She was "a true pioneer in the profession and field of clinical microbiology" and "an incredible mentor for so many from young professionals in the field to medical students to nursing students-the list could go on and on." These statements were only a few of the phrases that came to colleagues' minds when asked to describe Josephine A. Morello, Ph.D., D(ABMM). "Jo," as she likes to be called, was born, raised, and educated in Boston, MA, and attended Simmons College, where she received her baccalaureate degree in 1957. (As an aside, Jo's tried-and-true noteworthy Boston accent was a trademark!) She went on to Boston University, where she received her master's degree and then her Ph.D. in 1962. Subsequently, Dr. Morello held various positions at Simmons College and Boston University School of Medicine as well as a research associate at Rockefeller University in New York City. However, she began her lifelong career in clinical microbiology as a postdoctoral resident in medical microbiology for 2 years (1966 to 1968) in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York.
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