COLUMNS

2 President ’ s Message 3 CEO ’ s Message

4 A Winding Road to a Newborn Screening Fellowship

6 APHL 2023 , In Their Own Words

FROM THE BENCH

8 Planning for the Future in Arizona

MEMBERSHIP

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FEATURE

12 Newborn Screening : 60 Years and Counting

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT Newborn Screening and Genetics

18 Transforming Newborn Screening through Continuous Quality Improvement

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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 .

LAB MATTERS STAFF

Gynene Sullivan , MA Editor

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10 APHL 2023 : Where Laboratory Science and Public Health Meet

APHL PROGRAMS

20 Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome : To Screen or Not to Screen

DIGITAL EXTRA

37 APHL 2023 Poster Supplement

Brittany Robertson Art Director

David Fouse Advisor

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

22 Environmental Health

22 A $ 50 Billion Reason to Examine US EPA ’ s State Revolving Funds as a Laboratory Resource

Food Safety

24 Strengthening and Enhancing Foodborne Outbreak Response Capabilities

Global Health

25 APHL Flies South for New Opportunities

26 The Role of Laboratory Leadership and Governance in Quality Management System Sustainability

Infectious Diseases

27 The Next Generation Sequencing Quality Initiative : Utilizing Tools to Improve Sequencing Quality

28 Self-testing and Self-collection : What ’ s Next ?

Informatics

29 There ’ s an App for That : Determining Hospital HAI Prevalence in Developing Countries

30 Expanding Electronic Laboratory Reporting Beyond COVID-19

Public Health Preparedness & Response

32 National Preparedness Month : Celebrating the Essential Work of Public Health Laboratories

Training & Workforce Development

34 Increasing Diversity and Creating Inclusive Search Processes to Strengthen Student Retention

35 APHL Career Pathways Program Receives STEM Award

2023 – 2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Timothy Southern , PhD President

Megan Crumpler , PhD President-elect

Godfred Masinde , PhD , MBA , HCLD ( ABB ) Secretary-Treasurer

Sharon Massingale , PhD , HCLD / CC ( ABB ) Public Health Institutional State Representative

Michael Pentella PhD , D ( ABMM ) Public Health Institutional State Representative

Scott Shone , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ) Public Health Institutional State Representative

Pamela Higgins , PhD Public Health Associate Institutional Member Representative​

Leslie Wolf , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ) Public Health Institutional Local Member Representative​

Daphne Ware , PhD Past President

Scott Becker , MS Ex Officio , Chief Executive Officer , APHL

The production of this publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement # NU60OE000104 , funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of , nor an endorsement by , CDC , HHS or the US Government .