Rate My Professor Mona Schousboe

Affiliated with the University of Otago Christchurch, as listed in the staff directory, she supervised summer studentship projects, including one in 2017/2018 titled "Prevalence and clinical significance of multiple simultaneous respiratory viral infection in adults." Her research focuses on hospital epidemiology, Legionella contamination and control, winter influenza strategies, respiratory virus detection, antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli, and infections related to urinary catheterization in spinal injury patients. Key publications include "Legionella pneumophila sg.1 in hospital Hot Water and Cold Water systems: influence of engineering controls and major earthquakes over 15 years" (2018), "Respiratory viral detection by multiplex PCR in adults requiring ICU admission: Comparison admitting diagnosis, premorbidity and mortality of those with influenza and another respiratory virus" (2014), "A review of the winter influenza strategy for hospitals within a major district health board in New Zealand following the 2012 Influenza season" (2013), "Increased Incidence of Escherichia Coli Bacteremia Post-Christchurch Earthquake 2011: Possible Associations" (2013), "An outbreak of Pontiac fever due to Legionella longbeachae serogroup 2 found in potting mix in a horticultural nursery in New Zealand" (2009), and "Evidence for a general-purpose genotype in Candida albicans highly prevalent in multiple geographical regions, patient types and types of infection" (1999).