Evann E Hilt, Ph.D, D(ABMM) received her Masters of Science in Infectious Disease and Immunology and her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, IL where she studied the urinary microbiome of women. Next, she attended the University of California Los Angeles, where she completed a fellowship in clinical microbiology and public health and received her certification with the American Board of Medical Microbiology. During her fellowship, she excelled in molecular diagnostics and next generation sequencing applications in the settings of infectious diseases. After completion of her fellowship, she joined the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota where she is currently an Assistant Professor and the Assistant Medical Director of the Infectious Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.