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Larissa May, MD, MSPH, MSHS - Dr. Larissa May is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Emergency Department Antibiotic Stewardship at the University of California-Davis. She is a national expert in antibiotic stewardship in the emergency department (ED). Dr. May received her M.D., her MSPH in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and her MSHS in Clinical and Translational Research from The George Washington University. Dr. May’s research interests center on infectious diseases in the emergency department, quality improvement and patient safety with a specific focus on antibiotic stewardship in the ED. Dr. May has served as an investigator on multiple federally-funded and industry-sponsored research studies and has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles. She has served on committees and task forces for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention including the outpatient antimicrobial stewardship working group, the National Institutes of Health ARLG diagnostics subgroup and professional organizations including the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.