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Vida Mofidi is a senior public health microbiologist and educator with over 28 years of experience in clinical microbiology, infectious disease diagnostics, public health laboratory practice, and university-level instruction. She currently serves as a听Senior Public Health Microbiologist听serving the Orange County community, and as听Part-Time Faculty听at CSU Dominguez Hills, where she teaches and develops curriculum for the Medical Parasitology Laboratory course.

Her areas of expertise and academic interest include parasitology, diagnostic microbiology, antimicrobial resistance, infectious disease epidemiology, biosafety, and applied public health laboratory methods. Vida holds a听Master of Public Health (MPH), a听Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, and professional credentials including听PHM and M(ASCP)CM. She has extensive experience training laboratory professionals, leading microbial identification initiatives, and integrating emerging technologies into public health laboratory workflows.

Vida鈥檚 scholarly contributions include publications in听FEMS Microbiology Ecology听(co-author, 2016; doi:10.1093/femsec/fiw047) and the听Journal of Applied Microbiology听(author, 2008; ISSN 1364-5072). Her professional impact extends to national and state laboratory communities through presentations and training sessions, including:

• Virtual training for sentinel laboratories on rule-in/rule-out and referral of select agents (Mar 2025)
• Poster presentations at the听APHL Annual Conference听(2024)
• A national webinar in collaboration with听Bruker听and the听California Department of Public Health听on rapid detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms using MALDI-TOF (Oct 2024)
• Development of PHM online lecture modules on Spirochaetes, Gram-Negative Rods (non-enteric), Anaerobes, and Gonorrhea (2019)
• Leadership Development Program, Orange County Health Care Agency (2010)
• Poster presentations at the听California Association of Public Health Laboratory Directors听(2005, 2013, 2023)

Throughout her career, Vida has contributed to grant-supported initiatives enhancing laboratory modernization, student learning, and public health workforce development. She is committed to inclusive teaching, community engagement, and strengthening connections between clinical microbiology, public health practice, and higher education.