Astrid Mayr
Studies of biology/microbiology at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck/Austria – Master of Science and Doctoral Thesis in Microbiology – Deputy Head of the Hospital Hygiene and Technical at the Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology
Current Position
Deputy Head of the Hospital Hygiene and Technical Hygiene at the Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology
Research Interests
Epidemiology, analysis, prevention and detection of nosocomial infections and resistance development – The role of the hospital environment concerning transmission of nosocomial infections – Evaluation of the efficacy of antimicrobial textiles and porous materials against nosocomial pathogens – the role of exogenous sources in the hospital
Education
| 2002 | Graduation Dr.rer.nat.: Thesis: Evidence of antifungal activity of 5-hydroxytryptamine of the human defence system: molecular mode of action and antimycotic activity, Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Innsbruck Medical University |
| 1999 | Graduation Master of Science |
| 1992-1999 | Studies of biology/microbiology at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck |
Career History
| since 2015 | Collaboration in the Christian Doppler Laboratory for invasive fungal infections: avoid, find, treat |
| since 2010 | Deputy Head of the Hospital Hygiene, Technical- and Environmental Hygiene at the Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology |
| since 2000 | Collaborator/Postdoc position at the Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Hospital Hygiene, Technical- and Environmental Hygiene |
Other activities
| 2012 | Treasurer of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology |
Reviewer for:
European Journal of Dermatology
Mycoses
Medical Mycology
Berliner und Münchner Tierärztliche Wochenzeitschrift
British Medical Journal
BMC Infectious Diseases
Transplant Infectious Disease
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal of Hospital Infection
Emerging Infectious Diseases
