State Laboratories Division

Dr. A. Christian Whelen is the Administrator for the State Laboratories Division and oversees its operations. He received his B.S. degree in Microbiology from South Dakota State University in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of North Dakota in 1985. His next 20 years were in the service of the U.S. Army directing stateside and overseas microbiology labs at military medical centers, research institutes, and as the Executive Officer to the Army Chief Scientist. He completed a clinical microbiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in 1994, is board certified in Clinical and Public Health Microbiology by the American Board of Medical Microbiology, and holds a Hawaii Clinical Laboratory Director License. His academic appointments have included Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Assistant Professor of Laboratory Science at Mayo Medical School. He has numerous professional affiliations including the American Society for Microbiology, Sigma Xi, the Order of Military Medical Merit, and is a Past President of the Society of Armed Forces Medical Laboratory Scientists. He has 1 patent and has authored 5 book chapters, 17 publications, and numerous abstracts and presentations.