Melissa Naiman, PhD, EMT-B, is a Medical Director for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics. She trained in chemistry and has a PhD in Public Health with a research interest in technology adoption in healthcare settings. She spent her early career in an academic research center at the University of Illinois that developed medical devices and diagnostics, including identifying novel biomarkers for military health applications. Today she focuses on accelerating innovation in host response-based diagnostic strategies targeting acute infection and sepsis management.