Kara Moser
Molecular Epidemiologist at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolKara Moser is a molecular epidemiologist with 8+ years of hands-on experience leading next-generation sequencing (NGS) efforts to support genomic surveillance, HAI/AMR research, and public health programs at the CDC and in academic settings. She combines deep technical skills in bioinformatics, sequencing platforms, and machine learning with programmatic leadership—designing capacity-building strategies, developing pipelines for diverse platforms (Illumina, PacBio, Nanopore), and coordinating multinational stakeholder networks. Kara has a strong track record translating complex genomic data into practical guidance, dashboards, manuscripts, and training materials for audiences from clinicians to national ministries of health. Her work spans infectious pathogens from Plasmodium to healthcare-associated organisms, and she mentors early-career scientists while shaping funding priorities and novel data-sharing resources. Based in Phoenix, she pairs PhD-level research experience with pragmatic public health implementation, often bringing sequencing to regions new to the technology.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Molecular Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Molecular Epidemiology at University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Global Health and Policy (Minor: Biology), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Global Health and Policy (Minor: Biology) at Alma CollegeMaster of Public Health - MPH, Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology, Master of Public Health - MPH, Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology at University of Michigan School of Public Health
Spanish
Github Skills (9)
infectious-diseases3
assembly3
genomics3
bioinformatics3
bam2
bioconda2
sequencing2
genome2
genome-assembly1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
IDEELResearch/nanopore-pipelines
Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
Scripts and pipelines for analyzing Oxford Nanopore long-read data
Contributions:41 commits, 39 pushes in 2 months
analyzingnanoporelong-read-dataoxford-nanoporeoxford
kmogroethe/hello-world
Sep 2017 - Oct 2018
sandbox
Contributions:4 PRs, 4 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 1 month
unicornsjavascriptsandboxsolidworksnodejs
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