Nashville-based laboratory interns and mentors achieve perfect harmony

Photos of Kamren Williams and Mytasia Stone, two Public Health Laboratory Internship Program participants.

By Rudolph Nowak, senior specialist, communications, APHL

The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), launched the Public Health Laboratory Internship Program: an APHL-CDC Initiative in March 2023. The program offers paid internships that provide an opportunity for current students to gain basic laboratory science skills by working alongside a mentor at a public health laboratory.

Since its inception, the internship program focused on recruiting underrepresented students into the public health laboratory career field. To facilitate these efforts, APHL continually cultivates partnerships between minority-serving academic institutions and their local public health laboratories, encouraging students to apply to the internship program. Early outcomes are showing that this approach is working.

One of these partnerships is between Tennessee State University (TSU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), and the Tennessee Department of Health, Division of Laboratory Services (TDH Laboratory Services). As a direct result of this relationship, TDH Laboratory Services is currently hosting three TSU students as interns. Below we delve into the experiences of two mentors from TDH Laboratory Services and two interns from TSU. These conversations highlight the unique contributions of mentors and interns and the program’s effectiveness in nurturing talent.

A TAILORED EXPERIENCE

Mytasia Stone, currently in her second year of TSU’s Master of Public Health program after completing her bachelor’s degree from the same institution, is interested in pursuing a career in epidemiology. She pursued this internship “to experience the background side of epidemiology.” Stone’s mentor, Kristin Dunaway, has tailored the experience to her interest in epidemiology by including Stone in various meetings with other epidemiologists and helping Stone network with other laboratory staff, “[my mentor] has introduced me to everyone in the building.”

At the forefront of her responsibilities is water testing, a domain she entered without any prior experience. Stone learned every step during the first two months of her internship, and now she is able to run the water tests independently. Stone also specified the internship has helped her improve her technical writing abilities. Stone recently extended her internship and is looking forward to working on COVID-19 wastewater surveillance with her mentor.

Dunaway, who works in the Environmental Microbiology Lab, has been impressed with Mytasia’s commitment to learning and underscored how helpful having an intern is to her own workload. She added, “all of her work is done efficiently and has helped quicken processes.” Dunaway has most enjoyed witnessing Mytasia getting first-time experience with different laboratory tasks, “she gets a smile on her face, and you can tell she’s really having fun.”

The internship program not only provides valuable hands-on experience but also cultivates a tailored and enriching journey for participants like Stone, fostering a passion for their chosen fields within public health laboratories.

UNMASKING A NEW CAREER: A PATH TO PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES

Kamren Williams, a recent bachelor’s degree recipient from TSU, vividly recalls his introduction to the world of public health laboratories from an APHL staff member at a career fair at TSU. That encounter led to an internship under the guidance of Julie Viruez, the training coordinator in the Operations Department. He appreciated how this program exposed him to a different career path he previously did not know existed.

Julie Viruez, a seasoned professional with over 13 years at TDH Laboratory Services, embraced the role of mentorship for the first time. Although hesitant to become a mentor, she has “thoroughly enjoyed being a mentor to Kamren” and described Kamren as “friendly, motivated, and interested to learn everything about public health.” The opportunity to increase awareness about what public health labs do and to be “a part of [Williams’] career trajectory” were some of the most rewarding aspects for Julie. She hopes to continue serving as a mentor in the program.

PARTNERSHIPS FOSTER DIVERSITY IN PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES

This successful partnership between TSU and TDH Laboratory Services has proven how crucial face-to-face recruitment activities are in exposing more students to careers in public health laboratories. The collaborative efforts of APHL in forming partnerships with minority-serving institutions and public health laboratories stand as a testament to their commitment to inspiring more underrepresented students to pursue the various careers within the realms of public health laboratories.

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Lab Culture ep. 32: Dr. Bell and Dr. Yarosz love their CDC LLS fellowship experience. What is the LLS fellowship?

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What is the CDC Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS)? In this episode, we learn more about it from two current LLS fellows. Drs. Courtnee Bell and Emily Yarosz discuss how they learned about the fellowship, their experiences and where they see themselves when their fellowships end.

Links:

CDC Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS)
Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS)
Minnesota Public Health Laboratory
Public Health Laboratory Fellowship Program: an APHL-CDC Initiative
APHL Blog

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5 Questions for Jill Roberts, Leah Gillis, Andy Cannons – USF COPH DrPH Concentration Faculty and APHL members

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The DrPH Public Health and Clinical Laboratory Science and Practice program at the University of South Florida is uniquely designed to meet the needs of working laboratory professionals and strengthen the pipeline of public health laboratory leaders. We discussed the origins of the program, APHL’s pivotal involvement and its impact on the field with three APHL members who have helped guide it since its inception.

Jill Roberts, PhD, MS, MPH, CPH, is associate professor in the College of Public Health, Global and Planetary Health at the University of South Florida; Leah Gillis, PhD, MS, HCLD(ABB), is adjunct professor in the University of South Florida College of Public Health and chair of the APHL Workforce Development Committee; and Andy Cannons, PhD, HCLD(ABB), is laboratory director, Bureau of Public Health Laboratories – Tampa with the Florida Department of Health, and chair of the APHL Public Health Preparedness and Response Committee.

Q1: Can you tell us about the DrPH Public Health and Clinical Laboratory Science and Practice program?

Jill: The University of South Florida College of Public Health (USF COPH) created the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program to address a growing need for career advancement for experienced, and currently employed, public health employees. It is designed to allow public health leaders to continue their current employment while completing our program. The program expanded to include the laboratory track as it was recognized that pathways for career advancement in public health laboratories were limited. The DrPH program benefits laboratory scientists in that they maintain their current employment while the labs supply the necessary setting for bench research.

Our program is entirely online, except for three short institutes that students attend in the first two years of enrollment. These institutes provide networking and advising, and some courses are completed during five days of attendance.

All of the students in our DrPH program learn core public health leadership skills such as public health practice and scholarly writing. The students in the laboratory concentration will learn laboratory management, microbiology, molecular biology, laboratory safety and bioinformatics. These skills will aid in the development of a doctoral project.

The doctoral project focus can be quite broad but most of students are aiming for the American Board of Bioanalysis High-complexity Clinical Laboratory Director (ABB HCLD) certification examination and will design bench research projects. Some of our past research includes waterborne pathogens, COVID, Candida auris and PFAS detection.  

Q2: How did the program come about?

Leah and Andy: While there wasn’t any hard data, it was pretty evident to some public health laboratory leaders that there was going to be a dearth of laboratory scientists who were both available and qualified to take over public health laboratories in the next 10-20 years. Lab directors were going to retire and there was no plan to replace them. This fear was substantiated when a 2006 Public Health Leadership Institute report clearly identified that there was a severe and continuing shortage of qualified, doctorate-level, public health laboratory  scientist-managers available to succeed the currently retiring generation of public health lab directors. Who was going to take over the ships so to speak?

Another document published in 2013 by the APHL Workforce Development Committee—“Developing a Doctoral Program in Public Health Laboratory Science and Practice”—supported the evidence and added some hope. This report summarized the current and possible future shortage of public health laboratory directors and stated that a dedicated doctoral program was urgently needed to ensure a future workforce of public health laboratory leaders. This doctoral degree needed to be available nationwide and be cost-effective and consequently rely on distance learning as a major program strategy. There was no way that staff currently working in a public health lab could afford to take off time to be enrolled at a college to take a doctoral degree for six or seven years! It just wouldn’t be feasible.

So fast-forward to 2015 when, following a survey of possible sites, USF COPH, with its extensive experience and background in distance learning doctoral degrees, was identified as a site for a new doctoral degree. A team of APHL members, all voluntary and led by Dr. Phil Amuso, was stood up to get this degree going. In consultation with USF COPH faculty, the DrPH plan of study was designed that would educate laboratory scientists to become leaders in their field that also met the standards of the university. While some of the coursework was already in place, it was obvious that six new online courses needed to be designed and written that were specific for this new doctoral degree. APHL members were recruited to write the online lectures, which were all ready for when the degree was officially offered and the first cohort was recruited in 2017.

This was quite a terrifying adventure since we did not know if this online DrPH would be acceptable as a doctoral degree for graduates to apply for national certifications such as the ABB HCLD certification or by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a doctoral degree for CLIA directorship. It wasn’t until the first graduate of the program successfully was accepted to take the ABB certification, and passed, that we knew we had gotten it right! And that graduate is now a laboratory director!

Now in 2023, the DrPH has proven to be what we had hoped. It is a way for laboratory scientists, currently working, to earn a doctoral degree that will allow them ultimately to become laboratory directors.

Q3: Why is this program so unique?

Leah and Andy: One aspect of the program that makes it unique is the groundwork provided by the APHL Workforce Development Committee (WDC) almost a decade before the first student cohort was admitted to the program. Early on, the WDC Chairperson, Dr. Jack deBoy, led the effort of committee members and other members of APHL by preparing a workable timeline, developing surveys and writing multiple papers and articles for publication, in addition to advocating to the APHL Board of Directors for approval to continue working to solve the upcoming leadership shortage. The APHL Board of Directors established a Doctoral Program Workgroup with the major goal of contacting the deans of about 40 public health academic programs in the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health to determine the interest, if any, of their respective college or university in partnering with APHL to develop a Public Health Laboratory Science and Practice (PHLSAP) graduate degree program. In short, the effort to solve the approaching public health laboratory leadership dilemma was provided by APHL members for the benefit of current and future APHL members.

A second aspect of the uniqueness of the program relates to its focus during development on the public health laboratory workforce—that is, asking and answering the question—how do we make this degree amenable to public health lab staff? Now, most students seeking the degree are employed in a public health laboratory and an individual student’s selected doctoral project is conducted in a public health laboratory, usually addressing an issue or problem in the diagnosis or detection of a pathogen or chemical that is an emerging threat or is a known threat to the public’s health. And, importantly, the resulting publication of the different student dissertation projects appears in peer-reviewed journals, ultimately increasing the knowledge that is available and shared by all public health laboratories. 

The program’s unique design and curriculum development by APHL members in partnership with the USF COPH continues to close the forecasted public health lab director gap identified in 2006. It uses the elective courses developed by APHL member subject matter experts to prepare current public health laboratory staff to sit for a CLIA-approved board examination and, through this pathway, obtain the necessary certification for directing a high complexity laboratory.

Q4: What are graduates doing now?

Jill: Five students have graduated from our first cohort and all five have successfully passed the ABB HCLD examination. Four of those students are public health laboratory professionals serving in director roles including director of agency operations at the San Diego County Public Health Laboratory, director of the Santa Clara County Public Health Laboratory, director of the Tulare County Public Health Laboratory and assistant director of the Orange County Public Health Laboratory. Our program has also attracted laboratory scientists from clinical and industry laboratories in addition to public health. We are proud of our first clinical laboratory professional graduate who recently passed the ABB HCLD exam and is currently serving as the regional director of laboratory operations for PIH Health, Los Angeles.

The first graduate of the second cohort is currently serving as division manager at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and will likely take the HCLD exam soon. Three additional students, all public health laboratory scientists, are expected to graduate in the next few months.

Q5: How can interested candidates learn more and apply?

Jill: I encourage anyone who is interested in our program to reach out to me directly with questions. Our application system, SOPHAS, is now open through November 2023 for our Fall 2024 cohort. We look forward to receiving applications and welcoming our new students!

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APHL Career Pathways Program Receives INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

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For Immediate Release
Contact Michelle Forman at 240.485.2793 or michelle.forman@aphl.org

Silver Spring, MD, August 15, 2023 – The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is proud to announce that the Career Pathways in Public Health Laboratory Science: an APHL-CDC Initiative received the 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education. The Inspiring Programs in STEM Award honors college and university programs that encourage and assist students from underrepresented groups to enter the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Through the Career Pathways program, current students, early career scientists and established laboratorians participate in opportunities to explore or advance their career in public health laboratory science. This includes the recently launched Public Health Laboratory Internship and Fellowship Programs.

The APHL Career Pathways program was selected by INSIGHT Into Diversity to receive this award because of the program’s dedication to recruiting underrepresented students from STEM education disciplines and to building a larger highly trained public health laboratory workforce that represents the communities they serve. This commitment is in alignment with APHL’s core value to embrace, promote and model a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEI).

“We are deeply grateful to be a recipient of this award that celebrates our engrained focus on diversity in the Career Pathways program’s recruitment efforts,” said Christine Bean, PhD, MBA, MLS(ASCP), chief learning officer, APHL. “Our program has placed hundreds of fellows and interns in public health laboratories for hands-on experiences working closely with public health scientist mentors. We feel strongly that our focus on diversity is an investment in a more representative public health laboratory workforce in the future that will serve diverse communities across the nation. Thank you to INSIGHT Into Diversity for this honor.”

Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners were selected by INSIGHT Into Diversity based on efforts to inspire and encourage a new generation of young people to consider careers in STEM through mentoring, teaching, research and successful programs and initiatives. The APHL Career Pathways program will be featured, along with 79 other recipients, in the September 2023 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

 “We know that many STEM programs are not always recognized for their success, dedication and mentorship for underrepresented students,” says Lenore Pearlstein, owner and publisher of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. “We want to honor the schools and organizations that have created programs that inspire and encourage young people who may currently be in or are interested in a future career in STEM. We are proud to honor these programs as role models to other institutions of higher education and beyond.”

A call for nominations for this award was announced in March 2023.

For more information about the 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award and INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, visit insightintodiversity.com.

For more information about the APHL Career Pathways program, visit aphl.org/career-pathways.

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The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) works to strengthen laboratory systems serving the public’s health in the U.S. and globally. APHL’s member laboratories protect the public’s health by monitoring and detecting infectious and foodborne diseases, environmental contaminants, terrorist agents, genetic disorders in newborns and other diverse health threats. Learn more at www.aphl.org.

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine is the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education today and is known for its annual INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, the only award that recognizes colleges and universities for outstanding diversity and inclusion efforts across their campuses. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine presents timely, thought-provoking news and feature stories on matters of diversity and inclusion in higher education and beyond. Articles include interviews with innovators and experts, as well as explorations of best practices and profiles of exemplary programs. In our Career Center, readers will also discover career opportunities that connect job seekers with institutions and businesses that embrace a diverse and inclusive workforce. Current, archived, and digital issues of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine are available online at insightintodiversity.com

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APHL Announces Call for Applications for Expanded Public Health Laboratory Fellowship Program

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For Immediate Release

Silver Spring, MD, April 11, 2023 – The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is pleased to announce the expanded Public Health Laboratory Fellowship Program: An APHL-CDC Initiative is now open for applications. Funded by the American Rescue Plan via the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Public Health Laboratory Fellowship Program provides fellows exciting new career opportunities in laboratory science working collaboratively with industry leaders and developing professional networks. This program is a significant expansion of an existing APHL-CDC fellowship program. As part of the Career Pathways in Public Health Laboratory Science program, it has a broad goal of growing the public health laboratory workforce with skilled, qualified individuals early in their career.

The Public Health Laboratory Fellowship Program supports a wide spectrum of program areas such as bioinformatics, biorisk management (biosafety), environmental health, infectious disease, informatics, food safety, newborn screening and quality management. Each fellow will be trained in alignment with established public health laboratory core competencies and functions, and will work on unique program-specific projects at their host laboratory.

“The public health laboratory workforce has been chronically under-resourced, but we are excited to take such a big step toward changing that,” said Scott J. Becker, chief executive officer, APHL. “The Public Health Laboratory Fellowship Program will bring hundreds of new, highly trained professionals to laboratories around the country. We appreciate CDC’s support and partnership as we introduce public health laboratory careers to a new generation of scientists.”

Fellowships will be one- to two-year placements at US local, state and territorial laboratories serving the public’s health. Applications are now being accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. For complete information about the program, visit APHL.org/fellowships.

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The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) works to strengthen laboratory systems serving the public’s health in the U.S. and globally. APHL’s member laboratories protect the public’s health by monitoring and detecting infectious and foodborne diseases, environmental contaminants, terrorist agents, genetic disorders in newborns and other diverse health threats. Learn more at www.aphl.org.

Contact Michelle Forman at 240-485-2793 or michelle.forman@aphl.org

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APHL Announces Launch of New Public Health Laboratory Internship Program

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For Immediate Release

Silver Spring, MD, March 27, 2023 – The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is excited to announce that the newly launched Public Health Laboratory Internship Program: An APHL-CDC Initiative is open for applications. Funded by the American Rescue Plan through CDC, the Public Health Laboratory Internship Program offers paid internships to train and prepare students for careers in public health laboratories. The internship program is part of Career Pathways in Public Health Laboratory Science, an initiative dedicated to increasing and strengthening the nation’s public health laboratory workforce.

The Public Health Laboratory Internship Program will provide basic laboratory science skills to participants while they work alongside a mentor on projects that are only available in a public health laboratory setting. Interns will work on meaningful projects such as detecting genetic disorders in newborn babies, monitoring drinking water for harmful contaminants, tracking viruses carried by insects, testing soil for environmental toxins and more. The program is open to active certificate, associate’s, bachelor’s or master’s students.

“We are excited about this new aspect of our partnership with CDC to introduce more students to the wide range of career possibilities at public health laboratories,” said Scott J. Becker, chief executive officer, APHL. “This new internship program is offering more opportunities to be involved in public health earlier in a student’s higher education thus ensuring everyone has a chance to make a real impact in their community.”

Applications are now being accepted and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Qualified applicants will be matched with a mentor at a host laboratory in their desired location. For complete information about the program, visit APHL.org/internships.

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The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) works to strengthen laboratory systems serving the public’s health in the U.S. and globally. APHL’s member laboratories protect the public’s health by monitoring and detecting infectious and foodborne diseases, environmental contaminants, terrorist agents, genetic disorders in newborns and other diverse health threats. Learn more at www.aphl.org.

Contact Michelle Forman at 240-485-2793 or michelle.forman@aphl.org

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New Lab Matters: The many career pathways in public health laboratory science

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Each laboratorian’s story of their public health laboratory career is one-of-a-kind. These are often journeys filled with opportunity, serendipity and supportive mentors. But for every success story, there are people inside and outside of public health who do not know about the opportunities at public health laboratories or how to access them. We discuss in this issue’s feature article how APHL and other public health leaders are working to change that.

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Lab Culture Ep. 17: Exploring bioinformatics: From fellow to full time in Virginia

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Kevin Libuit went from the APHL-CDC Bioinformatics Fellowship to a contractor to working full-time as a bioinformatician at the Virginia state lab (VA Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS)). First he talks about when he discovered bioinformatics as a field and how the fellowship propelled his career. Then Kevin takes the mic and interviews Dr. Denise Toney, director of Virginia DCLS, about the value and growing need for bioinformaticians in public health labs.

 

 

Kevin G. Libuit, M.S.
Bioinformatics Lead Scientist, Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS), Virginia Department of General Services

Denise Toney, PhD
Director, Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS), Virginia Department of General Services

Links:

APHL-CDC Fellowships

APHL-CDC Bioinformatics Fellowships

Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS)

APHL Off the Bench (new Facebook group!)

 

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Lab Culture Ep. 12: Bitten by the public health bug — How I found my lab niche

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The people who work in public health laboratories make a difference in your community daily. In this third episode, members of the Emerging Leader Program cohort 10 sit down with their peers to hear how their public health laboratory careers have made an impact.

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ELP cohort 10 members featured in this episode:

Interviewees:

  • Degina Booker has been working in the public health lab for 40 years and is now the administrative services director for the Mississippi Public Health Lab.
  • Dr. Burton Wilcke, Jr., now retired, has worked in public health laboratories for over 35 years in Vermont, Michigan and California. Dr. Wilcke remains active in the public health laboratory community as a member of both the APHL Workforce Development Committee  and the Global Health Committee.
  • Dr. Musau WaKabongo, now retired, was the Public Health Laboratory Director at the Placer County Public Health Laboratory  and has worked in several public health laboratories in California for 13 years.
  • Dr. Maria Ishida has been working in public health for 11 years and is now the director of the New York State Food Laboratory.

Are you thinking about a career in a public health laboratory?

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Lab Culture Ep. 11: What if there were no public health labs?

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Maybe the saying is true: you don’t know what you had until it is gone. For the families in this episode, the absence of public health laboratories turned their worlds upside down and negatively impacted both the present and future. These families represent us all and highlight the vulnerabilities that would exist if there were no public health laboratories working continuously to keep our communities and populations safe.

This is the second episode in the series produced by members of the Emerging Leader Program cohort 10.

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Lab Culture Ep. 11: What if there were no public health labs? | www.APHLblog.orgEmerging Infectious Disease Response:

APHL’s Infectious Disease Program

Laboratory Response Network (LRN)

Interviewer: Kate Wainwright, PhD, D(ABMM), HCLD (ABB), MPH, MSN, RN, deputy director, Public Health Protection and Laboratory Services, Indiana State Department of Health

Expert: Peter Shult, PhD, director, Communicable Disease Division; associate director, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Lab Culture Ep. 11: What if there were no public health labs? | www.APHLblog.orgNewborn Screening:

APHL’s Newborn Screening Program

NewSTEPs

Baby’s First Test

Interviewer: Josh Rowland, MBA, MT(ASCP), manager, Training and Workforce Development, Association of Public Health Laboratories

Expert: Miriam Schachter, PhD, research scientist 3, New Jersey Department of Health, Newborn Screening Laboratory

 

Lab Culture Ep. 11: What if there were no public health labs? | www.APHLblog.orgFoodborne Illness:

APHL’s Food Safety Program

5 Things You Didn’t Know (but Need to Know) About Listeria

Interviewer: Samir Patel, PhD, FCCM, (D)ABMM, clinical microbiologist, Public Health Ontario; Toronto, Canada

Expert: Vanessa Allen, MD, MPH, medical microbiologist, chief of microbiology, Public Health Ontario; Toronto, Canada

 

Narrator:  Erin Bowles, B.S., MT(ASCP), Wisconsin Clinical Laboratory Network coordinator and co-biosafety officer, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Contributor: Emily Travanty, PhD, scientific director, Laboratory Services Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Special thanks to Jim Hermanson at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene for his help in recording this episode.

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