Dr. Tille has over 30 years of laboratory experience from bench tech, lab manager and technical specialist to university professor, program director and administrator. In addition to her microbiology and molecular diagnostics expertise, Dr. Tille has worked with a variety of University and Hospital MLS programs to develop state of the art curriculum, program reviews, accreditation, and implementation. In addition, she has received multiple accolades from ASCLS including professional achievement in microbiology twice and molecular diagnostics. She was most recently chosen as the ASCLS National Recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. Dr. Tille is also the author of the internationally recognized Diagnostic Microbiology Textbook, Bailey and Scott’s by Elsevier and the CLS Review Text, FA Davis. Dr Tille, currently serves as the laboratory science Graduate Program Director and Dept Chair for the clinical health and information sciences dept at the University of Cincinnati, and National President for ASCLS.