Workforce & Professional Development

What do virtual reality training opportunities bring to laboratory professionals?

By Melanie Padgett Powers, writer Virtual reality offers an interactive, safe, useful and fun way for public health laboratory professionals to learn and evaluate new…

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

February 8, 2019

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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…

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

May 24, 2018

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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…

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

May 17, 2018

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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…

Workforce & Professional Development

How my fellowship and an interest in oysters took me to France

May 11, 2018

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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…

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Lab Culture Ep. 10: Public health labs do that?!

April 25, 2018

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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…

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Lab Culture Ep. 9: What is the APHL Emerging Leader Program?

April 23, 2018

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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…

Packaging & Shipping

Do you have questions about packaging and shipping regulations that are not easily answered?

February 26, 2018

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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…

Packaging & Shipping

When and why is it legal to not follow the DOT packaging instructions?

November 11, 2016

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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…

Packaging & Shipping

Safely packaging and shipping infectious agents is critical and complex

February 18, 2016

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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…

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