University of Louisville Hospital
1213 Audubon Pkwy
Louisville
KYUSA
40213-1277
Biographical Sketch: Ruth M. Carrico PhD RN CIC is an Assistant Professor with the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences and Associate Faculty with the Center for Health Hazards Preparedness. With more than thirty years in healthcare, Dr. Carrico has focused her practice toward issues dealing with infection prevention in the healthcare and public health sectors and is board certified in infection control. Dr. Carrico has authored or co-authored numerous peer reviewed manuscripts as well as abstracts, posters, e-learning modules, two book chapters, and six books. Dr. Carrico served as the editor for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) 2005 and 2009 Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology, the primary textbook for infection preventionists in the United States, Canada, and Asia. Ruth currently serves as a reviewer for the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (ICHE), and Critical Care Medicine and has served on the APIC Board of Directors. In 2008, Dr. Carrico was appointed to the National Biosurveillance Subcommittee (NBS) Advisory Committee to the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.