University of Tasmania, Australia

Senior Lecturer

B.AppSc (MLS), FAIMS, PhD

Teaching Responsibilities

I have been lecturing in Medical Microbiology since 1995, and since that time have changed my approach to teaching. I used to view my role primarily as an "information provider", but now concentrate on teaching problem solving and critical thinking. "I want to make sure that students leave here with a good working knowledge of Medical Microbiology, and also the skills to be able to keep on learning and make sense of the vast amount of information that will be available to them".

Coordinator for the Graduate Diploma of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Masters of Biomedical Science (coursework).

Publications

• Extended spectrum B-lactamases:are we losing the battle? Tristram, S. 1995 * Australian Journal of Medical Science 16 16-25
• Extended spectrum B-lactamases in Haemophilus. Tristram, S. 1999 * Australian Journal of Medical Science 20 33-41
• Effect of extended spectrum B-lactamases on the susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae to Cephalosporins. Tristram, S. 2003 * Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotheraphy 51 39-43
• Disc diffusion-based screening tests for extended-spectrum β -lactamases in Haemophilus influenzae Tristram, SG, Bozdogan, B*, Appelbaum, PC 2005 * Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Oxford Press 570-573
• Variation in selected regions of blaTEM genes and promoters in Haemophilus influenzae Tristram, SG, Hawes, RA, Souprounov, J 2005 * Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Oxford Press 01-04
• Combination of altered PBPs and expression of cloned extended-spectrum beta-lactamases confers cefotaxime resistance in Haemophilus influenzae Bozdogan, B, Tristram, SG, Appelbaum, PC 2006 * Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 57 (4) 747-749
• A multiplex PCR for β-lactamase genes of Haemophilus influenzae and description of a new blaTEM promoter variant. Tristram, SG, Nichols, S, 2006 * Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 58 183-185

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