Dried Blood Spot Testing
The Schleiss Laboratory is pleased to run its CLIA-certified assays for CMV DNA by PCR on newborn dried blood spots, subject to state-to-state regulations and policies and parental consent.
Contact Dr. Schleiss to learn more:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 612-626-9913
Fax: 612-626-9924
For infants born in Minnesota, please use the Minnesota consent form.
General Resources
- Minnesota Department of Health
Visit the Minnesota Department of Health cCMV website.
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Visit the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention website.
- National CMV Foundation
Visit the National CMV Foundation website.
McNew Memorial Lecture
Funded by a generous endowment from the McNew family of Orange County, California, the annual McNew Memorial Lecture honors the memory of Jamie McNew, a patient with congenital CMV infection. The lecture draws from some of the most talented and innovative researchers from the United States and Canada to present cutting edge research findings relevant to the problem of congenital CMV infection. These include studies in the basic pathogenesis of the virus, studies focused on vaccines and therapies for congenital CMV, and studies of the epidemiology and disease burden caused by CMV. The McNew Memorial Endowed Lectureship to date has featured the following scientists:
2020-21 – Nicolas Suarez, Center for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland, UK) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)
2019-20 – Emma Mohr, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
2018-19 – Sheila Dollard, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2017-18 – Jeremy Kamil, Louisiana State University Medical School
2016-17 – Soren Gantt, University of British Columbia Medical School (currently, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [CHU] Sainte-Justine/Université de Montréal)
2015-16 – Albert Park, University of Utah Medical School
2014-15 – Sallie Permar, Duke University School of Medicine (currently, Weill-Cornell School of Medicine)
2013-14 – Felicia Goodrum, University of Arizona College of Medicine
2012-13 – Mark R. Schleiss, University of Minnesota Medical School, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
2011-12 – Adam Geballe, University of Washington Medical School and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2010-11 – Ravit Arav-Boger, Johns Hopkins Medical School (currently, Medical College of Wisconsin)
2009-10 – Pablo Sanchez, University of Texas/Southwestern University School of Medicine (currently, Ohio State University/Nationwide Children’s Hospital)
2008-09 – Michael McVoy, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School
2007-08 – Ed Mocarski, Stanford University School of Medicine (currently, Emory University)
2006-07 – Laura Gibson, University of Massachusetts (Worcester) Medical School