Citizen Staff Writer
IN BRIEF
ALAN FISCHER
afischer@tucsoncitizen.com
Clinical and laboratory efforts to battle a “superbug” that hospitalizes 300,000 people in the United States each year will be discussed at a free public lecture March 3.
Donna Wolk will discuss the clinical and laboratory aspects of fighting Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, which is the most common hospital-acquired infection.
The presentation will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. in Room 103 of the University of Arizona BIO5 Institute, 1657 E. Helen St.
Wolk is a principal investigator at BIO5, where she directs the Infectious Disease Research Core Laboratory, specializing in clinical and translational research.
She is also division chief for clinical microbiology and molecular microbiology at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.
A BIO5 tour will follow Wolk’s “No Mercy for MRSA” presentation.