Lab Culture Ep. 12: Bitten by the public health bug — How I found my lab niche
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…
Workforce & Professional Development
Lab Culture Ep. 11: What if there were no public health labs?
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…
How my fellowship and an interest in oysters took me to France
By Chelsea Carman When I applied to APHL’s Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship in 2017, I had no idea I’d find myself spending three weeks in…
Lab Culture Ep. 10: Public health labs do that?!
Public health laboratories do a great deal of work that impacts the daily lives of everyone in America. Do you know exactly how much they’re…
Lab Culture Ep. 9: What is the APHL Emerging Leader Program?
What is the Emerging Leader Program (ELP)? APHL staff, Pandora Ray and Kajari Shah, share how the ELP got its start and how it has…
Do you have questions about packaging and shipping regulations that are not easily answered?
By Patricia Payne, president, JBM Associates, Inc.; consultant, APHL In some circumstances, when a question arises about classification, hazardous material (hazmat) compliance or how to…
When and why is it legal to not follow the DOT packaging instructions?
By Patricia Payne, president, JBM Associates, Inc.; consultant, APHL If you have completed any packaging and shipping training, you are undoubtedly aware that you must always…
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…
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…