APHL Celebrates the 2020 Award Winners
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is pleased to announce the winners of its annual awards for outstanding achievements in laboratory science, creative approaches…
Member News
Milwaukee public health lab gives students a hands-on experience
Each year the City of Milwaukee Health Department organizes a Back-to-School Health Fair for local children. The health fair allows Milwaukee’s most underserved students to…
Iowa’s public health lab is a Blue Zones organization — What does that mean?
Article by Bill Christensen, environmental supervisor and Blue Zones Organization member, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa Admit it. You want to get paid…
Testing for MERS-CoV: The Indiana Lab’s Story
By Lixia Liu, Deputy Director, Indiana State Department of Health Laboratories Stephanie Dearth is a cheerful young supervisor with blond hair and black-framed eye glasses. …
Big Changes for the District of Columbia Public Health Laboratory
By Kara MacKeil, associate specialist, Public Health Preparedness and Response, APHL According to recent census estimates, Washington DC has a population of 632,323 people. On…
British Invasion – My Career in Public Health
By Andrew C. Cannons, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), Laboratory Director, Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories, Tampa “What do you want to be when you grow…
Not Even Sandy Could Stop Newborn Screening in New Jersey
By Scott Shone, Program Manager, Newborn Screening Laboratory, New Jersey Department of Health This storm was one of the most intense experiences I have faced. The…
Life Outside of the Lab
Scientists have serious jobs -- we don't have to tell you that, though. What do you do to unwind at the end of the day?…
System Built for Responding to Bioterrorism Confirms Plague in Colorado Girl
By Larry Sater, MS BT/CT Coordinator, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Laboratory Services Division When the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) was established in…
APHL Gets a Visit
By Kara MacKeil, Senior Technician, Public Health Preparedness and Response Even in an essential, exciting field like public health, summertime in the office can seem…