Peter C. Iwen, Ph.D.
Phone: 402-559-7774
Email: piwen@unmc.edu
Interests:
Professor
Biosafety Officer, UNMC / UNO
Clinical Microbiology Project Coordinator, The Nebraska Medical Center
Associate Director, Nebraska Public Health Lab
Member, Infection Control Committee / UNMC Institutional Biosafety Committee / UNMC Safety Leadership Committee
Biocontainment Unit Safety Advisory Committee
Dignostic Microbiology
Medical Mycology
As the Responsible Official for the campus Select Agent Program, I provide expertise to other research groups that utilize select agents (biothreat agents) in their research. My main role in these activities include oversight on the acquisition, storage, and monitoring of the select agent inventory and the preparation of materials needed as requested for use in specific research activities.
Education and Training
B.S., North Dakota State University, 1976
M.S., University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1982
Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2001
M(ASCP), Certified Microbiologist, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 1984
SM(NRM), Specialist Microbiologist, American Academy of Microbiology, 1988
CLS/M, Certified Microbiologist, National Certification Agency for Medical Laboratory Personnel, 1992
National Activities
Reviewer, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Reviewer, Clinical Infectious Diseases
Reviewer, Medical Mycology
Member, Policy and Planning Committee, Association of Public Health Laboratories
