Choosing Our Team
Our highly trained laboratory professionals are skilled at handling the unique needs of children and families.
Meet our team:
Morgan A. Pence Ph.D., D (ABMM)
Pathology
Morgan A. Pence, PhD, D (ABMM) has been a clinical microbiologist with Cook Children's Medical Center since 2014. She graduated Cum Laude with a BS in Molecular and Cellular Biology from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign in 2006. Dr. Pence received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from The University of California, San Diego in 2012. She subsequently completed a fellowship in Clinical and Public Health Microbiology in 2014 at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Pence is a diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology.
Dr. Pence serves on the Cook Children’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, Infection Prevention and Control Committee, Research Development Council, and Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee. She has professional affiliations with The American Society for Microbiology, Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology, Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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