Salika M. Shakir, PhD, D(ABMM)

Assistant Professor (Clinical), University of Utah School of Medicine

Education

• Doctorate Degree—Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• Research Fellowship—Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• Fellowship—Medical and Public Health Microbiology, University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories

Current/Past Roles

• Adjunct Professor (Clinical), Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine
• Research and Development Scientist and Study Coordinator, ARUP Laboratories

Certifications/Affiliations

• American Board of Medical Microbiology

Research Interests

• Implementation of novel molecular assays for pathogen detection in clinical laboratories
• Molecular testing for sexually transmitted infections
• Mycobacteriology diagnostics and susceptibility testing
• Clinical research for diagnostic assays and devices in process for FDA approval

Recent Publications

• Kukull B, Shakir SM, Hanson KE. Performance of non-nasopharyngeal sample types for molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2. Clin Lab Med. 2022;42(2):249-259.
• Shakir SM, Otiso J, Keller G, et al. Multicenter evaluation of a gradient diffusion method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori. Microbiol Spectr. 2022;10(2):e0211121.
• Shakir SM, Gill R, Salberg J, et al. Clinical laboratory perspective on Streptococcus halichoeri, an unusual nonhemolytic, Lancefield Group B Streptococcus causing human infections. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021;27(5):1309-1316.
• Liu BM, Carlisle CP, Fisher MA, et al. The brief case: Capnocytophaga sputigena bacteremia in a 94-year-old male with type 2 diabetes mellitus, pancytopenia, and bronchopneumonia. J Clin Microbiol. 2021;59(7):e0247220.
• Shakir SM, Barker AP, Hillyard DR, et al. Combined self-collected anterior nasal and oropharyngeal specimens versus provider-collected nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. J Clin Microbiol. 2020;59(1):e02291-20.
• Hanson KE, Barker AP, Hillyard DR, et al. Self-collected anterior nasal and saliva specimens versus health care worker-collected nasopharyngeal swabs for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2. J Clin Microbiol. 2020;58(11):e01824-20.
• Shakir SM, Mansfield CR, Hays ED, et al. Evaluation of a novel high-definition PCR multiplex assay for simultaneous detection of tick-borne pathogens in human clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol. 2020;58(3):e01655-19.