Steven Jeffrey Drews PhD, FCCM, D(ABMM)

Steven J. Drews, Ph.D., F.C.C.M., D(ABMM), Associate Director, Canadian Blood Services. Steve completed his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia, in Experimental Medicine (Infectious Diseases). He did his clinical microbiology training at the University of Toronto. At Canadian Blood Services, Steve provides guidance on transmissible diseases testing, microbiology, and infectious diseases issues. Prior to this he was a microbiologist at the Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (ProvLab) Alberta, and the head of the province-wide influenza and acute respiratory viral diagnostics program as well as other programs. He has also held a prior position as Head of Molecular Diagnostics for the Public Health Ontario Laboratories. Steve has significant experience representing diagnostic microbiology and public health laboratories at provincial, national and international committees. He has held faculty positions at both the University of Toronto and the University of Calgary. Steve is currently a full Professor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada.