Workforce & Professional Development

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

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…

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…

Workforce & Professional Development

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…

Workforce & Professional Development

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…

Workforce & Professional Development

Lab sciences grad program brought me from the yogurt factory to public health

October 15, 2015

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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.…

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