2 President ’ s Message 3 Chief Executive Officer ’ s Message

Environmental Health

10 Harnessing the Power of High- Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Unknown Compounds

12 Environmental Health Laboratories : A Critical Community Partner in Environmental Justice

Food Safety 14 CryptoNet : Highlighting the Real-Time

Fight Against Cryptosporidium

From the Bench

15 Leveraging APHL ’ s Knowledge Retention Toolkit for Succession Planning

16 Enhanced Overdose Surveillance : A Critical Asset in Minnesota ’ s EVALI Outbreak Investigation

Industry Matters 18 Using Automation to Monitor COVID-19 in Wastewater

Global Health 19 Lab Design Matters !

Infectious Diseases 20 Standing Up Sequencing for

SARS-CoV-2

Informatics 21 Harnessing the Power of Data to Track

Antibiotic Resistance Threats

Newborn Screening

23 Importance of Diversity , Equity & Inclusion Across the Newborn Screening Spectrum

Public Health Preparedness and Response 24 Preparing the Laboratory Workforce for the Next Pandemic

25 Rebuilding the Public Health Lab Workforce in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

Membership

26 More than Just a Food Lab : NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets

28 APHL Peer-Reviewed Publications , January 2020-March 2021

Fellows 29 APHL Fellowship Programs : Updates and Congratulations

Spring 2021 Issue 2

Inside : 15 Leveraging APHL ’ s Knowledge Retention Toolkit for Succession Planning 21 Harnessing the Power of Data to Track Antibiotic Resistance Threats

23 Importance of Diversity , Equity & Inclusion Across the Newborn Screening Spectrum

ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES

Building a Culture of Inclusion in Public Health Laboratories

4 Building a Culture of Inclusion in Public Health Laboratories

The events of 2020 thrust health disparities and social inequalities into international spotlights . Against a backdrop of rising awareness of the consequences of bias and inequity , there are growing realizations that existing health systems do not adequately serve the American public . Public health laboratories , through their mission of protecting the entire community , can play a critical role in ensuring that not only are all served equally , but there is representation from different cultures and communities within the laboratory workforce .

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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 .

APHL LAB MATTERS STAFF

Gynene Sullivan , MA , editor Karen Klinedinst , art director David Fouse , advisor

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

APHL 2020-2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bill Whitmar , MS , president Denise Marie Toney , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ), president-elect Daphne Ware , PhD , secretary-treasurer Timothy Southern , PhD , D ( ABMM ), member-at-large Richard Steece , PhD , D ( ABMM ), member-at-large

Sally Flowers , PhD , associate institutional member representative

Sanjib Bhattacharyya , PhD , local institutional member representative

Megan Crumpler , PhD , local institutional member representative

Grace E . Kubin , PhD , immediate past president Scott J . Becker , MS , ex officio , chief executive officer , APHL