnostic Conference. 2012.
670670
671671 20. Kazianis, A., L. Randall, P.A. Borne, B.G. Werner, T. Stiles, and M.A. Pentella.
672672 Performnace of the Abbott Architect HIV Ag/Ab Combo Assay in a low Incidence
673673 Population. Abstract. HIV Diagnostic Conference 2016. University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
674674 Michael A. Pentella
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676676 13
677677
678678 21. Hempstead, A, M. Doucette, N. Medina, J. Adams, T. Griswold, A. Osinski, E.
679679 Fortes, T. Stiles, and M. Pentella. Comparative Analysis of Molecular Typing
680680 Methods for Subcluster Identification within a Salmonella enterica serovar
681681 Typhimurium Local Outbreak. Abstract. CDC Advanced Molecular Detection
682682 Conference 2016.
683683
684684
685685
686686
687687 B. Areas of Research Interest/Current Projects
688688
689689 Areas of Research Interest
690690 1. Bioterrorism Preparedness
691691 2. Infectious Disease Prevention
692692 3. Antimicrobial Resistance
693693
694694 Current Projects
695695 1. Next Generation Sequencing for detection of viruses and bacteria
696696 2. MALDI-ToF for identification of Mycobacteria
697697 C. Grants Received
698698 Title
699699 Source % Effort Direct Funds
700700 P.I. % Salary Support Period of Funding
701701
702702 Biological Agents Analyses
703703 EPA
704704 Project Director
705705 5% $50,000
706706 2/7/2003-
707707 2/28/2004
708708
709709 Implementing Food Safety Recommendations in
710710 States
711711 NIH
712712 Project Director
713713 10% $48,300
714714 7/21/2004- 10/21/2004
715715
716716 CDC Cooperative Agreement for Public Health
717717 Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism
718718 CDC
719719 Project Director
720720 50% $9,680,149
721721 7/29/2002- 8/30/2013
722722
723723 Innovative Projects to Enhance Food Safety 5% $20,460 University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
724724 Michael A. Pentella
725725
726726 14
727727 Capacity in States
728728 APHL
729729 Project Director
730730 2/17/2005-
731731 6/10/2005
732732
733733 Influenza Surveillance and Preparedness
734734 Training for Iowa Clinical Laboratories
735735 APHL
736736 Project Director
737737 10% $16,225
738738 10/24/2006-
739739 5/30/2007
740740
741741
742742 Measles IgM Serology EIA Comparison Study
743743 Project Director
744744 2% $30,152
745745 1/22/2011-
746746 6/30/2011
747747
748748 Innovation in Quality Public Health Lab Practice
749749 Project Director
750750 2% $15,000
751751 11/1/11-
752752 6/15/11
753753
754754 TB Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (NAAT)
755755 Improvement and Expansion
756756 Project Director
757757 2% $35,000
758758 1/1/2011 –
759759 6/30/2011
760760
761761 Evaluation of Molecular Tests for TB Services
762762 Project Director
763763 2% $77,830
764764 5/15/2012-
765765 6/30/2013
766766
767767 Exploring Novel Approaches to Shared TB Lab
768768 Services Project
769769 Project Director
770770 2% $90,697
771771 7/15/2012-
772772 6/30/2013
773773
774774 Right Size Influenza Virologic Surveillance
775775 Project
776776 2% $15,000
777777 12/14/2012-
778778 6/30/2013
779779
780780
781781
782782 D. Invited Presentations
783783
784784 Conference Presentations/Posters
785785 Year Title Organization
786786
787787 2014 Biosafety Competencies: Embraced or Abandoned CDC Biosafety
788788 Conference (Atlanta)
789789 2014 How Norovirus exemplifies a successful partnership to support testing needs CDC ELC Meeting (Atlanta) University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
790790 Michael A. Pentella
791791
792792 15
793793 2014 Regulation of Laboratory developed tests: Consideration for Public Health APHL
794794 Annual Meeting (Little Rock)
795795 2014 What can APHL do to improve biosafety in our nation’ s labs? APHL
796796 Annual Meeting (Little Rock)
797797 2014 Influenza Testing: Culture, rapid and molecular Massachusetts Department of
798798 Public Health Annual Influenza Update for ILI Providers (Teleconference)
799799 2014 Using Risk Analysis to Assess Biosafety ASCP (Teleconference)
800800 2014 Ebola Update Massachusetts Department of Public Health Public Health
801801 Council (Boston)
802802 2015 A rational approach to emerging pathogen biosafety considerations. National
803803 Laboratory Training Network (Teleconference)
804804 2015 Laboratory Tools for the Epidemiologist Massachusetts Department of Public
805805 Health Bureau of Infectious Diseases (Boston)
806806 2015 Biosafety Workshop APHL Annual Meeting (Indianapolis)
807807 2015 Implementing an Effective Biosafety Program APHL Annual Meeting
808808 (Indianapolis)
809809 2015 What can be done to improve biosafety in our nation’s labs? CDC CLIAC
810810 Committee (Atlanta)
811811 2015 Influenza – A Global Perspective Massachusetts Department of Public Health
812812 Annual Influenza Update for ILI Providers (Teleconference)
813813 2015 Moving From Tubes to Lasers With a New Risk Assessment ASM Annual
814814 General Meeting (New Orleans)
815815 2015 Massachusetts Ebola Experiences: Connecting to Sentinel Labs – NLTN Annual
816816 in person meeting (Atlanta)
817817 2015 Components of a Biosafety Program: what needs to be in place to achieve a
818818 culture of biosafety? NLTN Annual in person meeting (Atlanta)
819819 2015 Biosafety and Risk Assessment for New Molecular Methods CDC TB
820820 Diagnostics Meeting (Atlanta)
821821 2015 Decontamination and Waste Management Full day workshop CDC
822822 Leadership Program (Atlanta)
823823 2015 Components of a Biosafety Program ASCLS Annual Meeting (Atlanta)
824824 2015 Implementing an Effective Biosafety Program Laboratory Response Network
825825 Annual Meeting (Atlanta)
826826 2016 HIV Diagnostics Conference
827827 2016 Three biosafety presentations at the First Joint Meeting of the Northeast
828828 Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease and the Northeast
829829 Branch of ASM conference on April 12, 2016
830830
831831
832832
833833 B. Other Professional Service
834834
835835 1. Referee Manuscripts
836836 Year Title
837837 University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
838838 Michael A. Pentella
839839
840840 16
841841
842842
843843 2. Organize Conference, Paper Session, etc.
844844 Year Title
845845
846846 • Attended meeting on select agent issues at March 20,
847847 2015 Listening Session at the White House
848848
849849
850850 3. Departmental, Collegiate or University Committees (other than teaching)
851851 Year Title
852852
853853 4. State or National Committees
854854
855855 2004-
856856 present
857857 Association of Public Health
858858 Laboratories
859859 Member, Infectious
860860 Disease
861861 Committee
862862
863863 2006-2015 Association of Public Health
864864 Laboratories
865865 Chair, HIV
866866 Steering
867867 Committee
868868
869869 2004-2013 Association of Public Health
870870 Laboratories
871871 Member,
872872 Performance
873873 Standards
874874 Committee
875875
876876 2006-2009 Association of Public Health
877877 Laboratories
878878 Co-Chair,
879879 HIV Testing Algorithm
880880 Committee
881881
882882 2005-
883883 present
884884 Association of Public Health
885885 Laboratories
886886 Influenza Testing
887887 Algorithm
888888 Committee
889889
890890 2006-2011 Association of Public Health
891891 Laboratories
892892 Laboratory
893893 Performance Standards Committee
894894
895895 2015-
896896 present
897897 Association of Public Health
898898 Laboratories
899899 Chair, Biosafety
900900 and Biosecurity
901901 Committee
902902 University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
903903 Michael A. Pentella
904904
905905 17
906906 2016-2017 Association of Public Health
907907 Laboratories
908908 Board of Directors,
909909 Member at Large
910910
911911
912912
913913
914914
915915
916916
917917
918918 5. Professionally Relevant Community Involvement
919919 Year Activity
920920
921921
922922
923923 6. Professional Consulting
924924 Year Organization Role
925925
926926 1987 Investigation in botulism outbreak for
927927 attorney representing patient
928928 Consultant
929929
930930 1993 State of Florida Prosecuting Attorney
931931 consultant in sexual abuse case
932932 regarding Neisseria gonorrhoeae
933933 Consultant
934934
935935 1995 Consultant for attorney of
936936 manufacturer investigating Salmonella outbreak associated with
937937 orange juice
938938 Consultant
939939
940940 2001 Consultant for State of Florida
941941 Prosecuting Attorney, Polk County, in case involving blood alcohol level impacted by bacterial or fungal contamination of specimen. Designated as expert witness by
942942 judge
943943 Consultant
944944
945945 2003 Consultant for public defender in
946946 sexual abuse case regarding Chlamydia. Johnson County Iowa.
947947
948948 Consultant
949949
950950
951951 University of Iowa College of Public Health CV
952952 Michael A. Pentella
953953
954954 18
955955
956956
957957
958958 Executive Office of the Mayor - Office of Talent and Appointments
959959 John A. Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004
960960
961961
962962
963963 Michael A. Pentella, Ph.D., M.S., SM (ASCP), CIC, D (ABMM)
964964
965965 Dr. Michael Pentella is a Clinical Professor at the University of
966966 Iowa, College of Public Health.
967967
968968 He previously directed the Massachusetts State Public Health
969969 Laboratory and was Associate D irector at the Iowa State
970970 Hygienic Laboratory. His experience spans over forty years in
971971 clinical microbiology and public health laboratories.
972972
973973 Dr. Pentella is certified as an American Board of Medical
974974 Microbiology Diplomat, a specialist in microbiology through the
975975 American Society for Clinical Pathology and certified in
976976 infection control through the Association of Professionals in
977977 Infection Control. Dr. Pentella is a member of the Association
978978 of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Infectious Disease
979979 Committee, the APHL Biosafety and Biosecurity Committee,
980980 and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Lab Practices Committee.
981981
982982 Dr. Pentella received a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from Ohio State University, a M aster
983983 of Science in Clinical Microbiology from Thomas Jefferson University, and a Doctor of
984984 Philosophy in Infectious Disease from the University of South Florida.
985985 GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
986986 Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
987987
988988 Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
989989
990990
991991 ______________________________________________________________________________
992992 The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724 -7681
993993
994994 To: Tommy Wells, Steve Walker
995995 From: Betsy Cavendish
996996 Date: March 7, 2023
997997 Subject: Legal sufficiency review of Resolutions nominating Dr. Michael Pentella, Dr.
998998 JohnPatrick Rogers, and Dr. Henry Swofford as members of the Science Advisory
999999 Board
10001000 This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above- referenced resolutions and
10011001 found them to be legally unobjectionable. If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
10021002 hesitate to call Vanessa Careiro, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Mayor, at 202-724-1303, or me at 202- 724-7681.
10031003
10041004
10051005 ______________________________ Elizabeth A. (Betsy) Cavendish
10061006