ABOUT

Masthead Lab Solutions, LLC is a sole-proprietor consulting company based in New Mexico, USA.

Sharon Master, PhD, D(ABMM) is the owner of the company, She obtained her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the Medical College of Ohio in 1996. Since then her career has spanned several years in academic research at several universities and institutions including the University of Michigan and the University of New Mexico. Her research focus was primarily on Mycobacterium tuberculosis host-pathogen interactions. In 2009, she acquired a position, as Biological Sciences Bureau Chief, at the New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory Division which is the state public health laboratory. Here she supervised diagnostic infectious disease testing (from Anthrax to Zika), was the laboratory Biosafety Officer and an Alternate Responsible Official for the Select Agent Program, and participated as Team Leader in three CAP inspections of public health laboratories.

 In 2017, she branched off on her own to start her own consulting business in safety and clinical quality assurance.

Sharon Master is a certified high-complexity CLIA laboratory director with several publications, has presented on various topics internationally, is an alumna of APHL's Emerging Leader Program, and a co-inventor on a patent. 

She currently directs various high-complexity clinical laboratories, has over twenty years of biosafety experience (BSL-1, -2, and, -3 labs) and several years of experience in general safety and clinical quality experience.