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Timothy Lee Wiemken, Ph.D.

Associate professor
Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology

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Education

• A.S., biology, Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, Illinois (Aug. 1998 – May 2001)
• B.A., microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (Aug. 2001 – May 2003). Capstone: Long-circulating bacteriophage as antimicrobial agents
• M.P.H., epidemiology, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ÖÆƬ³§, St. Louis, Missouri (Aug. 2004 – May 2006). Internship: Saint Louis County Department Health, Division of Communicable Diseases
• Ph.D., public health sciences, Behavioral Sciences University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky (Aug. 2007 – May 2011) Dissertation: Knowledge-sharing networks of hospital-based infection preventionists in Kentucky.

Research Interests

Dr. Wiemken has a variety of ongoing clinical and data science research projects. His work generally focuses on pneumonia, influenza, emerging respiratory pathogens, vaccine science, data science in healthcare and healthcare-associated infections. He is the Director of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology at SSM ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ÖÆƬ³§ Hospital and has many ongoing quality improvement projects within the hospital as well. He is always looking for interested collaborators and students.

Publications and Media Placements

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Professional Organizations and Associations

• 2007 – Present: Certified in Infection Control and Epidemiology
  Certification Board on Infection Control and Epidemiology Inc. (CBIC), Initial Certification in 2008, Recertified in 2013, Recertified 2017
• 2012 – Present: Colonel – Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
• 2016 – Present: Six Sigma Lean Green Belt in Healthcare (LGBH)
• 2016 – Present: Six Sigma Lean Black Belt in Healthcare (LBBH)
• 2016 – Present: Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control (FAPIC)
• 2018 – Present: Fellow of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of American (FSHEA)