Karissa Culbreath
The Power List 2021 – Front(line) and Center
Karissa is Medical Director of Infectious Disease at TriCore Reference Laboratory. Responsible for providing COVID-19 testing to most of New Mexico, she enabled her laboratory to implement early testing and expand significantly to support state needs. Karissa also organized and served at a food bank, feeding over 150 families every week throughout the pandemic! She advises early-career lab professionals of color to “request to participate on committees, seek out people at conferences and have coffee, email presenters after webinars. Be the CEO of your career and make the moves necessary to get where you want to be.”
