PI: Hemmert, Andrew* Title: Rapid, automated, detection of viral and bacterial pathogens causing 

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IPF: 3190601 Organization: BIOFIRE DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 

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Senior/Key Personnel: Organization: Role Category: 

Mark Poritz Ph.D. Idaho Technology Inc. PD/PI 

Anne Blaschke M.D. University of Utah Co-Investigator 

Judy Daly Ph.D Primary Children's Medical Center Co-Investigator 

Kimberly Hanson M.D. University of Utah Co-Investigator 

Beth Lingenfelter Idaho Technology, Inc. Co-Investigator 

Stephanie Thatcher Idaho Technology Inc. Co-Investigator 

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Other Information 
Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Poritz, Mark, Aaron 

Meningitis and encephalitis are inflammatory, often infectious, processes of the central nervous system 

that can result in significant morbidity and mortality. Prompt, appropriate therapy is crucial, but determining the 

infectious etiology can be difficult and time-consuming. A wide-range of pathogens can be involved including 

both bacteria and viruses. Culture is the standard for diagnosis of bacterial Meningoencephalitis (ME), PCR of 

viral nucleic acid is the standard for “aseptic” causes. However the current methods are either 1) too slow to be 

clinically relevant; 2) technically complex; 3) limited in the number of targets or 4) not cleared by the FDA. 

Idaho Technology (ITI) has developed a “lab in a pouch” PCR-based diagnostic system termed 

“FilmArray” that is rapid, easy to use, and can test for large panels of infectious agents simultaneously. A 

FilmArray pouch that can detect 15 respiratory pathogens was cleared by the FDA as a CLIA “moderate

complexity” test. We propose to apply the FilmArray technology to the problem of ME diagnosis. 

SA1: Develop a FilmArray Meningoencephalitis (FAME) panel: We will construct a FilmArray pouch 

that combines PCR assays from existing panels with five new assays to detect the following ME-causing 

organisms directly from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): Enterobacteriaceae, E. coli, Enterococcus species, H.

influenza, L. monocytogenes, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, N. meningitidis, P. aeruginosa, Staphylococci 

species, S. aureus, Streptococcus species, S. agalactiae, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, viridians streptococci, 

Adenovirus, Enterovirus, Parechovirus, HSV1, HSV2, VZV, EBV, CMV, HHV-6. 

SA2: Optimize nucleic acid extraction for virus and bacteria from CSF: CSF is one of the less 

complex sample matrices that have been processed on the FilmArray (when compared to nasal swabs, blood 

culture and stool). However, detecting bacteria, and virus, directly from CSF, may require the highest possible 

sensitivity. We will optimize the nucleic acid purification steps internal to the pouch as well as investigate 

simple steps to concentrate bacteria and viruses before the pouch

SA3: Test the FAME panel on 300 CSF samples: Our collaborators will test CSF samples from 

pediatric and adult patients with suspected ME. We will compare these results to their standard assays 

performed on the samples, supplemented with the results of the comparator assays described in SA1. 

A successful outcome of this proposal will be a FilmArray pouch capable of detecting and identifying 

the common ME pathogens. It will be ready for the analytical and clinical trials necessary for a 510(k) 

submission to the FDA. This would be the subject of a future phase II submission. 

Project Description 
Meningitis and encephalitis are life threatening inflammations of the brain and spinal cord which are 

often caused by infectious agents. Rapid, comprehensive, diagnosis of the virus or bacteria responsible 

for these conditions is critical for determining the most effective treatment. We will apply Idaho 

Technology’s automated, multiplex nucleic acid test platform (the FilmArray) to the problem of 

meningoencephalitis diagnosis. 

Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Poritz, Mark, Aaron 

Public Health Relevance Statement 
Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Poritz, Mark, Aaron 

Facilities at Idaho Technology, Inc. 

Idaho Technology Inc. (ITI) is a 21 year old privately held company. It was founded in Idaho Falls, 

Idaho but relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah 16 years ago. ITI owns three buildings and rents parts of two 

others in Research Park which is located one mile from the University of Utah, School of Medicine. These 

consist of a 23,000 ft2 R&D and manufacturing facility, a 60,000 ft2 manufacturing and administration facility, a 

3,000 ft2 software development suite, a 6,200 ft2 FilmArray Functional Laboratory, and a recently acquired 

16,800 ft2 building. These facilities house approximately 300 employees. 

ITI has engineering, computer, and software resources more than adequate for our research and 

development needs. Of more relevance to the present proposal is our FilmArray manufacturing capacity and 

our biosafety facilities. These are described below. 

FilmArray Production Facilities 

Our manufacturing facilities are registered with the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health as 

a Contract Manufacturer (Registration Number 3004905890) and are designed to comply with U.S. FDA 

Quality System Regulation (FDA 21 CFR Part 820 Medical Devices; Current Good Manufacturing Practice 

(cGMP) Final Rule; Quality System Regulation). 

ITI’s production facilities for FilmArray instruments are housed on the first floor of the 400 Wakara Way 

facility. The current production rate is approximately 20 instruments per month and is moving toward a 

production rate of >40 instruments per month. ITI’s FilmArray pouch production facility is capable of 14,000

pouches/month at normal capacity and is moving toward a rate of 55,000 pouches/month in the next year. 

Biosafety/containment rooms 

ITI has 4 Bio-Safety Laboratories (level 2 containment). All are under negative pressure and secured by 

general building security with an additional “cam lock” requiring a code for entry. There are nine Class 2 biosafety hoods. Existing protocols (a set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Work Instruction 

Documents (WIDs)) for operating with cultures and samples containing Bio-Safety level 2 organisms are in 

place and updated as needed. Technicians who work in the Bio-Safety laboratories are required to participate 

in written, verbal, and hands on training and are closely supervised during their initial work in these spaces. 

FilmArray Functional Laboratory 

FilmArray pouches are run in a separate facility with its own key access, gowning area, BSL hood, and

PCR dead air boxes. Approximately 35 FilmArray instruments are available for quality control and R&D testing 

of the pouch. The physical separation of the production and testing facilities serves to minimize contamination 

risk. The area is swabbed twice a week for contamination surveillance and is cleaned as needed. Data from 

these runs is automatically uploaded to the company-wide FilmArray database and is immediately available for 

viewing by scientists located in the other buildings. 

Facilities at ARUP 

As a nonprofit enterprise of the University of Utah (U of U) and its Department of Pathology, ARUP 

Laboratories functions both as the clinical laboratory for the University’s Healthcare System as well as a 

national reference laboratory. ARUP is the largest esoteric clinical diagnostics laboratory in the United States, 

offering more than 2,000 tests and test combinations that span routine screening tests to highly complex 

genetics assays. ARUP handles over 8 million samples per year in these areas. As a result, ARUP is an 

invaluable resource for well characterized clinical specimens. In addition, ARUP has established a dedicated 

Research Institute devoted solely to clinical and experimental pathology. Within the Institute, the Clinical 

Microbiology section has documented success in collaborative research leading to the development/validation 

of novel molecular diagnostic tests for infectious diseases. 

Facilities at University of Utah Women and Child Institute Molecular Microbiology Laboratory 

Dr. Blaschke is the Director of the Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, part of the University of Utah’s

Women and Child Institute. The Laboratory is located in the University’s Research Park. The 1400 square foot 

laboratory has a BSL-2 level accreditation with capability for processing of clinical specimens and common 

infectious pathogens. There is a dedicated room for specimen processing and microbiology. PCR and 

FilmArray analyses will be performed in a room separate from the main laboratory with restricted access to 

prevent amplicon contamination. The laboratory employs a full-time dedicated laboratory technician with 

expertise in nucleic acid extraction from clinical samples, microbiology and PCR assay design and analysis. 

Facilities 
Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Poritz, Mark, Aaron 

Equipment at Idaho Technology, Inc. 

The equipment listed here is specific to production and testing of the FilmArray pouches. 

FilmArray Production Facilities 

Production of the FilmArray pouches is accomplished with a mixture of commercial equipment and custom 

designed tools and press. The commercial equipment includes: 4 Virtis Freeze Driers, 4 GeSiM Nanoplotters, 

2 Biomek robots, Expidite 8909 DNA Synthesizers (3 units), Bioautomation HTP DNA synthesizer (1 unit), 

Hitachi 7000 series HPLC (5 units), ATR vacuum driers (5 units), Tecan Genios UV-VIS spectrophotometer 

and 1 Amersham Ultra Spec 2000 UV-Vis. 

Biosafety/containment rooms 

The 4 BSL2 labs have nine Class 2 bio-safety hoods, 1 Nano Drop Spectrophometer, and two -80C Freezers. 

FilmArray Functional Laboratory 

In addition to ~35 FilmArray instruments, the PCR laboratory has: 2 ITI LightScanner instruments, 2 ITI HR-1 

instruments, 4 ITI Rapid Cyclers, 12 ITI JBAIDS real time PCR instruments, 2 Roche Light Cyclers, 6 BioRad 

block thermal cyclers and a microplate centrifuge. 

Equipment at ARUP 

For the purposes of this project, ARUP in consultation with Dr. Hanson, will provide: 1) standard 

laboratory resources such as bench space for the FilmArray instrumentation, incubators, refrigerators, 

freezers, centrifuges, and all other tools required for standard molecular biology research including in-house 

DNA sequencing capabilities; 2) space to maintain the CSF bio-repository using discarded and de-indentified 

ARUP specimens; 3) access to confirmatory testing/discrepancy analysis using a variety of well validated 

monoplex PCR assays that are used routinely for clinical care (i.e., Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Adenoviruses, 

Herpes simplex virus, Varicella Zoster, Epstein Barr Virus, Cytomegalovirus, Enteroviruses and Parechovirus). 

Equipment at Molecular Microbiology Laboratory 

Dr. Blascke’s laboratory has a Class 2 bio-safety hood, refrigerators, -20C and -80 C freezers as well 

as a LC 32 real time PCR instrument and one FilmArray. The molecular biology equipment and supplies to 

perform nucleic acid sample preparation, PCR and basic microbiology is available. 

Equipment 
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Mr. Mark Aaron

Poritz Ph.D.

Director of Biochemistry Research and Development

Idaho Technology Inc.

390 Wakara Way

Salt Lake City

UT: Utah

USA: UNITED STATES 84108-1214

PD/PI

PhD

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M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

University of Utah School of Medicine

Pediatrics

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Anne

Blaschke

295 Chipeta Way

Salt Lake City

UT: Utah

84158-1289

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Director, Microbiology Laboratory

Primary Children's Medical Center

Salt Lake

USA: UNITED STATES

Judy

Daly

100 Mario Capecchi Dr.

Salt Lake City

UT: Utah

84113-1103

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Degree Type: PhD

Degree Year: 1980

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Assistant Professor Medicine and Pathology

University of Utah

Salt Lake

500 Chipeta Way

Infectious Diseases

Internal Medicine

USA: UNITED STATES

Kimberly

Hanson

ARUP Laboratories

Salt Lake City

UT: Utah

84108-1221

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Degree Type: M.D./ M.H.S.

Degree Year: 1998/2006

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Director of Regulated Products

Idaho Technology, Inc.

Salt Lake

USA: UNITED STATES

Beth

Lingenfelter

390 Wakara Way

Salt Lake City

UT: Utah

84108-1214

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Degree Type: MS

Degree Year: 1980

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Director of Systems Integration

Idaho Technology Inc.

Salt Lake

Research and Development

USA: UNITED STATES

Stephanie

Thatcher

390 Wakara Way

Salt Lake City

UT: Utah

84108-1214

* Project Role: Co-Investigator Other Project Role Category:

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Degree Type: MS

Degree Year: 1990

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Provide the following information for the Senior/key personnel and other significant contributors in the order listed on Form Page 2.

Follow this format for each person. DO NOT EXCEED FOUR PAGES.

NAME

Mark Aaron Poritz

POSITION TITLE

eRA COMMONS USER NAME Director of Biochemistry

EDUCATION/TRAINING 

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE

(if applicable) MM/YY FIELD OF STUDY

Harvard College A.B. 1983 Molecular Biology

UC San Francisco Ph.D. 1991 Genetics

University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Visiting Scientist 5/1992 Cell Biology

Unversity of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Damon Runyon 

Postdoctoral Fellow 9/1994 Bacterial Genetics

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA HHMI Postdoctoral Fellow 11/1996 Genomics

A. Personal Statement 

I am molecular biologist at Idaho Technology, Inc. (ITI) with extensive experience in the application of PCR to 

gene cloning, library screening and, for the last 9 years at ITI, pathogen identification. In particular, as the PI 

for the NIAID funded grant: U01 AI061611 “Differentiation of Common Respiratory Viruses and SARS” I led the 

team that developed the PCR chemistry of the FilmArray Respiratory pathogen panel. I continued that effort 

under a second NAIAD grant 1U01AI074419 “HT Film-Array: a system to assess respiratory viruses with 

emphasis on influenza” that is finishing this year. Early during the development of the FilmArray system, I 

started a collaboration with Dr. Blaschke of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School Of 

Medicine to develop a FilmArray panel to identify bacterial sepsis. The data we generated went into the 

application that resulted in the NIAID grant 1R43HL094743-01 “FilmArray Biothreat Pathogens: An Automated 

Multiplex PCR Diagnostic System” to my colleague Dr. Ota. This grant is funding the development of a blood

culture bacterial identification panel that should enter clinical trials in the next few months. This data also 

helped Dr Blaschke secure a NIAID K award (1K23-AI079401 “Rapid Molecular Testing for Neonatal

Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens”). Thus I have been closely involved in the development of both the respiratory 

and sepsis pathogen assays that will make up the core of the Meningoencephalitis project proposed here. For 

this reason I believe that I have the skills and background to carry out this project.

B. Positions and Honors 

Positions and Employment

12/1996- 10/2002 Group Leader, Deltagen Proteomics Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 

11/2002- 12/2009 Senior Scientist, Idaho Technology, Salt Lake City, UT 

 1/2010- Present Director of Biochemistry, Idaho Technology, Salt Lake City, UT 

Reviewer for NIH Study Sections:

5/2004 RFA-AI-03-016: Challenge Grants: Biodefense and SARS product development 

3/2005 RFA AI-04-043: Sepsis and CAP: Partnerships for Diagnostics Development 

1/2006 RFA-AI-05-019: Cooperative Research Partnerships for Biodefense 

4/2007 RFA AI06-029: Cooperative Research: Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Category B Pathogens 

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1/2010 RFA-OD-09-003: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research 

2/2010 RFA-AI-09-026: Diagnostics Partnerships 

6/2010 NIAID SBIR: Non-HIV Infectious Agent Detection/Diagnostics, Food Safety, Sterilization/Disinfect 

9/2010 RFA-AI-10-003: Partnerships for Biodefense 

11/2010 NIAID SBIR: Non-HIV Infectious Agent Detection/Diagnostics, Food Safety, Sterilization/Disinfect 

2/2011 RFA-AI-10-017: Partnerships for Next Generation Biodefense Diagnostics (R01) 

3/2011 NIAID SBIR: Non-HIV Infectious Agent Detection/Diagnostics, Food Safety, Sterilization/Disinfect 

9/2011 RFA-AI-11-014 Partnerships for Biodefense (R01) 

11/2011 RFA-AI11-024 Improved Diagnostic Capabilities for Select Biodefense and Emerging Pathogens 

C. Selected Peer-reviewed Publications 

Poritz, M. A., A. J. Blaschke, C. L. Byington, L. Meyers, K. Nilsson, D. E. Jones, S. A. Thatcher, T. Robbins, B. 

Lingenfelter, E. Amiott, A. Herbener, J. Daly, S. F. Dobrowolski, D. H. Teng, and K. M. Ririe. "Filmarray, an 

Automated Nested Multiplex Pcr System for Multi-Pathogen Detection: Development and Application to 

Respiratory Tract Infection." PLoS One 6 (10): e26047, 2011. PMCID: PMC3198457 

Blaschke AJ, Allison MA, Meyers L, Rogatcheva M, Heyrend C, Mallin B, Carter M, Lafleur B, Barney T, Poritz 

MA, Daly JA, Byington CL. Non-invasive sample collection for respiratory virus testing by multiplex PCR. J Clin 

Virol. 2011 Nov; 52 (3) :210-4. PubMed PMID:21855405; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3196801. 

Blaschke AJ, Heyrend C, Byington CL, Obando I, Vazquez-Barba I, Doby EH, Korgenski EK, Sheng X, Poritz 

MA, Daly JA, Mason EO, Pavia AT, Ampofo K. Molecular Analysis Improves Pathogen Identification and 

Epidemiologic Study of Pediatric Parapneumonic Empyema. (2010) Pediatr Infect Dis J. PMID: 21057372. 

Ampofo K, Herbener A, Blaschke AJ, Heyrend C, Poritz M, Korgenski K, Rolfs R, Jain S, Carvalho Mda G, 

Pimenta FC, Daly J, Mason EO, Byington CL, Pavia AT. Association of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 

infection and increased hospitalization with parapneumonic empyema in children in Utah. (2010) Pediatr Infect 

Dis J. 29. PMID: 20407400. 

Zhou L, Errigo RJ, Lu H, Poritz MA, Seipp MT, Wittwer CT. Snapback Primer Genotyping with Saturating 

DNA Dye and Melting Analysis, (2008) Clin Chem 54, 1648-56. PMID: 18676584 

Yura T, Guisbert E, Poritz M, Lu CZ, Campbell E, Gross CA. Analysis of sigma32 mutants defective in 

chaperone-mediated feedback control reveals unexpected complexity of the heat shock response (2007) Proc 

Natl Acad Sci USA. 104, 17638-43.

Poritz MA, Malmstrom S, Schmitt A, Kim MK, Zharkikh L, Kamb A, Teng DH. (2003) Isolation of a peptide 

inhibitor of human rhinovirus. Virology. 313, 170-83. 

Sandrock T, Poritz M, Kim M, Feldhaus MJ, Roth B, Caponigro G, Kamb A. (2002) Expression levels of 

transdominant peptides and proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast. 19, 1-7. 

Sandrock TM, Risley B, Richards BT, Poritz MA, Austin HA, Yoo S, Kim MK, Roth B, Repetny K, Hsu F, 

Stump M, Teng DH, Kamb A. (2001) Exogenous peptide and protein expression levels using retroviral vectors 

in human cells. Mol Ther. 4, 398-406.

Poritz MA, Malmstrom S, Kim MK, Rossmeissl PJ and Kamb A. (2001) Graded mode of transcriptional 

induction in yeast pheromone signalling revealed by single-cell analysis. Yeast.14, 1331-8.

Poritz, M. A., Bernstein, H. D., Strub, K., Zopf, D., Wilhelm, H. and Walter, P. (1990). An E. coli 

ribonucleoprotein containing 4.5S RNA resembles mammalian signal recognition particle. Science, 250, 1111-

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Bernstein, H. D., Poritz, M. A., Strub, K., Hoben, P. J., Brenner, S. and Walter, P. (1989). Model for signal 

sequence recognition from amino-acid sequence of 54k subunit of signal recognition particle. Nature, 340, 482-

486.

Poritz, M., Strub, K. and Walter, P. (1988). Human SRP RNA and E. coli 4.5S RNA contain a highly 

homologous structural domain. Cell, 55, 4-6.

D. Research Support 

Ongoing Research Support

NIH, NIAID 1U01AI74419-01 Original PI: Dobrowolski 6/01/2007 – 5/2012 

HT-Film-Array: a system to assess respiratory viruses with emphasis on influenza

Develop: 1) a multi-sample FilmArray instrument 2) a panel of assays that detect and subtype avian 

influenza 3) a software package that allows the instrument to report results across the internet to a central 

database or to other users 4) an automated manufacturing procedure for the FilmArray pouches to lower costs 

and raise production levels 

Role: PI 

NIH, NIAID, 1 R01 AI089489-01 (PI Rogatcheva), 7/2010 – 6/2013 

An Automated Multi-target Diagnostic System for Gastrointestinal Pathogens

The challenge in diagnosing infectious diarrhea is the large number and diversity of the pathogens that are 

known to cause diarrhea, including viruses, bacteria and protozoa. We propose to develop the FilmArray 

Gastrointestinal Pathogen System, a rapid (<1 hour), automated, sensitive, objective and inexpensive test able 

to detect 22 diarrhea causing pathogens in a single step. This novel tool will overcome diagnostic difficulties, 

improve the treatment and reduce the cost of diarrheal illness for individual patients, and improve public health 

by rapid detection of outbreaks. 

Role: Advisor 

Completed Research Support

Air Force Surgeon General BAA log 09-25 (PI Poritz) 7/2010 – 7/2011 

Military Utility Assessment of FilmArray System (EOS) 

Supply 7 FilmArray instruments and 1000 Respiratory Panel pouches to the Air Force to perform an 

assessment off the system’s utility in military hospital settings.

NIH, NIAID 1R43HL094743-01 (PI Ota) 7/2009 – 6/2011 

FilmArray Biothreat Pathogens: An Automated Multiplex PCR Diagnostic System 

1) Produce FilmArray biothreat assays that identify biowarfare agents and common pathogens. 2) Increase the

number of organisms detected by building a 224-well 2nd stage PCR array. 3) Develop methods for FilmArray 

automated isolation of bacterial and viral DNA and RNA from nasal swabs and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). 4) 

Develop software to facilitate the automated identification of pathogen(s) within a specimen. 5) Validate the 

FilmArray biothreat system with human samples, including nasal swabs, blood, and CSF at ITI and external 

laboratories. 

Role: Advisor 

NIH, NIAID R43 AI082843-01 Phase I SBIR (PI Poritz) 4/2009 – 6/2010 

Characterization of Respiratory Pathogens in Transplant Patients 

 Test 300 respiratory samples from adult hematopoietic stem cell (HSCT) and solid organ (SOT) transplants 

patients followed at Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute using the FilmArray 

Respiratory Pathogen Panel. Compare the diagnostic performance of the FilmArray RP system to currently 

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used CLIA approved clinical diagnostic assays for respiratory pathogens in transplant patients, both HSCT and 

SOT, sampled by nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) and by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). 

Role: PI 

NIH, NIAID U01 AI061611-01 PI: Poritz 4/2005 – 5/2009 

Differentiation of Common Respiratory Viruses and SARS 

Design, build and test a portable real-time PCR machine with reagents for detecting a panel of common 

respiratory viruses including the SARS coronavirus. The testing component will involve a close collaboration 

with Primary Children’s Medical Center at the University of Utah Medical School.

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NAME

Blaschke, Anne J.

POSITION TITLE

Assistant Professor

eRA COMMONS USER NAME: 

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY

Brown University, Providence, RI A.B. 1987-1991 Biology, with Honors

University of California, San Diego School of 

Medicine, La Jolla, CA

M.D. 1991-1993

1997-2000

Medicine

University of California, San Diego School of 

Medicine, La Jolla, CA

Ph.D. 1993-1997 Biology, Neuroscience

University of Utah/Primary Children’s Medical 

Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Residency 2000-2003 General Pediatrics

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Fellowship 2003-2004 Pediatric Infectious 

Diseases

University of Utah/Primary Children’s Medical

Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Fellowship 2004-2006 Pediatric Infectious 

Diseases

A. Personal Statement 

The goal of the proposed research is to pilot the development of Idaho Technology, Inc. (ITI)’s FilmArray 

system for use in the detection of organisms causing meningoencephalitis from spinal fluid samples. 

Specifically, we plan develop a new FilmArray pouch that contains assays that have already been 

developed (from the existing the FilmArray Respiratory Pathogens Panel and the FilmArray Blood Culture 

ID panel) and a few new assays, (primarily for members of the Herpesviridae family). We will test this 

pouch on clinical samples from patients suspected to have meningoencephalitis. I have the experience, 

expertise and motivation to carry out the proposed work as a collaborator with Dr. Poritz. I have worked with 

Dr. Poritz and ITI for the past 6 years on the development of the FilmArray system. My work has focused 

mainly on the Blood Culture ID panel, which identifies sepsis-causing pathogens, including those most 

commonly found in patients with meningoencephalitis. I have collaborated with ITI on several NIH-funded 

studies, and I am the PI of my own K23 grant to study the utility of the Blood Culture ID panel for the 

detection and identification of sepsis-causing pathogens directly from whole blood in neonates. In addition, I 

have used assays from the Blood Culture panel to study the use of PCR in the identification of pathogens 

from culture-negative specimens from children. This application builds on my successful collaboration with 

ITI and our demonstration of the utility of multi-pathogen molecular testing to improve the diagnosis of 

infectious disease in children.

B. Positions and Honors 

Employment

1993-1997 Pre-doctoral Fellow, Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, Advisor: 

Jerold Chun, MD, PhD, full-time 

2000-2003 Residency in Categorical Pediatrics, University of Utah/Primary Children’s Medical Center,

Residency Program Director: Ron Bloom, MD, full-time 

2003-2004 Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston University, Program Director: Steven Pelton, MD, 

full time 

2003-2004 Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 

2003-2004 Staff Physician, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Boston, MA 

2004-2006 Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah/Primary Children’s Medical Center, 

Program Director: Andrew Pavia, MD, full-time 

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2006-2008 Instructor and Attending Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 

University of Utah/Primary Children’s Medical Center, Division Chief: Andrew Pavia, MD, 

Department Chair: Edward Clark, MD, non-tenured, full-time 

2008-present Assistant Professor and Attending Physician in Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious 

Diseases, University of Utah/Primary Children’s Medical Center, Division Chief: Andrew Pavia, 

MD, Department Chair: Edward Clark, MD, tenure-track, full-time 

Honors

1987 National Merit Finalist Scholarship 

1990-1991 Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award, Brown University 

1991-2000 Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship, National Institutes of Health 

1994-1995 Medical Student Research Fellowship, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association 

1994 Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCSD Biology Department 

1999-2000 Pediatric Pharmacology Fellowship, UCSD Pediatric Pharmacology Research Unit 

2005-2007 Primary Children’s Medical Center Foundation Scholar

2006-2008 Primary Children’s Medical Center Foundation Grant Awardee

2006-2008 Trainee, Child Health Research Career Development Award, (K12) National Institutes of Health 

2006 IDSA Fellow's Travel Grant Awardee, 44th Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America 

2007-2009 Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Scholar

2009 IDSA Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza: A Turning Point Travel Grant Awardee 

Professional Societies

2000-present American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 

2003-present Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 

2003-present Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS) 

2006-present American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 

2009-present Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) 

C. Peer-Reviewed Publications (Selected from 21) 

Most relevant to the current application (in chronologic order)

1. Petti CA, Simmon KE, Bender J, Blaschke A, Webster KA, Conneely MF, Schreckenberger PC,

Origitano TC, Challapalli M. (2008). Culture-negative intracerebral abscesses in children and

adolescents from Streptococcus anginosus group infection: a case series. Clinical Infectious Diseases,

46(10): 1578-1580. PMID: 18419492.

2. Blaschke AJ, Korgenski EK, Daly JA, LaFleur B, Pavia AT, Byington CL. (2009). Extended- -

lactamase-producing pathogens in a children’s hospital: a five-year experience. American Journal of

Infection Control, 37(6): 435-41. PMCID: PMC2743748

3. Byington CL, Hulten KG, Ampofo K, Sheng X, Pavia AT, Blaschke AJ, Pettigrew M, Korgenski K, Daly

J, Mason EO. (2010). Molecular Epidemiology of Pediatric Pneumococcal Empyema 2001-2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48(2): 520-5. PMCID: PMC2815589

4. Blaschke AJ, Pulver LS, Korgenski EK, Savitz LA, Daly JA, Byington CL. (2010). Clindamycin-resistant

group B Streptococcus and failure of intrapartum prophylaxis to prevent early-onset disease. J Pediatr,

156(3), 501-3. PMCID: PMC3153078

5. Ampofo K, Herbener A, Blaschke AJ, Heyrend C, Poritz M, Korgenski K, Rolfs R, Jain S, Carvalho M,

Pimenta FC, Daly J, Mason EO, Byington CL, Pavia AT. (2010). Association of 2009 pandemic influenza

A (H1N1) infection and increased hospitalization with parapneumonic empyema in children in Utah. The

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 29(10): 905-9. PMCID: PMC3153298

6. Blaschke AJ, Heyrend C, Byington CL, Obando I, Vazquez-Barba I, Doby EH, Korgenski EK, Sheng X,

Poritz MA, Daly JA, Mason EO, Pavia AT, Ampofo K. (2010). Molecular analysis improves pathogen

identification and epidemiologic study of pediatric parapneumonic empyema. The Pediatric Infectious

Disease Journal, 30(4): 289-94. PMID: 21057372.

7. Blaschke, AJ. Interpreting Assays for the Detection of Streptococcus pneumonia. Clinical Infectious

Diseases, 2011. 52(Suppl 4): S331-7. PMID 21460292

8. Blaschke AJ, Allison MA, Meyers L, Rogatcheva M, Heyrend C, Malin B, Carter M, Lafleur B, Barney T,

Poritz MA, Daly JA, Byington CL. (2011). Non-invasive sample collection for respiratory virus testing by

multiplex PCR. J Clin Virol, 52(3): 210-4. PMID: 21855405

 

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9. Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Stockmann CR, Blaschke AJ, Weng HY, Korgenski KE, Daly J, Byington CL.

(2011). Evolution of the epidemiology of pneumococcal disease among Utah children through the

vaccine era. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, epub Octobe 14, 2011. PMID: 22005513

10. Poritz MA, Blaschke AJ, Byington CL, Meyers L, Nilsson K, Jones DE, Thatcher SA, Robbins T,

Ligenfelter B, Amiott E, Herbener A, Daly J, Dobrowolski SF, Teng DH, Ririe KM. (2011). FilmArray, an

automated nested multiplex PCR system for multi-pathogen detection: development and application to

respiratory tract infection. PLoS One, 6(10): e26047. PMCID: PMC3198457

D. Research Support 

Ongoing Research Support

5K23AI079401 (PI: Blaschke) 3/1/2009 – 2/28/2013 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease 

Rapid Molecular Testing for Neonatal Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens 

The goal of this study is to develop rapid molecular testing using FilmArray to detect and identify pathogens 

causing sepsis in infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. 

Role: PI 

U18IP000491 (PI: Ampofo) 8/24/2011 – 8/23/2013 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

Epidemiology and Etiology of Hospitalized Pneumonia in Children 

The goal of this study is to investigate the pathogen-based epidemiology of hospitalized pneumonia in children 

using modern molecular tools for diagnosis 

Role: Co-Investigator 

Completed Research Support

5U01AI082184 (PI: Ota; Idaho Technology, Inc.) 8/1/2009 – 7/31/2011 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease 

FilmArray Biothreat Pathogens: An Automated Multiplex PCR Diagnostic System 

The goal of this study is to develop a FilmArray system for the identification of the most common pathogens 

causing bacterial and fungal sepsis in patients undergoing blood culture. 

Role: Subcontract, Co-Investigator 

STARS-Kids Foundation grant (PI: Simon/Blaschke) 3/01/2009-12/31/2011

Seeking Techniques Advancing Research in Shunts (STARS) 

Molecular quantification of CSF bacterial pathogens for patients undergoing CSF shunt infection treatment 

The goal of this study is to use molecular quantification of bacteria in the CSF of patients with shunt infection to 

help inform antibiotic therapy. 

Role: Co-PI

5U18IP000303 (PI: Ampofo) 7/1/2009 – 6/30/2011 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

Epidemiology and Etiology of Hospitalized Pneumonia in Children 

The goal of this study is to investigate the pathogen-based epidemiology of hospitalized pneumonia in children 

using modern molecular tools for diagnosis 

Role: Co-Investigator 

5U01AI074419 (PI: Poritz; Idaho Technology, Inc.) 8/1/2007-7/31/2010 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease 

HT Film-Array: a system to assess respiratory viruses with emphasis on influenza. 

The goal of this project was to develop a FilmArray system for the diagnosis and subtyping of influenza, 

including avian and pandemic strains. 

Role: Subcontract, Co-Investigator 

5U01-A1061611 (PI: Poritz; Idaho Technology, Inc.) 4/1/2005 – 3/31/2009 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 

PCR Identification of Respiratory Viruses including SARS 

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The goal of this project was to develop a FilmArray system for the diagnosis of common respiratory viruses. 

Role: Subcontract, Co-Investigator 

5K12HD001410 (PI: Clark) 7/1/2006 – 2/28/2009 

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 

Child Health Research Career Development Award 

The goal of this project was to develop molecular testing to detect and identify common pathogens causing 

sepsis in infants. 

Role: Trainee 

 

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Judy A. Daly, Ph.D. 

POSITION TITLE

Professor of Pathology

Director – Microbiology Laboratories

Primary Children’s Medical Center

University of Utah

eRA COMMONS USER NAME

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE

(if applicable) YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY

Stetson University, Deland, FL BS Magna 

Cum Laude 1970-1974 Biology

University of No. Carolina SOM, Chapel Hill, NC –

Dept. of Bacteriology & Immunology

MS 1974-1978 Transplantation Immunology

University of No. Carolina SOM, Chapel Hill, NC –

Dept. of Bacteriology & Immunology

PhD 1978-1980 Bacteriology and 

Immunology

University of No. Carolina SOM, Chapel Hill, NC –

Dept. of Bacteriology & Immunology

Postdoctoral

Research 

Fellow

1981 Bacteriology and 

Immunology

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Clinical 

Microbiology 

Postdoctoral 

Fellow

1981-1983

AAM/CPEP Approved 

Fellowship in Medical Public 

Health Laboratory 

Microbiology

Personal Statement

I am a Professor of Pathology at the University of Utah and Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Primary Children’s 

Medical Center (PCMC). I have been collaborating with ITI since 2005 as part of their existing “SARS and respiratory virus 

detection’ grant as well as their more recently funded avian influenza and GI pathogen grants. As part of these grants my laboratory 

has been supplying samples for the development and validation of their virus and bacterial assays; in addition two film array 

instruments were recently placed in my laboratory for clinical testing and two instruments were placed for developmental testing. I 

have an ongoing collaboration with Dr. Anne Blaschke, a co-investigator on this proposal, on her K-12 funded study of febrile 

neonates, which is also a collaboration with ITI. I have a specific interest in the development of molecular testing for the clinical 

microbiology laboratory, and have been impressed with ITI throughout the tenure of our projects together. As the Director of the 

Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at PCMC, I will provide the resources of our laboratory to facilitate the collection and transfer of 

Cerebrospinal fluid clinical specimens to Dr. Blascke for testing with the FilmArray FAME pouch. Primary Children’s Medical 

Center is the sole children’s hospital in the Intermountain West, drawing patients from a five state region. We are in an exceptional 

position to support the proposed studies. This proposal strengthens our collaborations with ITI into the area of meningoencephalitis 

diagnosis and direct-from-specimen testing of CSF. I look forward to contributing to the development of the proposed system. 

Professional Experience:

1. Graduate Teaching Research Assistantship, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, 1974-1975 

University of North Carolina 

2. Graduate Research Assistantship, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, 1975-1980 

University of North Carolina, School of Medicine

3. Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology (Advisor: P.F. Sparling, M.D.), 1981

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

4. AAM/CPEP – Accredited Postdoctoral Fellowship in Public Health and Medical Laboratory Microbiology, 1981-1983

University of Utah School of Medicine 

5. Assistant Professor (clinical), Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 1983-1990 

Microbiology Laboratories, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

6. Associate Professor (clinical), Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 1990-1996 

Microbiology Laboratories, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

7. Consultant, IHC Microbiology Laboratory Services, Intermountain Health Care Corporation, 1991-present 

Salt Lake City, UT

8. Consultant, Pharmacology Program, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 1983-1992 

9. Clinical Faculty, Pathology, Weber State University, School of Allied Health Sciences 1986-present 

10. Professor (clinical), Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 1996-present 

Director, Microbiology Laboratories, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

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Honors and Awards:

1. Tassel (National Women’s Leadership Honorary) 1972-1973 

2. Mortar Board (National Women’s Academic and Leadership Honorary) 1974

3. Phi Society (National Academic Honorary) 1970-1974 

4. Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities 1974

5. Beta Beta Beta (National Honorary Biology Society) 1974

6. Stetson University, BS Biology, Graduate Magna Cum Laude 1974

7. National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship 1975-1978 

8. Zeta Tau Alpha Founder’s Grant Award 1975-1979 

9. Annual Meeting Student Travel Grant, American Society for Microbiology Foundation 1979

10. Predoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, 1978-1980 

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

11. Predoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, 1981

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

12. Clinical Microbiology Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, 1981-1983 

University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, (AAM/CPEP Approved Program

in Medical Public Health Laboratory Microbiology)

13. Outstanding Employee, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 1990

14. ASM Foundation for Microbiology Lecturer 1990-1991 

15. Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology 1994

16. Elected to Council Policy Committee, American Society for Microbiology 1998-present

17. Chair’s Award American Society of Clinical Pathologists 1995

18. Elected Chair, Division C, American Society for Microbiology 1996-1997 

19. Elected Secretary, American Society for Microbiology 1998-present 

20. ATP Alumni Award, Institute of Health Care Delivery Research, Institute for Health Care Improvement 2002, 2004 

21. Spokesperson, American Society for Microbiology Clean Hands Campaign 1998-present 

Member:

1. Consultant, Microbiology Examination Committee, Board of Registry, American Society of 1987-1988 

Clinical Pathologists

2. Vice-chairman, Microbiology Examination Committee, Board of Registry, American Society of 1989-1991 

Clinical Pathologists

3. Chairman, Microbiology Examination Committee, Board of Registry, American Society of 1992-1994 

Clinical Pathologists

4. Consultant, Microbiology Devices Panel, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, 1987-1988 

Food and Drug Administration

5. Member, Microbiology Devices Panel, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, 1989-1994 

Food and Drug Administration

6. Member, Speakers’ Bureau, Burroughs Wellcome Company 1997-1991 

7. President, Intermountain Regional Branch, American Society for Microbiology 1988-1989 

8. Member, Nominating Committee, Committee for Division C Officers, American Society for Microbiology 1988

9. Alternate Councilor, Division C, American Society for Microbiology 1990-1992 

10. Member, Becton-Dickinson/Sonnenwirth Award Selection Committee, American Society for Microbiology 1990-1994

11. Member, ASM Foundation for Microbiology Lectures Program, American Society for Microbiology 1990-1991 

12. Councilor, Division C, American Society for Microbiology 1992-1994 

13. Member, Program Advisory Committee, Medical Laboratory Technician Program, 2989-1991 

Salt Lake Community College

14. Chairman, Program Advisory Committee, Medical Laboratory Technician Program, 1992-1999 

Salt Lake Community College

15. Member, College Advisory Council, Salt Lake Community College 1992-1995 

16. Member, Continuing Medical Education Committee, University of Utah School of Medicine 1992-present 

17. Chairman, College Advisory Council, Salt Lake Community College 1995-1999 

18. Member, Council Policy Committee, American Society for Microbiology 1995-1997 

19. Member, Finance Committee, American Society for Microbiology 1995-present 

20. Member, Nominating Committee for President, American Society for Microbiology 1995-1997 

21. Member, Committee on Continuing Education, Board of Education and Training, 1994-1996 

American Society for Microbiology

22. Vice-Chairman, Committee on Continuing Education, Meetings Board, American Society for Microbiology 1996-1998

23. Member, Microbiology Guidance Team, Intermountain Health Care 1996-present 

24. Member, Clinical Pathology Guidance Team 1997-present 

 

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25. Elected Chair, Division C, American Society for Microbiology 1996-1997 

26. Member, Becton Dickinson and Company Award in Clinical Microbiology Nominating Committee, 1998-2002 

American Academy of Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology

27. Member, ASM Founders Distinguished Service Award Selection Committee, 1998-present 

American Society for Microbiology

28. Member, Council Policy Committee, American Society for Microbiology 1998-present 

29. Elected Secretary, American Society for Microbiology 1998-present 

30. Member, Finance Committee, American Society for Microbiology 1998-present 

31. Member, American Academy of Microbiology NRM Proctorship 1999-present 

32. Advisory, Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute, Committee on Quality Subcommittee on 2006-present 

Quality Control for Microbiology Systems

33. Member, Communications Committee, American Society for Microbiology 2007-present 

34. Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee, University of Utah 2007-present 

35. Member, Headquarters Advisory Committee, American Society for Microbiology 2008-present 

36. Member, Subcommittee on Development and Use of Quality Indicators, Clinical and Laboratory 2007-present 

Standards Institute

37. Member, Subcommittee on User Verification of Microbial Identification and Antimicrobial 2008-present 

Susceptibility Testing Systems, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute

38. Member, Subcommittee on Quality Management Systems, Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute 2009-present 

39. Member, Working Group on Process Improvement, Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute 2009-present 

40. Member, CME Advisory Board 2009-present 

41. Member, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease 2009-2013 

Control and Prevention

42. Member, Document Development Committee on Leadership and Management Roles and 2009-present 

Responsibilities, Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute

43. Member, Utah Healthcare-Associated Infections Governance Committee 2010-present 

Federal Government Public Advisory Committee Service:

1. Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, Clinical Laboratory Improvement 2009-2013 

Advisory Committee

Recent Publications: (selected from over 199 publications in reverse order) 

1. Rubach, M.P., J.M. Bender, S. Mottice, K. Hanson, H.Y.C. Weng, K. Korgenski, J.A. Daly, A.T. Pavia. Increasing Incidence of

Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease in Adults, Utah, USA. Sept. 2011. Emerg. Infect Dis. 17(9):1645-50.

2. 2. Blaschke, A.J., M.A. Allison, L. Meyers, M. Rogatcheva, C. Heyrend, B. Mallin, M. Carter, B. LaFleur, T. Barney, M.A. 

Poritz, J.A. Daly, C.L. Byington. Non-invasive sample collection for respiratory virus testing by multiplex PCR. J Clin Virol. 

2011 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print, e26047] 

3. 3. Poritz, M.A., A.J. Blaschke, C.L. Byington, L. Meyers, K. Nilsson, D.E. Jones, S.A. Thatcher, T. Robbins, B. Lingenfelter, 

El Amiott, A. Herbener, J.Daly, S.F. Dobrowolski, D.H. Teng, K.M. Ririe. 2011. FilmArray, an Automated Nested MultiPathogen Detection: Application to Upper Respiratory Trace Infection. PloS One. 2011,6(10):e26047. Epub 2011 Oct 19. 

Erratum in: PloS One. 2011;6(11). Doi:10.1371/annotation/468cfdcd-184c-42f7-a1d0-3b72a2f6a558. 

4. Ampofo, K., J. Bender, X. Sheng, K. Korgenski, J. Daly, A.T. Pavia, C.L. Byington. 2008. Seasonal Invasive Pneumococcal

Disease in Children; The Role of Preceding Respiratory Viral Infection. Pediatrics 122:229-237. 

5. Blaschke, A.J., K. Korgenski, J.Daly, A.T. Pavia, C.L. Byington. 2007. Emergence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase

Producing Pathogens in a Children’s Hospital: Rates, Incidence and Factors Associated with Infection or Colonization. Clin 

Infect Dis. Aug 15;45(4):483-6.

3. Ampofo, K., P.H. Gesteland, J. Bender, M. Mills, J.A. Daly, C. Byington, A. Pavia, and R. Srivastava. 2006. Epidemiology,

complications and cost of hospitalization in children with laboratory confirmed influenza infection. Pediatrics.

Dec;118(6):2409-17.

4. Byington, C.L., E.K. Korgenski, J.A. Daly, K. Ampofo, A.T. Pavia, and E.O. Mason. 2006. Pediatric pneumococcal parapneumonic empyema: impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Ped Infec Dis J. 2006 Mar;25(3):250-254.

5. Byington, C.L., M.H. Samore, G.J. Stoddard, S. Barlow, J.A. Daly, E.K. Korgenski, S. Firth, D. Glover, J. Jensen, E.O. Mason,

C. Schult, and A.T. Pavia. 2005. Temporal Trends for Invasive Disease due to Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Children in the

Intermountain West: Evidence for serogroup replacement. Author’s reply Clin Infect Dis 41:1822-3.

6. Byington, C.L., M.H. Samore, G.J. Stoddard, S. Barlow, J.A. Daly, E.K. Korgenski, S. Firth, D. Glover, J. Jensen, E.O. Mason,

C. Schult, and A.T. Pavia. 2005. Temporal Trends for Invasive Disease due to Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Children in the

Intermountain West: Evidence for serogroup replacement. Clin Infect Dis, Jul 1:41(1) 21-9.

7. Aldous, W.K., K. Gerber, E.W. Taggart, J. Rupp, J. Wintch, and J.A. Daly. 2005. A Comparison of the Thermo Electron RSV

OIA test to Viral Culture and Direct Fluorescent Assay Testing for Respiratory Syncytial Virus. J Clin Virol 32(3):224-8.

8. Aldous, W.K., K. Gerber, E.W. Taggart, J. Thomas, D. Sidwell, and J.A. Daly. 2004. A Comparison of Binax NOW to Viral

Culture and Direct Fluorescent Assay Testing for Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Diag Microbiol Infect Dis 49(4):265-8.

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9. Veasy, L.G., J.A. Daly, L. Miner, J. Bale, K. Korgenski, L.Y. Tani, H. Hill. 2004. The temporal association of mucoid strains

of Streptococcus Pyogenes with a high incidence of rheumatic fever. Pediatrics 113:e168-172.

10. Rocholl, C., K. Gerber, J.A. Daly, A.T. Pavia, and C.L. Byington. 2004. Adenoviral Infections in Children: the Impact of

Rapid Diagnosis. Pediatrics 113:e51-e56.

11. Miner, L.J., S.J. Petheram, J.A. Daly, E.K. Korgenski, K.S. Selin, S.D. Firth, L.G. Veasy, H.R. Hill, J.F. Bale. Poststreptococcal syndrome study team. 2004. Molecular characterization of Streptococcus progenes isolates collect during

periods of increased acute rheumatic fever activity in Utah. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 23:56-61.

12. Cloud, J.L., W.C. Hymas, A. Turlak, A. Croft, U. Reischl, J.A. Daly, K.C. Carroll. 2003. Description of a multiplex Bordetella

Pertussis and Bordetella Parapertussis light cycler PCR assay with inhibition control. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 46:189-95.

13. Carroll, K.C., K. Adamson, K. Korgenski, A. Croft, R. Hankemeier, J.A. Daly, C.H. Park. 2003. Comparison of a commercial

reversed passive latex agglutination assay to an enzyme immunoassay for the detection of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. Eur J

Microbiol Infect Dis 22:689-692.

14. Byington, C.L., K.K. Rittichier, K.E. Bassett, H. Castillo, T.S. Glasgow, J.A. Daly, A.T. Pavia. 2003. Serious bacterial

infection in febrile infants younger than 90 days of age: the importance of ampicillin-resistant pathogens. Pediatrics 111:964-

968.

15. Byington, C.L., H. Castillo, K. Gerber, J.A. Daly, J.C. Christenson, A.T. Pavia. 2002. The impact of rapid viral diagnostic

testing on antibiotic use in a children’s hospital. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 156:1230-1234.

16. J.C. Smoot, K.D. Barbain, J. Van Gompel, L.M. Smoot, M.S. Chaussee, G.L. Sylva, D.E. Sturdivant, S.M. Ricklefs, S.F.

Porcella, L.D. Parkins, S.B. Beres, D.S. Campbell, Q. Zhang, V. Kapur, J.A. Daly, L.G. Veasy and J.M. Musser. 2002.

Geonomic sequence and comparative cicroarray analysis of serotype M18 group A Streptococcus Strains associated with acute

rheumatic fever outbreaks. Proc. Natl Acad Sci USA. 99:4668-4673.

17. Smoot, J.C., E.K. Korgenski, J.A. Daly, L.G.Veasy, and J.M. Musser. 2002. Molecular analysis of Group A Streptococcus

type emm18 isolates temporally associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks in Salt Lake City, Utah. J. Clin Microbiol.

40:1805-1810.

18. Byington, C.L., L.Y. Spencer, T.A. Johnson, A. Pavia, D. Allen, E.O. Mason, S. Kaplan, K.C. Carroll, J.A. Daly, J.C.

Christenson and M.H. Samore. 2002. An epidemiologic investigation of a sustained high rate of pediatric parapneumonic

empyema: risk factors and microbiologic association. Clin Infect Dis 34:434-440.

19. Hindiyeh, M., S. Jensen, S. Hohmann, H. Bennett, C. Edwards, W. Aldeen, A. Croft, J.A. Daly, S. Mottice and K.C. Carroll.

2000. Rapid detection of Campylobacter jejuni in stool specimens by an enzyme immunoassay and surveillance for

Campylobacter upsaliensis in the greater Salt Lake City area. J Clin Microbiol. 38:3076-3079.

20. Christenson, J.C., E.K. Korgenski, and J.A. Daly. 2000 In Vitro susceptibility Result comparison of meropenem versus

imipenem and cefepime versus ceftazidime on Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients. J Antimicrob

Chemother. 45:1-3.

21. Novicki, T.J., J.A. Daly, S.L. Mottice, and K.C. Carroll. 2000. A comparison of sorbitol MacConkey agar and a novel, two

step method which utilizes ELISA toxin testing and a chromogenic agar to detect and isolate enterohemorrhagic Escherichia

coli. J Clin Microbiol. 38:547-551.

22. Christenson, J.C., C. Byington, E.K. Korgenski, E.E. Adderson, C. Bruggers, R.H. Adams, E. Jenkins, S. Hohmann, K. Carroll,

J.A. Daly, and A.T. Pavia, 1999. A Pseudo-Outbreak of Bacillus cereus Infections among Oncology Patients at a Children’s

Hospital. J Infect Control. 27:543-546.

23. Christenson, J.C., E.K. Korgenski, E. Jenkins and J.A. Daly. 1998. Detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization

in a children’s hospital. Am J Infect Control 26:569-571.

Current and Completed Research Support:

1. Thrasher Award 02814-2: Rheumatic fever and Streptococcal surveillance program in Utah 1998-2001 

$20,000 – Principal Investigator

2. NIAID-DIR-RML-01-55: Group A Streptococcus-Resurgence of Rheumatic Fever and Invasive 2002-2005 

Disease in the Intermountain West. $2,797.705 – Co-Investigator

3. NIAID U01-A1061611-01: PCR Identification of Respiratory Viruses including SARS. 2005-2009 

$4,000,000 – Co-Investigator

4. NIAID U01-A1082184-01: Film Array Biothreat Pathogens: An Automated Multiplex PCR Diagnostic

System. $3, 011, 439 – Co-investigator 2009-2011 

5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Measuring Effectiveness of a New 13-Valent Pneumococcal

Conjugate Vaccine. $112,924 – Co-investigator 2009-2011 

6. NIH 1 R01 A1089489-01: An Automated Multi-Target Diagnostic System for Gastrointestinal

Pathogens. $3,366,210 – Co-investigator 2010-2013 

 

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME

Kimberly E. Hanson, M.D., M.H.S.

eRA COMMONS USER NAME

POSITION TITLE

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pathology

EDUCATION/TRAINING 

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE

(if applicable)

YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY

Northwestern University, Evanston IL BA 9/90-6/94 Anthropology

Northwestern University, Chicago IL MD 9/94-6/98 Medicine

Duke University, Durham NC MHS 7/03-7/06 Health Sciences Research

A. Personal Statement 

Meningitis and encephalitis are devastating diseases. These infections are among the ten most common infectious 

causes of death worldwide each year and neurologic sequelae are common among survivors. The ability to promptly 

initiate appropriate therapy is critical for favorable clinical outcomes. However, early diagnosis is complicated by low 

levels of antigenic markers that signal disease onset and/or prior receipt of antibiotics which limit the utility of culture. 

The ultimate goal of this project is to develop a simple, rapid, and affordable laboratory test that will serve as a 

cornerstone for the confident diagnosis of acute central nervous system (CNS) infection. I will serve as a coinvestigator on the project. My training in conjunction with real-world experience as the director of a large medical 

microbiology laboratory uniquely qualifies me to help lead the proposed research. The foundation of my expertise 

stems from formal training in Adult Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology. To strengthen my research 

capabilities, I also obtained a Master’s degree in Health Sciences Research. This coursework included instruction in 

study design, research management, biostatistical analysis, and the protection of human/animal subjects. With this 

skill set in hand, I have successfully completed a number of team-oriented research projects involving the 

development and/or clinical validation of novel diagnostic tests for infectious diseases. The current SBIR builds nicely 

on my prior work. I also remain actively involved in patient care, specializing in the diagnosis and management of 

transplant related infectious diseases. CNS infections are a important potential complication of immunosuppression. 

As a physician I have a firsthand appreciation of the critical need for new and improved meningitis/encephalitis 

diagnostics. Furthermore, as a microbiologist, I have an extensive understanding of the test characteristics and assay 

validation steps required to establish clinical utility.

B. Positions and Honors 

Positions and Employment

1998-2001 Internal Medicine Resident, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 

2001-2002 Chief Medical Resident, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 

2002-2004 Infectious Diseases Fellow, Duke University Medical Center 

2004-2005 Medical Microbiology Fellow, Duke University Medical Center 

2005-2008 Instructor, Medicine and Pathology, Duke University Medical Center 

2005-2008 Associate Director, Duke Molecular Microbiology Laboratory 

2008- Present Assistant Professor, Medicine and Pathology, University of Utah 

2008- Present Director, Immunocompromised Host Service, University of Utah Health Sciences Center 

2008- 2010 Section Head, Mycology, Mycobacteriology and Virology, ARUP Laboratories 

2010-Present Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology, ARUP Laboratories 

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Academic Honors

1991 N-Club Award for Outstanding Student Athlete, Northwestern University 

1991-1994 Academic All BigTen Conference, Women’s Volleyball

1994 Honors Graduate, Northwestern University 

2004 Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Alpha Omega Alpha 

2005 Fellow Research Award, 43rd Infectious Diseases Society of America Meeting 

2007-2010 NIH Loan Repayment Award 

Professional Societies

2002-Present Member, American Society of Transplantation 

2003-Present Member, Infectious Diseases Society of America 

2004-Present Member, American Society of Microbiology 

C. Peer-Reviewed Publications (15 of 15 with relevance to the field) 

1. Mirrett S, Hanson KE, and Reller LB. Controlled Clinical Comparison of VersaTREK® versus BacT/ALERT®

Blood Culture Systems. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2007; 45(2): 299-302.

2. Alexander BD, Byrne TC, Smith KL, Hanson KE, Anstrom KJ, Perfect JR, Reller LB. Comparative Evaluation of

Etest and Sensititre YeastOne Panels against the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute M27-A2

Reference Broth Microdilution Method for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Candida to Seven Antifungal

Agents. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2007; 45 (3): 698-706.

3. Hanson KE, Alexander BD, Woods C, Petti C, and Reller LB. Validation of Laboratory Screening Criteria for

Herpes Simplex Virus Testing on Cerebrospinal Fluid. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2007; 45 (3): 721-724.

4. Hanson KE, Reller B, Kurtzberg J, Horwitz M, Long G, and Alexander BD. Comparison of the Roche CMV UL54

Analyte Specific Reagent and Qiagen RealArtTM CMV LC PCR Reagent, with Digene Hybrid Capture® System

CMV DNA Test (version 2.0) using AcroMetrix OptiQuantTM CMV DNA Quantification Panels and Specimens

from Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2007; 45 (6): 1972-1973.

5. Reddy AJ, Zaas AK, Hanson KE, and Palmer SM. A single Center Experience with Ganciclovir Resistant

Cytomegalovirus in Lung Transplant Recipients: Treatment and Outcome. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007;

26(12):1286-92.

6. Hobeika A, Osada T, Serra D, Peplinski S, Hanson KE, Tanaka Y, Niedzwiecki D, Chao N, Rizzieri D, Lyerly H,

Clay T, Morse M. Detailed analysis of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific T cells expanded for adoptive

immunotherapy of CMV infection following allogeneic stem cell transplantation for malignant disease.

Cryotherapy 2008;10(3):289-302.

7. Hanson KE, Reckleff J, Hicks L, Castellano C, and Hicks CB. Unsuspected HIV Infection in Patients Presenting

with Acute Meningitis. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008 Aug 1; 47(3):433-4.

8. Jazrawi A, Jones M, Kfoury AG, Fisher PW, Gilbert EM, Bader F, Pombo D, Hanson KE, Stehlik J. Tuberculosis

in a Solid Organ Transplant Recipient: Modern-day Implications. J of Heart and Lung Transplant. 2009 Feb;

28(2):191-3.

9. Waddle EA, Hanson KE, Jhaveri R. Follow-up analysis of serious bacterial infections in children with fever

without localizing signs: how do the National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines perform with the

emergence of non-vaccine pneumococcal serotypes? Arch Dis Child. 2009 Mar; 94(3):247.

10. Cloud JL, Hanson KE, Bauman SK, Ashwood ER. Extent of inter-laboratory discrepancies for polyclonal

Histoplasma antigen enzyme immunoassay cannot be determined without a large split-sample study. Diagn

Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Feb; 66(2):233-4.

11. Couturier BA, Bender JM, SchwarzMA, Pavia AT, Hanson KE, She RC. Oseltamivir Resistant Influenza A 2009

H1N1 in Immunocompromised Patients. Influenza Other Resp Viruses. 2011 Jul; 4 (4): 199-204.

12. Syed S, Aderinboye O, Hanson KE, Spitzer E. Cervical lymphadenitis due to Mycobacterium Florentinum.

Emerging Infectious Diseases. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Sep;16(9):1486-7.

13. Rubach MP, Bender JM, Mottice S, Hanson KE, Weng HY, Korgenski K, Daly JA, Pavia AT. Increasing

incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in adults, Utah, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Sep;

17(9):1645-50.

 

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14. Slechta ES, Hohmann SL, Simmon K, Hanson KE. (2011). Internal transcribed spacer region sequence analysis

using SmartGene IDNS software for the identification of unusual clinical yeast isolates. Med Mycol. (Epub

ahead of print).

15. Couturier MR, Slechta ES, Goulston C, Fisher MA, Hanson KE. (2012). Leptotrichia bacteremia in patients

receiving high dose chemotherapy. J Clin Microbiol. (Epub ahead of print).

D. Research Support 

Current Funding

1 R21 AI085476-01 6/1/2010 – 5/31/2012 $417,391 

Principal Investigator: Marc D. Porter, PhD 

Project Title: SERS Assay Development for Invasive Aspergillosis (IA) 

The aim of this project is to develop a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) platform for the detection of 

Aspergillus antigens in a variety of biologic matrices. 

Role: co-PI Effort: 10%

1 U18FDA004034-02 09/17/10 - 09/30/11 $725,000 

Principal Investigator: Marc D. Porter, PhD 

Project Title: Development and Validation of POC Tests for TB 

The ultimate goal of this project is to develop an accurate an inexpensive laboratory test for the point of care diagnosis 

of TB using serum and urine specimens. 

Role: co-PI Effort: 10%

1 R21 1R21AI092231-01 12/14/2010 – 11/30/2012 $413, 383 

Principal Investigator: Marc D. Porter, PhD 

Project Title: Production and Characterization of Stage Specific Aspergillus Antigens 

This project entails producing and characterizing recombinant Aspergillus antigens for use as mouse immunogens. The 

ultimate goal is the generation of growth stage-specific monoclonal antibodies to be used in a multiplexed Aspergillus 

immunoassay. 

Role: co-PI Effort: 5%

Completed Research

Pfizer GA88517X 6/18/2007 – 12/18/2011 $363,286 

Principal Investigator: Kimberly Hanson, MD 

Project Title: “Randomized Comparison of β-D-Glucan Surveillance with Preemptive Anidulafungin versus Standard Care 

for the Management of Invasive Candidiasis in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients”

This is an investigator initiated prospective randomized trial assessing the utility and safety of a preemptive antifungal 

treatment strategy in high-risk surgical ICU patients. 

Role: PI Effort: 15% 

1KL2-RR-024127-01 (Duke Clinical Translational Sciences Institute) 

Principal Investigator: Robert Califf, MD 

Project Title: “Novel Diagnostic Tests for the Management of CMV Infection after Transplantation”

The focus of this project was the development of a novel diagnostic method for the detection of drug resistant CMV 

infection after transplantation. 

Role: Clinical Research Trainee, 07/2005 to 07/2008 

 

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Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Poritz, Mark, Aaron 

1989-1988 Immunohematology Reference Laboratory Technologist, Life Source, Chicago, IL. 

1988-1986 Transfusion Service Technologist, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, IL. 

Transfusion Service Technologist, Associated Regional and University Pathologists 

(ARUP), Salt Lake City, UT. 

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 

Provide the following information for the Senior/key personnel and other significant contributors. 

Follow this format for each person. DO NOT EXCEED FOUR PAGES.

NAME POSITION TITLE 

Beth Lingenfelter Director of Regulated Products 

eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login) 

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and

residency training if applicable.)

DEGREE INSTITUTION AND LOCATION MM/YY FIELD OF STUDY (if applicable) 

University of Utah BS 05/1985 Medical Technology 

M.S. 05/1990 Medical Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago Science 

A. Personal Statement 

In my position as Director of Regulated Products at Idaho Technology, I have gained extensive experience 

in regulatory submissions including overseeing all aspects of 10 successful 510(k) clearances (see 

publication section for a complete list). All of Idaho Technology’s previous 510(k) clearances are highly

relevant to this project as they were for molecular diagnostic devices aimed at the detection of human 

pathogens and involved working closely with the Microbiology section of FDA’s Office of In Vitro Diagnostic 

Device Evaluation and Safety (OIVD). In 2011 we obtained 510(k) clearances’ for the FilmArray instrument 

and a FilmArray Respiratory Panel. Obtaining FDA clearance for the Respiratory Panel is very similar to 

this project to develop a meningoencephalitis specific panel as it involves a multiplex system that detects a 

broad range of pathogens related to a specific set of patient symptoms. The experience gained with FDA 

clearances’ for multiplex devices resulted in the FDA OVID directly contacting us to provide public 

comments on a concept paper titled ‘Advancing Regulatory Science for Highly Multiplexed Microbiology 

and Medical Counter Measure Devices’, which I provided at a public meeting held by FDA in October 2011. 

My department’s extensive experience with overseeing successful regulatory submissions for highly 

multiplexed molecular diagnostics and my established relationship with the FDA OVID Microbiology 

Section will enable us to give useful input during the development of the FAME panel. We have a vested 

interest in monitoring the development process because it is our group that will perform the clinical and 

analytical evaluation in a future Phase II submission. 

B. Positions and Honors 

Positions and Employment 

2008-present Director of Regulated Products, Idaho Technology, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT.

2004-2008 Manager of Regulatory Affairs, Idaho Technology, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT. 

2001-2004 Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Idaho Technology, Inc., Salt Lake 

City, UT. 

1996-2001 Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc., 

Salt Lake City, UT. 

1996-1991 Instructor (Clinical), School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Medical Laboratory 

Science Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. 

1991-1989 Supervisor - Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, Intermountain Health Care 

(IHC) Blood Services, Salt Lake City, UT. 

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Professional Training and Certifications

1989 Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB #3595), American Association of Blood Banks and the American 

Society for Clinical Pathologists. 

1985 Medical Technologist (MT#165476), American Society for Clinical Pathologists. 

C. Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications and Regulatory Submissions 

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications 

Poritz, M. A., A. J. Blaschke, C. L. Byington, L. Meyers, K. Nilsson, D. E. Jones, S. A. Thatcher, T. 

Robbins, B. Lingenfelter, E. Amiott, A. Herbener, J. Daly, S. F. Dobrowolski, D. H. Teng, and K. M. Ririe. 

"Filmarray, an Automated Nested Multiplex PCR System for Multi-Pathogen Detection: Development and 

Application to Respiratory Tract Infection." PLoS One 6 (10): e26047, 2011. 

Frank, T.S., Deffenbaugh, A.M., Reid, J.E., Hulick, M., Ward, B.E., Lingenfelter, B, Gumpper, K.L., Scholl, 

T., Tavtigian, S.V., Pruss, D.R., and Critchfield, G.C., “Clinical Characteristics of individuals with germline

mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA 2: Analysis of 10,000 individuals. J Clin Oncol 20 (6): 1480-90, 2002. 

Regulatory Submissions and Clearences 

2011 JBAIDS Q Fever Detection Kit (K103207) 

2011 Modification of FilmArray Respiratory Panel, addition Parainfluenza 1, 2 and 4 (K110764) 

2011 FilmArray Respiratory Panel and instrument (K103175) 

2011 JBAIDS Influenza A and B Detection Kit (K111775)* 

2011 JBAIDS Influenza A subtyping Kit (K111778)* 

2010 JBAIDS Influenza A/H5 Detection Kit (K100287)* 

2007 JBAIDS Plague Detection Kit (K072631) 

2007 JBAIDS Tularemia Detection Kit (K072547) 

2007 Modification to JBAIDS Anthrax Detection Kit, addition of new sample purification method 

(K071188) 

2005 JBAIDS Anthrax Detection System and JBAIDS instrument (K051713) 

* The sponsor of the 510(k) for these products is the US Army Surgeon General, however, under contract with the

Department of Defense, Idaho Technology was responsible for all aspects of obtaining FDA clearance for these products. 

D. Research Support 

Ongoing Research Support

NIH, NIAID, 1 R01 AI089489-01 (PI Rogatcheva), 7/2010 – 6/2013 

An Automated Multi-target Diagnostic System for Gastrointestinal Pathogens

The challenge in diagnosing infectious diarrhea is the large number and diversity of the pathogens that are 

known to cause diarrhea, including viruses, bacteria and protozoa. We propose to develop the FilmArray 

Gastrointestinal Pathogen System, a rapid (<1 hour), automated, sensitive, objective and inexpensive test 

able to detect 22 diarrhea causing pathogens in a single step. This novel tool will overcome diagnostic 

difficulties, improve the treatment and reduce the cost of diarrheal illness for individual patients, and 

improve public health by rapid detection of outbreaks. 

Role: Key Personnel 

DOD Contract # HDTRA1-09-C-0068 PI: Kristen Kanack 09/30/2009-09/29/2013 

Acceleration of Deployment of an Infectious Disease and Biothreat Advanced Diagnostic Device 

with CLIA Waiver 

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The purpose of this requirement is to accelerate the deployment of an infectious disease diagnostic device 

with FDA CLIA waiver. Infectious disease continues to be a formidable opponent for both garrison and 

deployed troops. There is currently no technology for pathogen identification that can identify numerous 

pathogens simultaneously, has integrated sample preparation, occurs in less than three hours, or is CLIA –

waived for ease of use by novice laboratory personnel. Currently identified as a moderately complex 

device, completing the work for a CLIA waiver would allow the device to be used with minimal training (to 

non-laboratory personnel) in any setting. 

Role: Key Personnel 

DOD Contract # DASG60-03-C-0094 09/23/2003-04/30/2013

Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS) 

This system can rapidly identify biological warfare agents and pathogens in a variety of clinical and 

environmental samples that may be encountered in field and hospital laboratories. JBAIDS will enhance 

force protection by providing health care providers with accurate information upon which to base diagnosis 

and treatment and upon which to notify commanders of biological warfare threats and pathogens of 

operational concern in their areas of protection. JBAIDS can be defined as the platform test equipment 

hardware and associated internal software, reagent kits for biological warfare agents, processing protocols, 

computer and protective case. 

Role: PI for specific aims related to FDA clearance of JBAIDS platform and reagent kits 

Past Research Support

DOD Contract # FA7014-08-C-0004 PI: Beth Amiott 03/21/2008-03/20/2011 

Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnosis of Influenza A Virus on the FilmArray 

The aim of this project is to expedite FDA clearance of the FilmArray RP system so that it can be used for 

clinical diagnostic purposes (Aim 1). To help ensure that the FilmArray can be effectively utilized by the 

military, a shipping case that meets MIL-STD-810E will be designed and validated (Aim 2) and a software 

module will be developed to allow data transfer to military health care systems, such as the Armed Forces 

Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA) (Aim 3). Finally, a plan to achieve CLIA waived 

status for the FilmArray will be developed (Aim 4). 

Role: Key Personnel 

DOD Contract # W9113M-10-C-0028 02/19/2010-06/18/2011 

Influenza Assay Development for the Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System 

The purpose of this effort is to develop in vitro diagnostic (IVD) assays for the detection of Influenza A, 

influenza B, and Influenza A subtypes for U.S. military force protection. Specifically, the company shall 

develop and validate real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assays to aid in 

the clinical diagnosis of influenza A and B using the Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic 

System (JBAIDS) analyzer. The panel of assays shall be designed to identify clinical specimens that are 

positive for Influenza A or B, followed by subtyping the influenza A hemagglutinin. This suite of assays 

shall aid in military force protection by quickly identifying and differentiating influenza A and B infections 

enabling immediate and decisive action to reduce the spread of the virus to other military personnel. 

Additionally, the hemagglutinin subtyping assays shall aid in identifying trends in influenza outbreaks and 

test for strains of influenza A with the potential for pandemic and epidemiologic consequences. 

Role: Key Personnel 

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Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle): 

PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 11/07) Page Biographical Sketch Format Page

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Provide the following information for the key personnel and other significant contr butors in the order listed on Form Page 2.

Follow this format for each person. DO NOT EXCEED FOUR PAGES.

NAME

Stephanie Anne Thatcher

POSITION TITLE

Director of Systems Integration

eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login)

n/a

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE

(if applicable) YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY

University of Nevada, Las Vegas B.S. 1994 Chemistry, minor in 

Mathematics

University of Utah M.S. 2000 Biology

A. Personal Statement

For the last 8 years I have directed the group that develops the nucleic acid purification protocols 

for all of ITI’s different pathogen detection systems. In particular my team developed the FilmArray 

sample purification protocols for Nasal Swabs, Blood culture, Stool and several others sample 

matrices. This has given me the knowledge and experience to carry out the work described in SA 

2 of this grant application – to optimize the protocol for purification of pathogens from CSF as part 

of the FilmArray FAME panel. 

B. Positions and Honors

1994 American Chemical Society Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry, UNLV 

1994 American Institute of Chemists Award for outstanding senior in Chemistry, UNLV 

1999-2000 NIH Genetics Training Grant, University of Utah 

2000-2011 Research Scientist, Sample Purification Group Lead, Idaho Technology, Inc. 

2011-present Director, Systems Integration, Idaho Technology, Inc. 

C. Selected peer-reviewed publications 

1. Roeder AD, Hermann GJ, Keegan BR, Thatcher SA, Shaw JM. (1998) Mitochondrial inheritance is

delayed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells lacking the serine/threonine phosphatase PTC1. Mol. Biol.

Cell. 9(4): 917-30.

2. Thatcher S, Bennett C, Tolman J, Upwall A, Fowden S, Chen Y, Ngan V, Millward H, Tuck K, Teng D.

(2005) A new set of DNA and RNA purification kits for bacteria and viruses from a variety of sample

types. ASM General Meeting. (meeting presentation)

3. Poritz M, Meyers L, Lewis A, Nilsson K, Murphy P, Hamilton M, Vaughn M, Thatcher S, Hulsberg J,

Mudrow R, Smith B, Fisher J, Jones D, Estes C, Teng D, Crisp R, Abbott R, Dobrowolski S, Blaschke

A, Korgenski K, Daly J, Byington C, Ririe K. (2008) Analysis of 250 Pediatric NPA Samples for 21

Respiratory Pathogens Using an Automated, Nested Multiplex PCR Platform. (meeting presentation)

4. Henriquez M, Fawson C, Burdick M, Gundry C, Merx S, Fowden S, Valesquez A, Jeffs S, Hulsberg J,

Uzzell G, Teng D, Thatcher S. (2009) The Platinum Path Kit: A Single Nucleic Acid Purification Kit for a

Variety of Sample Types, a Tool for Bioterrorism Preparedness. ASM General Meeting abstract.

(meeting presentation)

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Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle): 

PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 11/07) Page 

5. Poritz, M. A., A. J. Blaschke, C. L. Byington, L. Meyers, K. Nilsson, D. E. Jones, S. A. Thatcher, T.

Robbins, B. Lingenfelter, E. Amiott, A. Herbener, J. Daly, S. F. Dobrowolski, D. H. Teng, and K. M.

Ririe. "Filmarray, an Automated Nested Multiplex Pcr System for Multi-Pathogen Detection:

Development and Application to Respiratory Tract Infection." PLoS One 6 (10): e26047, 2011. PMCID:

PMC3198457

D. Research Support 

DOD Chemical and Biologics Operations Branch 03/30/07-06/30/09 

DASG60-03-C-0094 P00049. Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostics System (JBAIDS) 

JBAIDS Extraction Kit Consolidation RDT&E Effort 

 A funded DOD proposal for development of a consolidated sample purification kit with magnetic bead 

technology. Protocols developed utilize one kit for 17 clinical and environmental matrices, including stool, that 

require less equipment and time. Kit developed for potential use with automation in the future and additional 

human sample types that may be required. 

NIH, NIAID 1R43HL094743-01 (PI Ota) 7/2009 – 6/2011 

FilmArray Biothreat Pathogens: An Automated Multiplex PCR Diagnostic System 

1) Produce FilmArray biothreat assays that identify biowarfare agents and common pathogens. 2) Increase the

number of organisms detected by building a 224-well 2nd stage PCR array. 3) Develop methods for FilmArray 

automated isolation of bacterial and viral DNA and RNA from nasal swabs and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). 4) 

Develop software to facilitate the automated identification of pathogen(s) within a specimen. 5) Validate the 

FilmArray biothreat system with human samples, including nasal swabs, blood, and CSF at ITI and external 

laboratories. 

Role: Lead for nucleic acid purification 

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Personnel

Mark Poritz, PhD (3.6 cal mos, 20% FTE for 18 months)

Dr. Poritz is a Director of Biochemistry at Idaho Technology Inc. He has been involved 

the development of the FilmArray instrument and the initial development of both the RP and 

BCID pouches. Dr. Poritz will be supervise the new assay development and FAME pouch 

design (SA1). He will coordinate the distribution of FAME pouches to the collaborators. He will 

also be responsible for analyzing FilmArray data and organization of data review with coinvestigators. 

Stephanie Thatcher, MS (1.5 mos , 10% FTE for year1, 5% in year 2)

Ms. Thatcher is Director of Systems Integration at ITI. She has been involved nucleic 

acid sample preparation for both previous generations of ITI instruments as well as for the 

FilmArray. Ms. Thatcher will supervise the nucleic acid sample purification and sample 

enrichment (SA2)

Beth Lingenfelter, MS (0.9 cal mos, 5% FTE for 18 months)

Ms. Lingenfelter is Director of Regulated Products at ITI. She has supervised the 

submission of ten successful 510(k) submissions to the FDA. Ms. Lingenfelter will monitor the 

data coming from FAME pouch development and give input as to what further studies are 

warranted. 

2 Scientists (8.4 mos , 30% FTE for year1, 10% in year 2)

2 scientists will do the FAME panel development work (SA1) and the optimization of 

nucleic acid purification (SA2) with the aid of the RAs. 

2 Research Associates (21 mos , 75% FTE for year1, 25% in year 2)

The RAs will be responsible for assay development (SA1) and sample testing at ITI (SA1 

and SA2). 

ITI resources 

Approximately 500 FilmArray pouches will be necessary to complete SA1-3. Idaho Technology 

will provide these pouches at its own cost and will not be charging the cost to the grant. 

At any one time there are more than 30 FilmArray instruments available for general use by 

different projects at ITI; thus a FilmArray instrument has not been budgeted specifically for this 

project. 

The budget does include reagents required for bench top PCR to develop the new assays that 

will go into the FAME panel as well as the reagents to optimize the pre enrichment step of SA2. 

 

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Personnel

Anne J. Blaschke, MD, PhD (0.6 cal mos, 10% FTE for months 12 to 18)

Dr. Blaschke is a pediatric infectious diseases physician at the University of Utah and has a 

history of collaboration with ITI. Dr. Blaschke is an expert in molecular diagnostic testing and 

has worked extensively with ITI to develop the FilmArray assays to detect bacterial pathogens. 

She will assist with the design of the analytical testing and clinical evaluation components. She 

will also assist ITI in performing data analysis for the clinical evaluation components from 

PCMC. 

Research Technician (0.6 cal mos, 10% FTE for months 12 to 18) 

A Research Technician from Dr. Blaschke’s laboratory will assist with analyzing CSF specimens

collected at PCMC 

Other Services

Kent Korgenski, Data Analyst (0.3 cal mos, 5% FTE for months 12 to 18)

Mr. Korgenski will abstract data from Intermountain Healthcare’s Enterprise Data Warehouse

(EDW) on the subjects enrolled at PCMC. Although Mr. Korgenski is an Intermountain 

Healthcare employee, he is contractually paid by the Department of Pediatrics. His time on this 

project working with Dr. Blaschke will be paid through this contractual agreement. 

 

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTION A & B, BUDGET PERIOD 1

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: PCMC / IHC

* Start Date: 01-01-2013 * End Date: 12-31-2013 Budget Period: 1

A. Senior/Key Person

Prefix * First Name Middle Name * Last Name Suffix * Project Role Base Salary

($)

Cal.

Months

Acad.

Months

Sum.

Months

* Requested

Salary ($)

* Fringe

Benefits ($)

* Funds Requested ($)

1. Ms. Judy Anne Daly PhD PI Subaward

Total Funds Requested for all Senior Key Persons in the attached file

Additional Senior Key Persons: File Name: Mime Type: Total Senior/Key Person 0.00

B. Other Personnel

* Number of

Personnel

* Project Role Cal.

Months

Acad.

Months

Sum.

Months

* Requested

Salary ($)

* Fringe

Benefits

* Funds Requested

($)

Post Doctoral Associates

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Secretarial/Clerical

0 Total Number Other Personnel Total Other Personnel

Total Salary, Wages and Fringe Benefits (A+B)

RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {A-B} (Funds Requested)

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTION C, D, & E, BUDGET PERIOD 1

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: PCMC / IHC

* Start Date: 01-01-2013 * End Date: 12-31-2013 Budget Period: 1

C. Equipment Description

List items and dollar amount for each item exceeding $5,000

Equipment Item * Funds Requested ($)

Total funds requested for all equipment listed in the attached file

Total Equipment

Additional Equipment: File Name: Mime Type:

D. Travel Funds Requested ($)

1. Domestic Travel Costs ( Incl. Canada, Mexico, and U.S. Possessions)

2. Foreign Travel Costs

Total Travel Cost

E. Participant/Trainee Support Costs Funds Requested ($)

1. Tuition/Fees/Health Insurance

2. Stipends

3. Travel

4. Subsistence

5. Other:

Number of Participants/Trainees Total Participant/Trainee Support Costs

RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {C-E} (Funds Requested)

Subaward 2 
 

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTIONS F-K, BUDGET PERIOD 1

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: PCMC / IHC

* Start Date: 01-01-2013 * End Date: 12-31-2013 Budget Period: 1

F. Other Direct Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Other Direct Costs

G. Direct Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Direct Costs (A thru F)

H. Indirect Costs

Indirect Cost Type Indirect Cost Rate (%) Indirect Cost Base ($) * Funds Requested ($)

Total Indirect Costs

Cognizant Federal Agency

(Agency Name, POC Name, and POC Phone Number)

I. Total Direct and Indirect Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Direct and Indirect Institutional Costs (G + H)

J. Fee Funds Requested ($)

K. * Budget Justification File Name: 1245-SBIR Budget Justification Daly

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RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {F-K} (Funds Requested)

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTION A & B, BUDGET PERIOD 2

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: PCMC / IHC

* Start Date: 01-01-2014 * End Date: 06-30-2014 Budget Period: 2

A. Senior/Key Person

Prefix * First Name Middle Name * Last Name Suffix * Project Role Base Salary

($)

Cal.

Months

Acad.

Months

Sum.

Months

* Requested

Salary ($)

* Fringe

Benefits ($)

* Funds Requested ($)

1. Ms. Judy Anne Daly PhD PI Subaward

Total Funds Requested for all Senior Key Persons in the attached file

Additional Senior Key Persons: File Name: Mime Type: Total Senior/Key Person

B. Other Personnel

* Number of

Personnel

* Project Role Cal.

Months

Acad.

Months

Sum.

Months

* Requested

Salary ($)

* Fringe

Benefits

* Funds Requested

($)

Post Doctoral Associates

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Secretarial/Clerical

1 Lab Technician

1 Total Number Other Personnel Total Other Personnel

Total Salary, Wages and Fringe Benefits (A+B)

RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {A-B} (Funds Requested)

Subaward 2 
 

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTION C, D, & E, BUDGET PERIOD 2

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: PCMC / IHC

* Start Date: 01-01-2014 * End Date: 06-30-2014 Budget Period: 2

C. Equipment Description

List items and dollar amount for each item exceeding $5,000

Equipment Item * Funds Requested ($)

Total funds requested for all equipment listed in the attached file

Total Equipment

Additional Equipment: File Name: Mime Type:

D. Travel Funds Requested ($)

1. Domestic Travel Costs ( Incl. Canada, Mexico, and U.S. Possessions)

2. Foreign Travel Costs

Total Travel Cost

E. Participant/Trainee Support Costs Funds Requested ($)

1. Tuition/Fees/Health Insurance

2. Stipends

3. Travel

4. Subsistence

5. Other:

Number of Participants/Trainees Total Participant/Trainee Support Costs

RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {C-E} (Funds Requested)

Subaward 2 
 

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTIONS F-K, BUDGET PERIOD 2

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: PCMC / IHC

* Start Date: 01-01-2014 * End Date: 06-30-2014 Budget Period: 2

F. Other Direct Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Other Direct Costs

G. Direct Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Direct Costs (A thru F)

H. Indirect Costs

Indirect Cost Type Indirect Cost Rate (%) Indirect Cost Base ($) * Funds Requested ($)

Total Indirect Costs

Cognizant Federal Agency

(Agency Name, POC Name, and POC Phone Number)

I. Total Direct and Indirect Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Direct and Indirect Institutional Costs (G + H)

J. Fee Funds Requested ($)

K. * Budget Justification File Name: 1245-SBIR Budget Justification Daly

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RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {F-K} (Funds Requested)

Subaward 2 
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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - Cumulative Budget

Totals ($)

Section A, Senior/Key Person

Section B, Other Personnel

Total Number Other Personnel 1

Total Salary, Wages and Fringe Benefits (A+B)

Section C, Equipment

Section D, Travel

1. Domestic

2. Foreign

Section E, Participant/Trainee Support Costs

1. Tuition/Fees/Health Insurance

2. Stipends

3. Travel

4. Subsistence

5. Other

6. Number of Participants/Trainees

Section F, Other Direct Costs

1. Materials and Supplies

2. Publication Costs

3. Consultant Services

4. ADP/Computer Services

5. Subawards/Consortium/Contractual Costs

6. Equipment or Facility Rental/User Fees

7. Alterations and Renovations

8. Other 1

9. Other 2

10. Other 3

Section G, Direct Costs (A thru F)

Section H, Indirect Costs

Section I, Total Direct and Indirect Costs (G + H)

Section J, Fee

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BUDGET JUSTIFICATION (Dr. Judy Daly, PCMC/IMC)

Personnel

Judy Daly, Ph.D. (0.3 cal mo. 5.0% FTE for months 12 to 18)

Dr. Daly is the Director of the Microbiology Laboratory at Primary Children’s Medical

Center (PCMC), Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr Daly will supervise the specimen collection for the 

pediatric samples. Dr Daly will also supervise the technician who will prepare samples for 

transport to Dr. Blaschke’s laboratory and to ITI. 

Laboratory Technician TBD (0.6 cal mo. 10% FTE for months 12 to 18)

The Laboratory Technician will accept, label and store samples for transport to Dr. Blascke’s

laboratory and to ITI. CSF samples will be divided, labeled and stored for transport to ITI. 

 

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Subaward 2 Budget Justification Attachment 
 

Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle): Poritz, Mark, Aaron 

RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTION A & B, BUDGET PERIOD 1

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: ARUP Laboratories

* Start Date: 01-01-2013 * End Date: 12-31-2013 Budget Period: 1

A. Senior/Key Person

Prefix * First Name Middle Name * Last Name Suffix * Project Role Base Salary

($)

Cal.

Months

Acad.

Months

Sum.

Months

* Requested

Salary ($)

* Fringe

Benefits ($)

* Funds Requested ($)

1. Ms. Kimberly Hanson MD PI-Subaward

Total Funds Requested for all Senior Key Persons in the attached file

Additional Senior Key Persons: File Name: Mime Type: Total Senior/Key Person

B. Other Personnel

* Number of

Personnel

* Project Role Cal.

Months

Acad.

Months

Sum.

Months

* Requested

Salary ($)

* Fringe

Benefits

* Funds Requested

($)

Post Doctoral Associates

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Secretarial/Clerical

0 Total Number Other Personnel Total Other Personnel

Total Salary, Wages and Fringe Benefits (A+B)

RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {A-B} (Funds Requested)

Subaward 3 
 

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTION C, D, & E, BUDGET PERIOD 1

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: ARUP Laboratories

* Start Date: 01-01-2013 * End Date: 12-31-2013 Budget Period: 1

C. Equipment Description

List items and dollar amount for each item exceeding $5,000

Equipment Item * Funds Requested ($)

Total funds requested for all equipment listed in the attached file

Total Equipment

Additional Equipment: File Name: Mime Type:

D. Travel Funds Requested ($)

1. Domestic Travel Costs ( Incl. Canada, Mexico, and U.S. Possessions)

2. Foreign Travel Costs

Total Travel Cost

E. Participant/Trainee Support Costs Funds Requested ($)

1. Tuition/Fees/Health Insurance

2. Stipends

3. Travel

4. Subsistence

5. Other:

Number of Participants/Trainees Total Participant/Trainee Support Costs

RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {C-E} (Funds Requested)

Subaward 3 
 

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTIONS F-K, BUDGET PERIOD 1

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: ARUP Laboratories

* Start Date: 01-01-2013 * End Date: 12-31-2013 Budget Period: 1

F. Other Direct Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Other Direct Costs

G. Direct Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Direct Costs (A thru F)

H. Indirect Costs

Indirect Cost Type Indirect Cost Rate (%) Indirect Cost Base ($) * Funds Requested ($)

Total Indirect Costs

Cognizant Federal Agency

(Agency Name, POC Name, and POC Phone Number)

I. Total Direct and Indirect Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Direct and Indirect Institutional Costs (G + H)

J. Fee Funds Requested ($)

K. * Budget Justification File Name: 1246-SBIR Budget Justification ARUP

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RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {F-K} (Funds Requested)

Subaward 3 
 

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTION A & B, BUDGET PERIOD 2

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: ARUP Laboratories

* Start Date: 01-01-2014 * End Date: 06-30-2014 Budget Period: 2

A. Senior/Key Person

Prefix * First Name Middle Name * Last Name Suffix * Project Role Base Salary

($)

Cal.

Months

Acad.

Months

Sum.

Months

* Requested

Salary ($)

* Fringe

Benefits ($)

* Funds Requested ($)

1. Ms. Kimberly Hanson MD PI-Subaward

Total Funds Requested for all Senior Key Persons in the attached file

Additional Senior Key Persons: File Name: Mime Type: Total Senior/Key Person

B. Other Personnel

* Number of

Personnel

* Project Role Cal.

Months

Acad.

Months

Sum.

Months

* Requested

Salary ($)

* Fringe

Benefits

* Funds Requested

($)

Post Doctoral Associates

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Secretarial/Clerical

0 Total Number Other Personnel Total Other Personnel

Total Salary, Wages and Fringe Benefits (A+B)

RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {A-B} (Funds Requested)

Subaward 3 
 

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTION C, D, & E, BUDGET PERIOD 2

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: ARUP Laboratories

* Start Date: 01-01-2014 * End Date: 06-30-2014 Budget Period: 2

C. Equipment Description

List items and dollar amount for each item exceeding $5,000

Equipment Item * Funds Requested ($)

Total funds requested for all equipment listed in the attached file

Total Equipment

Additional Equipment: File Name: Mime Type:

D. Travel Funds Requested ($)

1. Domestic Travel Costs ( Incl. Canada, Mexico, and U.S. Possessions)

2. Foreign Travel Costs

Total Travel Cost

E. Participant/Trainee Support Costs Funds Requested ($)

1. Tuition/Fees/Health Insurance

2. Stipends

3. Travel

4. Subsistence

5. Other:

Number of Participants/Trainees Total Participant/Trainee Support Costs

RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {C-E} (Funds Requested)

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - SECTIONS F-K, BUDGET PERIOD 2

* ORGANIZATIONAL DUNS:

* Budget Type: ❍ Project ● Subaward/Consortium

Enter name of Organization: ARUP Laboratories

* Start Date: 01-01-2014 * End Date: 06-30-2014 Budget Period: 2

F. Other Direct Costs Funds Requested ($)

1. Materials and Supplies

2. Publication Costs

3. Consultant Services

4. ADP/Computer Services

5. Subawards/Consortium/Contractual Costs

6. Equipment or Facility Rental/User Fees

7. Alterations and Renovations

Total Other Direct Costs

G. Direct Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Direct Costs (A thru F)

H. Indirect Costs

Indirect Cost Type Indirect Cost Rate (%) Indirect Cost Base ($) * Funds Requested ($)

1. Modified Total Direct Costs

Total Indirect Costs

Cognizant Federal Agency

(Agency Name, POC Name, and POC Phone Number)

DHHS, Wallace Chan, (415) 437-7820

I. Total Direct and Indirect Costs Funds Requested ($)

Total Direct and Indirect Institutional Costs (G + H)

J. Fee Funds Requested ($)

K. * Budget Justification File Name: 1246-SBIR Budget Justification ARUP

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RESEARCH & RELATED Budget {F-K} (Funds Requested)

Subaward 3 
 

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RESEARCH & RELATED BUDGET - Cumulative Budget

Totals ($)

Section A, Senior/Key Person

Section B, Other Personnel

Total Number Other Personnel

Total Salary, Wages and Fringe Benefits (A+B)

Section C, Equipment

Section D, Travel

1. Domestic

2. Foreign

Section E, Participant/Trainee Support Costs

1. Tuition/Fees/Health Insurance

2. Stipends

3. Travel

4. Subsistence

5. Other

6. Number of Participants/Trainees

Section F, Other Direct Costs

1. Materials and Supplies

2. Publication Costs

3. Consultant Services

4. ADP/Computer Services

5. Subawards/Consortium/Contractual Costs

6. Equipment or Facility Rental/User Fees

7. Alterations and Renovations

8. Other 1

9. Other 2

10. Other 3

Section G, Direct Costs (A thru F)

Section H, Indirect Costs

Section I, Total Direct and Indirect Costs (G + H)

Section J, Fee

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BUDGET JUSTIFICATION (Dr. Hanson, ARUP)

Personnel

Kimberly Hanson, MD, MHS (0.6 calendar months, 5% FTE for months 12 to 18)

Dr. Hanson is an adult infectious diseases physician at the University of Utah and serves as the 

Director of Clinical Microbiology within ARUP Laboratories. Dr. Hanson’s research expertise is

in the development and implementation of novel molecular diagnostic techniques for infectious 

diseases. She will assist with study design, maintain a study-specific CSF bio-repository at 

ARUP, oversee the analytical testing of banked CSF specimens with the FilmArray Meningitis 

assay, assist with data management and study results interpretation. She will also directly 

supervise the work of the research technician described below. 

Research Technician (1.4 calendar months, 12% FTE for months 12 to 18) 

A research technician, hired as a consultant from ARUP Laboratories, will maintain a CSF study 

repository (i.e. review routine ARUP microbiology results, retrieve positive CSF specimens at 

the time they would otherwise be discarded, link the sample to the routine microbiology results, 

completely de-identify the specimen and then log the specimen in to the study repository). The 

Research Technician will also be responsible for retrieving specimens of interest from the biorepository and performing FilmArray testing on 150 specimens. FilmArray results will be 

entered in to a password protected study database. 

 

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SBIR/STTR Information OMB Number: 4040-0001 

Expiration date: 06/30/2011 

* Program Type (select only one)

* SBIR/STTR Type (select only one)

* 1a. Do you certify that at the time of award your organization will meet the eligibility criteria for a small business as defined in the funding

opportunity announcement?

* 2. Does this application include subcontracts with Federal laboratories or any other Federal Government agencies?

* If yes, insert the names of the Federal laboratories/agencies:

* 3. Are you located in a HUBZone? To find out if your business is in a HUBZone, use the mapping utility provided by the Small Business 

* 4. Will all research and development on the project be performed in its entirety in the United States?

* Explanation:

* 5. Has the applicant and/or Program Director/Principal Investigator submitted proposals for essentially equivalent work under other 

Federal program solicitations or received other Federal awards for essentially equivalent work? 

* If yes, insert the names of the other Federal agencies:

* 6. Disclosure Permission Statement: If this application does not result in an award, is the Government permitted to disclose the title of 

your proposed project, and the name, address, telephone number and e-mail address of the official signing for the applicant organization, 

to organizations that may be interested in contacting you for further information (e.g., poss ble collaborations, investment)?

* 7. Commercialization Plan: If you are submitting a Phase II or Phase I/Phase II Fast-Track Application, include a 

Commercialization Plan in accordance with the agency announcement and/or agency-specific instructions.

* Attach File:

Questions 1-7 must be completed by all SBIR and STTR Applicants:

If no, provide an explanation in an attached file.

Administration at its web site: http://www.sba.gov 

SBIR STTR

Both (See agency-specific instructions to determine whether a particular agency allows a single submission for both SBIR and STTR)

Phase I Phase II

Fast-Track (See agency-specific instructions to determine whether a particular agency participates in Fast-Track)

Yes

No

350

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

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SBIR/STTR Information

SBIR-Specific Questions:

* 8. Have you received SBIR Phase II awards from the Federal Government? If yes, provide a company commercialization history in 

accordance with agency-specific instructions using this attachment. 

* Attach File:

* 9. Will the Project Director/Principal Investigator have his/her primary employment with the small business at the time of award?

STTR-Specific Questions:

* 10. Please indicate whether the answer to BOTH of the following questions is TRUE:

(1) Does the Project Director/Principal Investigator have a formal appointment or commitment either with the small business directly 

(as an employee or a contractor) OR as an employee of the Research Institution, which in turn has made a commitment to the 

small business through the STTR application process; AND 

(2) Will the Project Director/Principal Investigator devote at least 10% effort to the proposed project?

* 11. In the joint research and development proposed in this project, does the small business perform at least 40% of the work and the research 

institution named in the application perform at least 30% of the work?

Questions 8 and 9 apply only to SBIR applications. If you are submitting ONLY an STTR application, leave questions 8 and 9 blank and proceed to 

question 10.

Questions 10 and 11 apply only to STTR applications. If you are submitting ONLY an SBIR application, leave questions 10 and 11 blank.

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No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

 

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SBIR/STTR Information 
Idaho Technology has received fewer than 15 SBIR Phase II awards from the Federal Government during 

the last five fiscal years 

 

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PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement

1. Project Director / Principal Investigator (PD/PI)

* Title:

* Street1:

* City:

* Country:

Street2:

County/Parish:

* State:

* Zip / Postal Code:

Prefix: * First Name:

Middle Name:

* Last Name:

Suffix:

2. Human Subjects

Clinical Trial?

* Agency-Defined Phase III Clinical Trial?

* First Name:

Middle Name:

* Last Name:

Suffix:

3. Applicant Organization Contact

Person to be contacted on matters involving this application

* Phone Number: Fax Number:

Email:

OMB Number: 0925-0001 

Province:

Prefix:

Mr. Mark

Aaron

Poritz

Ph.D.

No Yes

No Yes

Ms. Kaylynn

Hansen

Director of Contract Administration

390 Wakara Way

Salt Lake City

Salt Lake 

USA: UNITED STATES

UT: Utah

84108-1214

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4. Human Embryonic Stem Cells

* Does the proposed project involve human embryonic stem cells?

If the proposed project involves human embryonic stem cells, list below the registration number of the 

specific cell line(s) from the following list: http://stemcells.nih.gov/research/registry/. Or, if a specific 

stem cell line cannot be referenced at this time, please check the box indicating that one from the 

registry will be used: 

Specific stem cell line cannot be referenced at this time. One from the registry will be used.

PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement

No Yes

Cell Line(s):

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PHS 398 Research Plan

1. Application Type:

From SF 424 (R&R) Cover Page. The response provided on that page, regarding the type of application being submitted, is repeated for your

reference, as you attach the appropriate sections of the Research Plan.

*Type of Application:

OMB Number: 0925-0001 

2. Specific Aims

3. *Research Strategy

6. Protection of Human Subjects

7. Inclusion of Women and Minorities

8. Targeted/Planned Enrollment Table

9. Inclusion of Children

10. Vertebrate Animals

13. Consortium/Contractual Arrangements

14. Letters of Support

15. Resource Sharing Plan(s)

16. Appendix

1. Introduction to Application

(for RESUBMISSION or REVISION only)

Human Subjects Sections

2. Research Plan Attachments:

Please attach applicable sections of the research plan, below.

Other Research Plan Sections

5. Progress Report Publication List

11. Select Agent Research

12. Multiple PD/PI Leadership Plan

4. Inclusion Enrollment Report

New Resubmission Renewal Continuation Revision

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Specific Aims 

Meningitis and encephalitis are inflammatory, often infectious, processes of the central nervous system 

(CNS) that can result in significant morbidity and mortality for those affected. Prompt, appropriate therapy is 

crucial, but determining the infectious etiology can be difficult and time-consuming. A wide-range of pathogens 

can be involved, including both bacteria and viruses, and therapy varies between etiologies. At present, 

culture is the gold standard for diagnosis of bacterial meningoencephalitis (ME), while amplification of viral 

DNA by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the standard for many viral (“aseptic”) causes. Though 

employed in clinical laboratories, most real-time PCR assays for viruses causing ME are not FDA cleared and 

may require considerable skill or resources to perform. New technologies for rapid detection of pathogens that 

cause acute ME are critical for accurate diagnosis and facilitation of effective treatment for these lifethreatening infections. 

Idaho Technology (ITI) has developed the FilmArray, an easy to use “lab in a pouch” PCR-based 

diagnostic system that can rapidly and simultaneously test for large panels of infectious agents. We propose 

to apply the FilmArray technology to the problem of ME diagnosis. 

SA1: Develop a FilmArray Meningoencephalitis (FAME) panel (0-18 months) 

We will combine assays from existing FilmArray panels with five new viral assays (in bold below) to 

construct a panel that can detect the following ME-causing organisms directly from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): 

Bacteria: Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis,

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus species, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycoplasma

pneumoniae, Staphylococcus species (including S. aureus), and Streptococcus species (including 

S. agalactiae, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, viridians streptococci) 

Viruses: Enterovirus, Parechovirus, HSV1, HSV2, VZV, EBV, CMV, HHV-6

For each FAME panel assay, we will implement a corresponding published, or in-house developed 

singleplex real-time PCR assay. This will allow us to compare the sensitivity of the FAME pouch to that of 

established PCR assays when tested on CSF spiked with dilutions of organism(s). Those assays in the pouch 

that perform less well than conventional assays will be modified or replaced. Milestones: Development of a 

FilmArray pouch comprised of assays for the pathogens listed with demonstration of sensitive and specific 

pathogen detection in spiked CSF samples. 

SA2: Optimize nucleic acid extraction for virus and bacteria from CSF (0-18 months) 

CSF is one of the less complex sample matrices that have been processed on the FilmArray (when 

compared to nasal swabs, blood culture media, stool and even soil). Detection of bacteria, and virus directly 

from CSF without previous biological amplification in culture, however, may require further optimization of 

system sensitivity. To achieve this we will optimize the nucleic acid purification steps in the pouch and 

investigate simple steps to concentrate bacteria and viruses from 1 to 2 ml of CSF to the 0.1 ml injected into 

the pouch. Milestones: 1) Demonstration that FAME pouch performs equally with buffer and CSF, 2) 

Development of a protocol that lowers the limit of detection (LoD) by at least five-fold but does not add more 

than 1 hour to the total test time. 

SA3: Test the FAME panel on CSF from pediatric and adult patients (12-18 months) 

Our medical collaborators will perform a preclinical evaluation of the FAME pouch by testing up to 300 

CSF samples from a population of pediatric and adult patients with suspected ME. We will compare the results 

of FAME panel testing to clinical standard-of-care testing supplemented with additional PCR assays described 

in SA1. Milestone: Demonstration of clinical sensitivity and specificity at least equal to existing clinical practice. 

A successful outcome of this proposal will be a FilmArray pouch capable of rapid and accurate 

detection and identification of common ME pathogens. A future phase II proposal would focus on analytical 

and clinical performance evaluations of the FAME panel. The results of these studies will be included in a 

510(k) application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clearance of the FAME panel for use as an in 

vitro diagnostic. 

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Dr. Poritz informs us that this section and the following were drafted largely by the Co-Investigators: Dr. Blaschke, Dr. Hanson and Dr. Daly. This demonstrates 

the importance of involving collaborators with different areas of expertise in the drafting of the application as well as performing the work. 

Significance 

Meningoencephalitis 

Infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are important medical, neurological and sometimes 

neurosurgical emergencies that can result in serious morbidity and mortality. The two primary syndromes of 

CNS infection are “meningitis” (inflammation of the meninges or the covering of the brain) and “encephalitis” 

(inflammation of the brain tissue itself). Symptoms of meningitis include stiff neck and headache; a laboratory 

diagnosis of meningitis is made by detecting an elevated number of white blood cells in the cerebral spinal fluid 

(CSF). Persons with encephalitis have the signs and symptoms of meningitis, but in addition have alterations in 

consciousness. While it may sometimes be clinically useful to distinguish meningitis from encephalitis, there is 

overlap in the syndromes and causative pathogens. For this reason, the all-inclusive term 

“meningoencephalitis” (ME) will be used here. 

Acute meningoencephalitis typically presents with clinical symptoms that evolve over hours to days. 

The epidemiology of acute ME is complex. Both bacterial and viral pathogens can cause acute ME and a rapid, 

organism-specific diagnosis is essential for appropriate management. Bacterial meningitis is considered to be 

one of the “top 10” causes of infection-related death worldwide and a large proportion of survivors are left with 

significant neurologic or other impairment from the disease [1]. Prior to widespread vaccination the most 

common cause of bacterial ME was Haemophilus influenzae type B and this pathogen remains a significant 

problem in unimmunized populations. In addition to immunization status, the pathogen profile of bacterial ME 

also varies by age. Neonates and young infants are affected primarily by vaginal flora such as Escherichia coli

and Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus) while in older children and adults Neisseria meningitidis

and Streptococcus pneumoniae are the most common pathogens. S. pyogenes (group A Streptococcus) and 

Mycoplasma pneumoniae are additional causes of ME in both adults and children, while Listeria

monocytogenes disproportionally affects adults aged 50 years or older. 

Advances in medical therapy have also led to changes in the pathogenesis of bacterial ME. Individuals 

with alterations in CNS anatomy leading to an inability to circulate CSF often have devices in place to facilitate 

CSF drainage from the ventricles of the brain. These “ventricular shunts” are placed surgically and have a

relatively high incidence of infection [2,3]. Individuals who have undergone neurosurgical procedures are also 

at risk [4]. Pathogens involved in these infections include skin flora such as Staphylococcus aureus, 

coagulase-negative staphylococci (CONS), the viridians group streptococci and hospital-acquired organisms 

such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococci. 

While bacteria are the most feared causes of ME, viruses are actually more common, with the number 

of cases of viral meningitis each year exceeding the total number of meningitis cases caused by all other 

etiologies combined [5]. Enterovirus (EV, [6,7]) and Parechovirus [8,9,10] are two different genera of the 

picornaviruses family that have been commonly implicated in ME. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a more 

serious cause of acute ME and requires emergent therapy [6,7]. Additional human Herpesviruses (i.e., varicella 

zoster virus (VZV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6)) are 

also considerations in the appropriate clinical setting [6,7,11]. Less frequent viral causes of acute ME include 

the common respiratory pathogens influenza, parainfluenza and adenovirus as well as the arboviruses. 

Among the mosquito-borne encephalitis viruses, the greatest public health threat in North America are posed 

by the West Nile (WNV), St. Louis encephalitis, Eastern Equine encephalitis and La Crosse encephalitis 

viruses [12]. However, diagnosis can be made by demonstration of IgM antibody in CSF and it is not clear that 

these pathogens are present in the US at rates that justify their inclusion in a ME diagnostic. 

A rapid and accurate etiologic diagnosis is essential for optimal clinical outcomes [7]. Bacterial 

meningitis and HSV encephalitis are immediately life threatening and must be quickly distinguished from the 

more common aseptic (viral) meningoencephalides. Given the range of possible pathogens, and the 

substantial overlap in clinical presentation of bacterial versus viral CNS infection, empiric antimicrobial therapy 

for acute ME must be broad-spectrum and often involves multiple agents. Inappropriate initial treatment for 

bacterial meningitis increases mortality and serious sequelae [7,13]. In contrast to bacterial or HSV infection, 

most other causes of viral acute ME do not require therapy or no effective antiviral treatment is available. 

Quickly distinguishing these causes from bacterial or HSV infection can lead to significant decreases in 

inappropriate and unnecessary antimicrobial therapy and potentially reduce ancillary diagnostic testing and 

length of emergency department or hospital stay [14,15]. 

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Current Laboratory Diagnosis of ME 

CSF sampling through lumbar puncture (LP) is mandatory for any patient in whom acute ME is 

suspected. Examination of the CSF white cell count, glucose and protein concentrations are useful for 

differentiating bacterial from viral causes of acute ME; however, some patients may have atypical or nondiscriminatory CSF profiles. Culture has long been considered the diagnostic “gold standard” for the diagnosis 

of CNS infection and is required for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. The sensitivity of CSF bacterial culture 

is variable (range, 62-85%) and is influenced by prior antibiotic treatment [16]. In addition, most viruses do not 

grow well in routine cell culture and many clinical laboratories discourage the routine use of CSF viral culture 

for the majority of acute ME patients [17]. 

CSF Gram stain and nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are additional diagnostic tools that aid in 

establishing an etiologic diagnosis. The yield of CSF Gram stain, however, varies considerably for different 

organisms, is affected by host factors (i.e., adults vs. children) and may be reduced in antibiotic pretreated 

patients [16]. NAATs, specifically PCR, have been shown to bring added value to bacterial Gram stain and 

culture. In one study of bacterial meningitis, 43% patients with H. influenzae, 27% with S. pneumoniae and 

37% with N. meningitidis were diagnosed only by use of PCR [18]. Application of PCR methods to the analysis 

of CSF samples has also resulted in significantly higher rates of viral identification, in much shorter periods of 

time than can be achieved with either culture or using serology [19,20]. PCR testing is now the diagnostic 

modality of choice for viral acute ME. 

Despite the clear benefits associated with the routine application of molecular techniques for the 

diagnosis of acute ME there are currently only a few standardized, commercially available PCR assays for the 

detection of bacteria and/or viruses from CSF. Those that are available typically target only a single pathogen 

at a time or are complex and costly, requiring skilled laboratory personnel. One example, from Cepheid 

(Sunnyvale, CA) is an easy to use, fully integrated PCR assay for EV from CSF [21,22]. This system is rapid 

and a positive EV result can be used to directly affect patient management. However, EV negative specimens 

require additional testing to identify the etiologic agent of 

disease. Given the number and genetic diversity of potential 

ME pathogens, several independent PCR tests often need to 

be combined to cover the spectrum of causative agents, which 

drives up both cost and time to diagnosis. Current multiplex 

technologies (i.e. suspension bead arrays or chip-based 

microarrays) are amendable to the simultaneous detection of 

multiple ME pathogens, but require specialized expertise and 

equipment for development, are labor intensive and prone to 

laboratory contamination [23]. Clinical laboratories are 

therefore forced to send specialized molecular testing to a 

reference laboratory, which delays the turn-around-time to 

results and severely limits clinical utility. 

Idaho Technology’s FilmArray platform 

Idaho Technology (ITI) has developed the FilmArray, a fully-integrated, automated “lab-in-a-pouch”

system that performs nucleic acid purification, reverse transcription, nested multiplex PCR amplification and 

target detection for up to 28 targets in about one hour. The system consists of the instrument and a selfcontained, disposable reagent pouch (Figure 1; see [24] for a detailed description of the pouch and 

instrument). Target identification occurs in an array of 102 small volume second stage PCR reactions (I in 

Figure 1). Amplification products are differentiated and identified by high-resolution DNA melting analysis. 

ITI has five FilmArray pouches for different infectious clinical syndromes in production or development. 

These include: Respiratory Pathogen (RP) [24,25,26,27,28], Blood Culture Identification (BCID), 

Gastrointestinal Pathogen (GI), Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) and Biothreat (BT). The pathogens 

identified by the first four of these pouches are listed in Table 1. The RP pouch received FDA clearance for 

detection of 15 analytes (underlined in Table 1) in May 2011 and a follow-on 510(k) for clearance of all 

additional panel organisms (except Bocavirus) is currently under FDA review. If successful, the expanded 

FilmArray RP panel will be the first FDA-cleared multiplex NAAT to detect both viral and bacterial respiratory 

tract pathogens. 

Fig 1: FilmArray pouch

Food color is used to indicate blisters. C-E: 

Nucleic acid purification, F-G: RT and 1

st stage 

PCR, I: Array of 1μl wells for 2nd stage PCR.

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The BCID panel (with the intended use of identifying a broad range of sepsis causing organisms from 

blood culture bottles) and the GI panel (detection of virus, bacteria and protozoa directly from stool) are in final 

development. Performance evaluations for 510(k) submission of both panels will occur in the next year. 

FilmArray RP and BCID pouches detect ME-causing viruses and bacteria in CSF 

To establish the feasibility of using existing FilmArray assays to detect relevant bacteria and viruses in 

CSF, we tested CSF samples in the BCID and RP pouches. The samples had been collected over the past five 

years from pediatric patients at Primary Children’s Medical Center (PCMC, Salt Lake City, UT) under an IRB

approved protocol written by Dr. Blaschke for discarded CSF. At the time of collection, these samples were 

tested for the presence of bacteria by conventional culture and for EV by a reverse-transcription PCR assay 

[29]. The remaining portion was frozen at -80o C. 

Twelve CSF samples were originally positive for bacterial pathogens by culture. A comparison of the 

culture and FilmArray (BCID) tests for bacterial pathogens is shown in Table 2; discordant FilmArray results 

are indicated with bold text. The FA BCID pouch correctly detected 9 of 12 (75%) of the organisms identified 

by culture; one was misidentified and two were missed. In each case of a missed organism the CSF indices 

(white blood cell count, protein and glucose) were normal at the time of sampling, suggesting the possibility 

that the level of bacteria in these samples was particularly low. FilmArray tests 100μl of CSF while culture 

uses 1 ml or more; see SA2 below on how to increase the 

effective volume tested in the pouch.

An additional 16 CSF samples, originally positive for 

EV by PCR, were tested on the FilmArray RP panel. Ten of 

these were identified as strong positive for human Rhinovirus 

/ Enterovirus (HRV/EV), another 3 were weakly positive and

3 were negative for an overall yield of 63% strongly positive 

and 81% positive. No false positive or other unexpected 

results were observed. Based on the RP panel clinical trial, 

the specificity of this assay is high. 

These data show that existing FilmArray PCR assays 

and sample preparation protocols, developed for other 

indications, have moderate sensitivity and specificity for the 

detection of bacterial and viral pathogens in CSF. It is 

possible that the lower sensitivity of the HRV/EV assay is 

due to primer design targeted specifically to picornaviruses of 

the respiratory tract; further PCR and sequencing of EV 

positive CSF will determine if primer redesign is necessary. 

Age, storage, and handling of the frozen CSF specimens 

could also have influenced the sensitivity of detection [20,22]. 

Table 2: BCID testing of culture positive CSF

Sample Culture Result FA result

6* S. aureus S. aureus

295* S. aureus S. aureus

296* S. aureus S. aureus

50 E. coli E. coli

318 E. coli Negative

1263 E. cloacae Enterobacteriaceae/

E. cloacae

1416 E. faecalis Enterococcus

1555 Viridans Enterococcus

946 Viridans group Negative

1812 H. influenzae H. influenzae 

1479 N. meningitidis N. meningitidis

1714 P. aeruginosa P. aeruginosa

* CSF from a ventricular shunt

Table 1: List of FilmArray Pouches in production or development and their assays:

RP: Adenovirus; Bocavirus; Coronavirus (229E, HKU1, OC43, NL63); Influenza A (H1, H1-2009, H3); 

Influenza B; Human Metapneumovirus; Parainfluenza Virus (1, 2, 3, 4); RSV; Rhinovirus/Enterovirus; 

Bordetella pertussis; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

BCID: Acinetobacter baumannii complex; Enterobacteriaceae (including Enterobacter cloacae complex,

Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens, and Proteus spp.);

Enterococci; Listeria monocytogenes; Haemophilus influenzae; Neisseria meningitidis; Pseudomonas

aeruginosa; Staphylococci (S. aureus and select CoNS); Streptococci (S. pyogenes, S. agalactiae, S.

pneumoniae and select viridans group species); Candida (C. albicans, C. glabrata, C. krusei, C.

parapsiolosis, C. tropicalis); Antibiotic resistance genes: mecA; vanA/vanB; blaKPC

GI: Adenovirus F 40/41; Astrovirus ;Norovirus; Rotavirus; Sapovirus; Aeromonas spp.; Campylobacter

spp.; C. difficile (inc. NAP1); ETEC; EPEC; STEC/EHEC; STEC 0157:H7 serotype; EIEC; EAEC; Vibrio

(spp., V. cholerae); Shigella (spp.; S. dysenteriae); Salmonella spp.; Yersinia enterocolitica; Plesiomonas

shigelloides; Cryptosporidium spp.; G. lamblia; E. histolytica; Cyclospora cayetanensis

STI: HSV 1; HSV 2; C. trachomatis; H. ducreyi; M. genitalium; N. gonorrhoeae; T. pallidum; T. vaginalis;

U. parvum; U. urealyticum;

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The goal of the present application is to combine the 

relevant assays from the BCID and RP panels, with additional 

assays for Parechovirus and Herpesvirus, into a ME specific 

FilmArray panel with sample handling and pouch chemistry

optimized for the extraction of pathogen nucleic acid from CSF.

FilmArray nucleic acid purification is robust 

ITI has a dedicated sample preparation group and has 

developed commercially available kits for DNA and RNA 

extraction from bacteria and viruses for 17 sample types. More 

specifically, the FilmArray platform has been adapted to 

process a variety of difficult sample matrices including blood, 

blood culture, swabs, sputum, soil and stool. Figure 2 shows 

amplification curves resulting from injection of a stool sample 

from a pediatric patient into a developmental version of the FilmArray GI pouch. This sample was negative by 

conventional testing. The curves indicate the presence of Adenovirus and Astrovirus (two assays for each 

virus). Additional PCR assays and amplicon sequencing confirmed the presence of both organisms. This 

experiment shows that the FilmArray can purify both RNA and DNA viruses from stool, traditionally considered 

a difficult sample matrix. 

FilmArray nested PCR easily accommodates high multiplexing 

 The GI pouch is the most highly multiplexed FilmArray pouch currently developed, with over 100 

primers in the first stage PCR (see target list in Table 1). The experiment in Figure 2 and other GI pouch runs 

have demonstrated sensitivity similar to that of singleplex PCR assays. These data, along with the extensive 

clinical and analytical performance evaluations for the FDA-cleared RP pouch provide evidence that the nested 

format and the mechanical hot start of the FilmArray protocol (see discussion in [24]) overcome much of the 

assay optimization difficulties associated with traditional multiplex PCR [30,31]. We believe that it will be 

possible to combine existing assays from the RP and BCID pouches into the FAME pouch (SA1) and achieve 

performance comparable to that of singleplex assays, without extensive modification of the multiplex PCR.

Innovation 

The proposed study will develop a comprehensive panel for a rapid, direct-from-specimen, PCR-based 

diagnostic test based on the FilmArray platform that will detect, and identify the primary viral and bacterial 

pathogens of acute ME. This panel has the potential to significantly benefit patients with acute ME, to reduce 

morbidity and mortality, and to decrease the use of unnecessary or inappropriate antimicrobial therapy. 

Although other established commercial platforms (e.g. Luminex, Cepheid and Prodesse 

[22,32,33,34,35,36,37] are capable of multiplexed organism identification, they either require a sample 

preparation step, specialized training, a controlled environment or they are more limited in the number of 

targets identified. FilmArray has advantages over current diagnostic methods because it is rapid, user-friendly, 

fully automated, self-contained and has the potential to be available near point-of-care. 

 Approach 

The goal of this phase I application is to develop the FAME pouch, determine the need for preenrichment steps, optimize the sample purification protocol and perform an initial evaluation of the clinical 

sensitivity and specificity of the system. A successful outcome of this phase I application will be a FilmArray 

pouch and protocol that is ready for full clinical and analytical evaluation. This will provide the data necessary 

for an FDA 510(k) submission and will be the heart of a Phase II application for the FAME pouch. 

SA1: Develop a FilmArray meningoencephalitis pouch (0-18 months) 

Table 3 lists the panel of assays that will go into the initial FAME pouch. It is derived from consultation 

with our collaborators (Drs. Blaschke and Hanson) and a review of the literature (references cited above). 

Other targets could be added to this list e.g. Adenovirus and West Nile Virus. This panel is a reasonable 

starting point; the final composition will be evaluated periodically during the development process by a 

Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), a panel of laboratory and medical experts convened by ITI. Early in the assay 

design phase, the SAB will convene to make recommendations about panel size and composition. Obviously 

larger panels may result in fewer negative results but will increase the development and regulatory risk. 

Fig 2: Virus detection from stool in the GI 

pouch

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For all but five of the organisms listed (bold text), we already 

have FilmArray pouches with the appropriate nested multiplex assays. 

During development of these panels, effort was made to keep the first 

and second stage PCR cycling conditions constant so that assays 

could be moved between panels as needed. 

New FAME assay development will follow the protocols that 

have been successful for the development of the nested multiplex 

assays of the FilmArray panels shown in Table 1. We have found that 

the standard issues of primer design (minimally degenerate primers 

chosen against conserved regions of the bacterial or virus family, Tms 

around 60 oC etc) are necessary and sufficient to make candidate 

assays [24]. We then compare the performance of an outer PCR by 

itself (singleplex) or together with the other outer primers (multiplex) in 

a block thermocycler with the crossing points (Cps) of the inner, nested, 

PCR as a readout of the first stage PCR reaction. Primers are altered 

as necessary to achieve equivalent performance. The nested format 

of the PCR and the different wells of the array allow us to design and 

assess multiple sets of outer and inner primers for pathogens of 

particular interest. For assays that target highly diverse viruses, such 

as EV, primers will be evaluated with respect to their match to relevant 

serotypes and sequences recovered from CSF samples ([38,39], and 

our own sequence data) and compared to existing RT-PCR assays 

[20,40,41,42,43]. 

We will also develop one or more “comparator” PCR assays for 

the new viruses in the panel, using the literature as a guide 

[44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51]. These assays will use hydrolysis or 

hybridization probe chemistry and will be run in standard real-time PCR instruments. We have already 

constructed such assays for the RP panel and some BCID analytes. We will get a preliminary idea of the 

sensitivity and specificity of the FAME pouch by testing it on CSF spiked with dilutions of cultured target 

organism (bacteria and viruses). We can run the same spiked samples through standard culture (for bacteria) 

or conventional assays (for virus) described above for comparison. The FAME assays that perform less well 

than conventional assays will be modified (primers moved 5’ or 3’ where possible) or replaced. 

Milestones for SA1:.Development of a FilmArray pouch with ~23 assays for the pathogens listed, 

which shows sensitivity and specificity for pathogen detection in spiked CSF comparable to that of existing 

assays. Risks: The nested PCR assays that have been successfully developed for the FilmArray suggest that 

we can meet this goal. It may take several iterations of the assays but this is only a timeline risk. The main risk 

falls later, in SA3, where we evaluate clinically relevant sensitivity. 

SA2: Optimize sample preparation for virus and bacteria from CSF (0-18 months)

ITI has a wealth of experience in using the FilmArray to purify nucleic acids from gram positive and 

negative bacteria, as well as from RNA/DNA viruses. Because CSF is most similar in viscosity and total nucleic 

acid load to nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) in viral transport medium, FAME panel development will be initiated 

with the NPS protocol developed for the RP panel (see preliminary data in Table 2). Human CSF samples 

(primarily discarded ventricular shunt fluid provided by our collaborators or purchased) will be spiked with 

cultured isolates of ME pathogens (Table 3) and the FilmArray sample purification steps (bead beating time, 

collections on magnetic beads etc, see ref [24]) will be varied. The Cps of the amplification curves can be used 

to monitor protocol performance and effective removal of potential PCR inhibitors from samples. The effect of 

the CSF sample matrix can be evaluated by comparing purification and PCR efficiency between equivalent 

samples prepared in buffer versus CSF. 

Preliminary data (Table 2 and text) show that without any optimization, the FilmArray had 75 to 80% 

clinical sensitivity with the frozen CSF samples tested. If it is necessary to increase sensitivity beyond that 

achieved by system protocol optimization, we will investigate methods to concentrate pathogens before 

injection into the pouch (100 μl can be injected into the FilmArray pouch compared to the 1-2 mL of CSF 

available for culture). If it is the level of bacteria that is limiting, we will determine whether a short centrifugation 

is sufficient to pellet bacteria [52,53], if virus, we will explore protocols for precipitation with polyethylene glycol 

and NaCl [53,54,55,56,57]. These methods should enrich the sample 5 to 10x (assuming a 50% yield). 

Table 3: FAME pouch assays

Enterobacteriaceae 

 Escherichia coli*

Enterococcus*

Haemophilus influenzae*

Listeria monocytogenes

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Neisseria meningitidis*

Pseudomonas aeruginosa*

Staphylococcus

 Staphylococcus aureus*

Streptococcus (including viridans)

 Streptococcus agalactiae

 Streptococcus pneumoniae

 Streptococcus pyogenes

Enterovirus*

Parechovirus

HSV1

HSV2

VZV

EBV

CMV

HHV(6)

* Targets identified in Table 1. A

genus level assay does not identify 

an individual species.

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Milestones: 1) Demonstration that FAME pouch performance is the same with bacteria and virus 

spiked into buffer and into CSF sample matrix, 2) Development of a protocol for pre-enriching the sample that 

lowers the LoD by five-fold but does not add significant test time. Risks: 1) If protein in CSF is inhibitory we 

have had some success with adding protease to the sample. If there is not enough nucleic acid in the sample 

we can add carrier. Otherwise we are following in the steps of previous purification protocols that have proven 

to be quite efficient. 2) Virus precipitation protocols are straight forward and easy to test. We recognize that 

these protocols add time, complexity and biohazard issues to the FilmArray workflow but they are not outside 

the capabilities of a moderate complexity microbiology laboratory. If the level of enrichment does not justify the 

extra effort, it will not be used. 

SA3: Test the panel on CSF from pediatric and adult patients (12-18 months) 

Testing contrived samples during the development of a diagnostic platform is important; however the 

key test of such a system is its performance with real patient samples in the environment as close as possible 

to the clinical laboratory. To this end, ITI will place FilmArray instruments and FAME pouches with our 

collaborators: Dr. Blaschke (at the University of Utah) and Dr Hanson (at ARUP). Dr. Blaschke’s laboratory will 

analyze de-identified, discarded, pediatric CSF samples provided by the clinical microbiology laboratory at 

PCMC (Dr. Daly Letter of Support). Standard testing for these samples includes bacterial culture and/or EV 

PCR. Dr. Hanson will collect de-identified discarded CSF samples sent to ARUP for standard bacterial culture 

and/or PCR (EV, Parechovirus, HSV, VZV, EBV, CMV, HHV6 and M. pneumoniae). We expect to collect 100 

to 150 samples each at PCMC and ARUP. The increased clinical costs of collecting ‘fresh’ CSF (which 

requires informed consent) is not justified during this development stage of the project so the samples will be 

frozen residual specimens reserved under the appropriate IRB-approved protocols. We will run comparator 

PCR assays (developed in SA1) as needed to confirm the FAME result and/or resolve discrepant results. 

Milestone: Demonstration of clinical sensitivity and specificity at least equal to existing clinical practice 

or published assays. Risks: A clinical sensitivity requirement of at least 90% for each analyte is anticipated for 

FDA clearance of the FAME panel (the FDA-cleared EV assay from Cepheid achieved 96.3% sensitivity from 

CSF samples). Preliminary data (Table 2 and EV results) suggests a reasonable level of clinical sensitivity (75-

80%) with non-optimized assays and protocols, which will be enhanced through the activities of SA1and SA2. 

Project Potential (Preparation for Phase II) 

The data collected in SA3 will indicate the likelihood of success for the FAME pouch. Based on 

previous pouches we expect that the majority of assays will show adequate clinical sensitivity to proceed. For 

those that do not, we will investigate the option of isolated assay redesign to rescue performance (successfully 

achieved for several RP, BCID and GI assays). Required redesign would occur after phase I and in preparation 

for phase II activities. 

As there is a large unmet medical need for a comprehensive ME diagnostic, ITI will commit the internal 

resources necessary to transform phase I work into a product ready for serious consideration in a phase II 

application. Pursuant to our Quality System, risk analysis, product development planning, and establishment of 

a clinical and scientific advisory board will occur at the beginning of the project. A phase II proposal would 

outline analytical testing to demonstrate the accuracy, reproducibility and robustness of the FAME panel 

(including studies to determine assay limit of detection, inclusivity, cross-reactivity, sample and reagent storage 

conditions, and exposure to potential interfering substances). The proposal would also include an extensive 

clinical evaluation of specimens collected and tested in the intended use setting and compared to appropriate 

reference or comparator methods. Studies would be designed so that the data could used to support 

submission and review of the FAME panel by the FDA as an in vitro diagnostic, for the eventual use by the 

medical community to improve ME patient care and management.

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PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS 

Institutional Review Board (IRB) services and oversight are obtained from the University of Utah. ITI 

currently has multiple projects under the supervision of the University of Utah IRB including three that are 

relevant here: 1) Collection of Anonymized Samples for Use in Product Development, PI Lingenfelter; 2) 

Testing of Residual Banked Specimens for Evaluation of the FilmArray Respiratory Panel, PI Lingenfelter; 3) 

Accuracy and Ease of Use Assessment for the Film Array RP System In a Non-laboratory Setting, PI 

Lingenfelter. In addition Dr. Blaschke has an ongoing IRB approved protocol, Real-Time Multiplex PCR for 

Diagnosis of Bacterial and Viral Infections in Children, that covers the patient population described in this 

application: pediatric patients with a diagnosis of meningoencephalitis. 

Clinical samples from two different sources (ARUP and PCMC) during the course of the work proposed 

here. Those from ARUP do not require IRB approval because they fall under Exemption 4. Those from PCMC 

will require an IRB protocol. 

Explanation of ARUP exemption 4: 

For preclinical assay development, we will obtain residual human CSF specimens submitted to ARUP 

Laboratories for microbiologic testing as a part of routine clinical care. It is anticipated that these specimens will 

be reflective of the larger, national population at risk for meningoencephalitis (i.e. a population that includes 

women, children and minorities). 

IRB approved protocols are currently in place at ARUP that allows us to reclaim and bank a portion of 

the original CSF specimen that remains after the requested diagnostic test(s) have been performed. These 

residual specimens are initially labeled and stored only with the ARUP accession number. Accession numbers 

are considered Protected Health Information (PHI) because the number can be used to link the specimen to 

private identifiers such as patient name and state of residence. However, we will use the accession number 

only to obtain and record the ARUP microbiologic test results, date of sample collection, and to assess how the 

specimen was handled prior to freezing in the bank. No PHI will be recorded and we will not have reliable 

access to patient age, sex or race/ethnicity. When the specimen is logged in to the study repository, we will 

permanently remove the accession number from the sample and recode the container with a randomly 

generated specimen ID number that in no way resembles PHI. The study ID number will be linked only to the 

routine culture and/or PCR results. Complete and permanent de-identification of the specimen prior to 

FilmArray testing qualifies as Exempt Human Research. 

The remaining human subjects sections cover the research proposed for PCMC 

A. Risks to Subjects 

A1. Human Subjects Involvement and Characteristics 

All three Specific Aims will require samples collected from patients with suspected ME. Samples will be 

representative of the general population served by the Primary Children’s Medical Center and University of 

Utah hospitals. Samples will be collected and stored in the Microbiology Laboratory at Primary Children’s

Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah and the University of Utah Hospital Adult ICU. All samples will be 

collected under the supervision of the University of Utah IRB. 

Children are included in this study because they are one of the primary populations diagnosed with ME. 

Pediatric CSF samples will be collected from children diagnosed with ME. CSF samples will be divided into 

two samples. One half will be tested by culture and PCR (for EV) in the Microbiology Laboratory at Primary 

Children’s Medical Center and one half will be stored for testing by FilmArray. 

Results from the FilmArray system will not be available in real time and will not be provided to 

clinicians. Therefore, it is anticipated that this portion will be deemed low risk by the IRB and consent will be 

waived. 

A2. Sources of Materials 

Materials (clinical samples and data) will be obtained specifically for the purposes of this research. All 

clinical and data collection will be performed with IRB approval and comply with the Health Insurance 

Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Clinical data to be collected from research subjects, and used for 

research purposes only, include clinical history, specifically microbiologic data necessary to compare FilmArray 

FAME Panel results to those of conventional culture and PCR, as well as records necessary for the correlation 

of clinical findings with infectious diagnosis. 

A3. Potential Risks 

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There will be no added physical risks to the patients from sample collection as no extra material will be 

collected.

B. Adequacy of Protection against Risks 

B1. Specific Aims 1 and 2: Waiver of Consent 

All investigators will comply with HIPAA. Confidentiality will be protected by limiting access to the 

research data and by de-identification of samples tested at ITI. 

B2. Specimen De-identification 

Idaho Technology has a long history of collecting samples from volunteers and is covered under the 

existing IRB noted above (Collection of Anonymized Sample for use in Product Development and Clinical 

Trials) For both Specific Aims samples will be collected in association with patient PHI, which will be used only 

to identify the appropriate electronic medical record and associated clinical and laboratory data. Chart 

abstractions will be performed monthly and following abstraction of the medical record, the data will be deidentified. 

Records containing PHI will be destroyed after chart abstraction. For PCR analyses, each specimen 

will be given a unique numeric identifier. Specimens for PCR testing at ITI will be identified only by this number 

and will be stored in a secure location at ITI. The results of the PCR testing will be shared electronically via a 

secure e-mail connection provided by the University of Utah and will be stored in a password protected 

database. A separate database will be kept that links the unique identifiers to the patient data. All analyses 

will be performed on data sets created without identifiers that would allow linkage of individual patients to their 

records. 

C. Potential Benefits of the Proposed Research to the Subjects and Others 

There will be no benefit to the individual patient. From a society perspective, the benefits could include the 

improved ability to rapidly diagnose the etiologic agent in meningoencephalitis patients and institute 

appropriate therapy in a timely manner. Benefits could also include improved antibiotic treatment. 

D. Importance of the Knowledge to be Gained 

The studies proposed will provide data critical to the development of new diagnostic technology for the rapid 

and timely detection and identification of pathogens causing meningoencephalitis. The data from these studies 

may allow a more accurate correlation between symptoms and pathogens which would be beneficial for the 

diagnosis and treatment of this disease in children and adults. 

Protection of Human Subjects 
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Inclusion of Women and Minorities 

Female infants and children will be represented among the random de-identified samples from Primary 

Children’s Medical Center. The minority population in Utah is heavily weighted toward those of Hispanic 

descent. African Americans and those of Asian descent only represent ~3.5% of the population in the greater 

Salt Lake City area. No selection by gender ethnicity will be made. 

Women &Minorities 
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Targeted/Planned Enrollment Table

This report format should NOT be used for data collection from study 

Study Title:

Total Planned Enrollment:

TARGETED/PLANNED ENROLLMENT: Number of Subjects

Ethnic Category Sex/Gender

Females Males Total

Hispanic or Latino 30 30 60

Not Hispanic or Latino 120 120 240

Ethnic Category: Total of All Subjects * 150 150 300

Racial Categories

American Indian/Alaska Native 3 3 6

Asian 15 15 30

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 15 15 30

Black or African American 3 3 6

White 114 114 228

Racial Categories: Total of All Subjects * 150 150 300

* The “Ethnic Category: Total of All Subjects” must be equal to the “Racial Categories: Total of All Subjects.”

Planned Enrollment Table 
Inclusion of children

CSF from children with suspected meningoencephalitis at PCMC will be tested using the FilmArray 

FAME panel in Dr. Blaschke’s laboratory (see Facilities). PCMC serves the needs of children in the states of 

Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and Montana. The hospital is equipped to treat children with complex illness 

and injury and is recognized as one of the top children's hospitals in the United States. 

 

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Children 
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