Ryan Relich

About Ryan Relich

I am a American Board of Medical Microbiology-certified clinical microbiologist who is passionately interested in all facets of diagnostic microbiology and laboratory medicine, especially laboratory directorship; infectious disease ecology, epidemiology, and pathology; new diagnostic test development and evaluation; pathogen discovery; and viral ecology. In my current academic position at the Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine, I am actively involved in fellow, resident, and student teaching, and research involving in vitro diagnostic product development, clinical trials, and emerging virus ecology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and detection. To learn more about my research, please visit: https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/21552/relich-ryan/. As an employee of IU Health, I serve as the Medical Director of the Division of Clinical Microbiology, Medical Director of the Special Pathogens Unit Laboratory, Medical Director of the Donor Screening Laboratory, and Interim Medical Director of Molecular Pathology. I am immensely interested in the ecology of emerging viruses, pandemic preparedness, diagnostic test development, novel virus discovery and characterization, and establishing best practices for manipulating highly infectious clinical specimens for routine diagnostic testing.

Experience

1. Medical Director, Donor Screening Laboratory

   Indiana University Health

   Jul 2023 — Present · Indianapolis, IN, US

   I oversee donor screening testing, including traditional microbiological, serological, and molecular testing of donor blood and tissues.

Education

• PennWest Clarion

  Bachelor’s Degree, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

  2000 — 2004

• Miami University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology

  2005 — 2011

• Indiana University School of Medicine

  Fellowship in Medical and Public Health Laboratory Microbiology

  2013 — 2015

• PennWest Clarion

  Bachelor’s Degree, Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

  2000 — 2005

Skills

• Parasitology
• Bacteriology
• Microsoft Office
• Healthcare
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Microscopy
• Molecular Biology
• Infectious Diseases
• Laboratory Medicine
• Mycoplasmology
• Serology
• Leadership
• Clinical Research
• Photoshop
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Life Sciences
• Public Health Microbiology
• Microbiology
• Clinical Microbiology
• Laboratory Directorship
• Virology
• Infection Control
• Mycology
• Process Improvement
• Research
• Management
• Customer Service
• Mycobacteriology
• Medical Diagnostics
• Infectious Disease Pathology
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
• Pathology