On March 6, a small group of APHL members and our policy staff visited House and Senate offices as part of our annual Hill Day. Peter Kyriacopoulos, APHL’s senior director of public policy, interviewed the group following their meetings to get their immediate thoughts.
Links:
ELC Program: Essential Funding for Public Health Lab Response
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity fact sheet

Hill Day group:
Chris Whelen – laboratory director, Hawaii Department of Health State Laboratories Division
Jennifer Rakeman – assistant commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Denise Toney – director, Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services
Peter Kyriacopoulos – senior director of public policy, APHL
Celia Hagan – manager of public policy, APHL
Nisha Quasba – public policy intern, APHL