Safely packaging and shipping infectious agents is critical and complex
By Patricia Payne, president, JBM Associates, Inc.; consultant, APHL If you have never been involved with preparing specimens or cultures to transport for diagnosis or…
Workforce & Professional Development
Lab sciences grad program brought me from the yogurt factory to public health
by Joe Shea, MS, research assistant, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health My career as a laboratory scientist started in a yogurt factory.…
Moving from academia to public health: Did I make the right choice?
By Lixia Liu, PhD, MP (ASCP), D(ABMM), deputy director, Indiana Department of Health Laboratories Lixia Liu is a member of APHL’s Emerging Leaders Program (Cohort…
Dear Dr. Hunt: This female scientist has something to say. And it isn’t that she loves you.
By Linette Granen, MT(ASCP)DLM, director, Marketing & Membership, APHL After reading the comments made by Tim Hunt, the biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine…
APHL/CDC Laboratory Fellowship Program is Back!
After a brief hiatus due to funding, the APHL/CDC fellowship program is back! Formerly known as the Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) fellowships, the newly reinstated…
APHL Coaching Initiative Spans Continents
By Michelle M. Forman, senior specialist, media, APHL Andy Cannons was a member of APHL’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) Cohort III in 2011, an intensive…
From The Lorax to the Laboratory
by Vanessa Burrowes, APHL-CDC Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory Fellow, North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health When I was a kid, I was pretty curious…
APHL Staffer Shares her Career Path with the Next Generation of Public Health Students
By: Bertina Su, MPH, senior specialist, Laboratory Systems and Standards, APHL Last fall I was invited back to my alma mater to talk about life…
APHL Introduces Local Students to Lab Careers During STEM Event
By Laura Siegel, Specialist, National Center for Public Health Laboratory Leadership, APHL “Wanna see something fun and twisted? This is my DNA,” says a nine-year-old boy…
Discovering the Link Between Environmental Health and Public Health
April 20-26 is Laboratory Professionals Week! This year APHL is focusing on environmental health and the laboratorians who work to detect the presence of contaminants in both people…