Windy D. Tanner

Windy D. Tanner, PhD, MSPH

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Family & Preventive Medicine

Divisions: Public Health

Board Certification

  • American Society for Clinical Pathology (Technologist in Microbiology)

Research Interests

  • Environmental Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Hospital-Associated Infections
  • Waterborne Pathogens
  • Biofilms and Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Wastewater-Based Epidemiology
  • Global Health Security

Dr. Tanner is a clinical and environmental microbiologist interested in environmental drivers of antimicrobial resistance. She combines microbiology and infectious disease epidemiology approaches to study environmental factors that influence the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their dissemination, particularly via water environments in hospital and community settings. Dr. Tanner has a special interest in Global Health and has conducted her research in communities and hospitals in the U.S. and South Asia.

Dr. Tanner earned her PhD in Public Health and MSPH at the University of Utah, completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Epidemiology at the University of Utah, and a BS in Biochemistry at Brigham Young University.

Education History

Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Utah School of Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow
Doctoral Training University of Utah
 PhD
Graduate Training University of Utah
 MSPH
Certification University of Utah
 Certificate
Undergraduate Brigham Young University
 BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Langelier C, Graves M, Kalantar K, Caldera S, Durrant R, Fisher M, Backman R, Tanner W, DeRisi JL, Leung DT (2019). Microbiome and Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Dynamics in International Travelers. Emerg Infect Dis, 25(7), 1380-1383. (Read full article)
  2. Tanner WD, VanDerslice JA, Goel RK, Leecaster MK, Fisher MA, Olstadt J, Gurley CM, Morris AG, Seely KA, Chapman L, Korando M, Shabazz KA, Stadsholt A, VanDeVelde J, Braun-Howland E, Minihane C, Higgins PJ, Deras M, Jaber O, Jette D, Gundlapalli AV (2019). Multi-state study of Enterobacteriaceae harboring extended-spectrum beta-lactamase and carbapenemase genes in U.S. drinking water. Sci Rep, 9(1), 3938. (Read full article)
  3. Tanner WD, Atkinson RM, Goel RK, Toleman MA, Benson LS, Porucznik CA, VanDerslice JA (2017). Horizontal transfer of the blaNDM-1 gene to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii in biofilms. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 364(8). (Read full article)
  4. Toth DJ, Tanner WD, Khader K, Gundlapalli AV (2016). Estimates of the risk of large or long-lasting outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome after importations outside the Arabian Peninsula. Epidemics, 16, 27-32. (Read full article)
  5. Slayton RB, Toth D, Lee BY, Tanner W, Bartsch SM, Khader K, Wong K, Brown K, McKinnell JA, Ray W, Miller LG, Rubin M, Kim DS, Adler F, Cao C, Avery L, Stone NT, Kallen A, Samore M, Huang SS, Fridkin S, Jernigan JA (2015). Vital Signs: Estimated Effects of a Coordinated Approach for Action to Reduce Antibiotic-Resistant Infections in Health Care Facilities - United States. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 64(30), 826-31. (Read full article)
  6. Tanner WD, VanDerslice JA, Toor D, Benson LS, Porucznik CA, Goel RK, Atkinson RM (2015). Development and field evaluation of a method for detecting carbapenem-resistant bacteria in drinking water. Syst Appl Microbiol, 38(5), 351-7. (Read full article)
  7. Jones M, Huttner B, Leecaster M, Huttner A, Damal K, Tanner W, Nielson C, Rubin MA, Goetz MB, Madaras-Kelly K, Samore MH (2014). Does universal active MRSA surveillance influence anti-MRSA antibiotic use? A retrospective analysis of the treatment of patients admitted with suspicion of infection at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers between 2005 and 2010. J Antimicrob Chemother, 69(12), 3401-8. (Read full article)
  8. Nieminski E, Durrant G, Hoyt M, Owens M, Peterson L, Peterson S, Tanner WD, Rosen J, Clancy J (2010). Is E. coli an appropriate surrogate for Cryptosporidium occurrence in water? J Am Water Works Assoc, 102(3), 65-78.

Review

  1. Tanner WD, Toth DJ, Gundlapalli AV (2015). The pandemic potential of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus: a review. [Review]. Epidemiol Infect, 143(16), 3359-74. (Read full article)
  2. Tanner WD, Toth DJ, Gundlapalli AV (2015). The pandemic potential of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus: a review. [Review]. Epidemiol Infect, 143(16), 3359-74. (Read full article)

Letter

  1. Tanner WD, Atkinson RM, Goel RK, Porucznik CA, Benson LS, VanDerslice JA (2015). Effect of Meropenem Concentration on the Detection of Low Numbers of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae. [Letter to the editor]. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 60(1), 712-3. (Read full article)