2 President ’ s Message 3 CEO ’ s Message

Environmental Health 10 The “ Greatest Threat Facing

Humanity ” and Public Health Labs

Food Safety

13 Improving Foodborne Outbreak Response and Solving More Outbreaks

14 Leveraging Bioinformatics Tools to Dive Deep into Clostridium perfringens

From the Bench 16 APHL Collaborates with the Water

Sector

Global Health

18 Building SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Testing Capacity in Kenya ’ s Kakuma Refugee Camp

Industry Matters 19 The New Era of Public Health

Bioinformatics

Infectious Diseases 20 SHARPening Efforts Against Antibiotic

Resistance

Newborn Screening & Genetics 21 APHL Supports Professional Growth

Through Meeting Facilitator Workshop

Public Health Preparedness & Response 23 Supporting the Laboratory Response

Network in Oregon

Fellows 24 Fellows and Mentors Gather at APHL

2022

Digital Extra 25 APHL 2022 Poster Abstracts

4 Strengthening the Global Community Through Laboratory Surveillance

Emerging amid the spread of yet another variant of SARS-CoV-2 , the monkeypox outbreak feels a bit like a test of how well public health agencies have learned the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic . Well into the third year of the pandemic and staring down an uncertain autumn , the timing is right to build on the momentum of support for public health laboratories , to further strengthen laboratory systems and their place in ongoing global surveillance efforts .

8515 Georgia Avenue , Suite 700 Silver Spring , MD 20910

Phone : 240.485.2745 Fax : 240.485.2700 E-mail : info @ aphl . org Web : www . aphl . org

The Association of Public Health Laboratories ( APHL ) works to strengthen laboratory systems serving the public ’ s health in the US and globally . APHL ’ s member laboratories protect the public ’ s health by monitoring and detecting infectious and foodborne diseases , environmental contaminants , terrorist agents , genetic disorders in newborns and other diverse health threats .

APHL LAB MATTERS STAFF

Gynene Sullivan , MA , editor Brittany Robertson , art director David Fouse , advisor

To submit an article for consideration , contact Gynene Sullivan , editor , at gynene . sullivan @ aphl . org .

APHL 2022-2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Daphne Ware , PhD , president Timothy Southern , PhD , president-elect Godfred Masinde , PhD , MBA , HCLD ( ABB ), secretary-treasurer Michael Pentella PhD , D ( ABMM ), member-at-large Sharon Massingale , PhD , HCLD / CC ( ABB ), member-at-large

Sally Flowers , PhD , public health associate institutional member representative

Sanjib Bhattacharyya , PhD , local institutional member representative

Megan Crumpler , PhD , local institutional member representative

Denise Toney , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ), past president Scott Becker , MS , ex officio , chief executive officer , APHL