Superb Woman: Shaunte Walton, MS, MB(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC

In 2000 Shaunte Walton graduated from Xavier University with a BS Degree in Microbiology, making her the first scientist in the Jones family. Shaunte helped start the Molecular Diagnostics laboratory at Texas Children’s Hospital and most recently she joined the faculty for the Assoc. for Professionals in Epidemiology & Infection Control. She’s a twin- Shaunte hails from Houston and is about to celebrate 25 years as a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She has a list of firsts, including one of first scientists to obtain a certification in Molecular Biology by the American Society for Clinical Pathology and first Black woman to be System Director of Clinical Epidemiology & Infection Prevention at UCLA Health in its 61-year history.