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…
By Laura Siegel, Specialist, NCPHLL It’s fellowship season at APHL! Last month we received over 315 applications for the 2014-2015 class of EID fellows. As…
By R. Suzanne Beard, PhD, Emerging Infectious Disease Research Fellow Dried blood spots (DBS), drops of blood collected to screen newborns for congenital disorders, are the…
By A. Christian Whelen, PhD, D(ABMM), State Laboratories Director, Hawaii Department of Health Aloha from the fiftieth state. Almost eight years ago, I hung up my uniform and joined…
By Nikeshan Jeyakumar, PHASE Intern, Laboratories Division of Virology and Immunology, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Public health as a discipline derives its…
By Rohini G. Sandesara, APHL/CDC Training Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCEZID, DVBD, Dengue Branch, Molecular Diagnostics and Research Laboratory On October 1,…
By Bonnie Rubin, Associate Director, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa I trained as a clinical laboratory scientist, or medical technologist as it was called…
By Linette Granen, Director of Membership & Marketing, APHL This was a question recently posted to one of my LinkedIn groups’ discussion boards, and I realized…
By Beaker, Your Lab Training Partner I don’t know if you remember me, but I’m Beaker, APHL’s unofficial mascot for its laboratory training program. You…