2 President ’ s & Chief Executive Officer ’ s Message

Environmental Health

10 Connecting with Environmental Health System Partners During a Pandemic

11 Fine-tuning Environmental Health Preparedness and Response with HRMS

Global Health 12 Building a Global Repository of

Laboratory eTools

13 APHL Conducts Global Bioinformatics Virtual Training for SARS-CoV-2

Industry Matters

14 Old Pathogens Meet New Testing Practices : Updates to STI and HIV Testing Routines

16 Automation Streamlines Arbovirus Sample Pooling in New Hampshire

Infectious Diseases

18 APHL , CDC Prioritize Hepatitis C Elimination in Meeting , New Publication

19 Infectious Disease Laboratory Fellows Prepare for Careers in Public Health

Informatics 20 Maryland Undertakes Food Safety

Data Exchange Journey

21 Advancing Mobile Testing in the Nation ’ s Capital

Newborn Screening & Genetics

22 APHL 2021 Newborn Screening Symposium : Collaboration Continues Virtually

Public Health Preparedness & Response 24 The What and How of ISO 35001:2019 Biorisk Management for Public Health Labs

25 Mystery Meliodosis : Minnesota ’ s Response to a Rare Outbreak

Membership 26 Approaching 150 Years of Service in

Milwaukee

Fellows 28 APHL Continues to Expand Fellowship

Programs for 2022

4 To All the Other Pathogens : We ’ re Still Testing !

Even as SARS-CoV-2 has taken the world by storm , other pathogens have continued their own inexorable spread and evolution in the past two years . For public health laboratories , finite capacity — staff time , equipment , reagents and other resources — has necessitated difficult decisions and creative solutions to keep abreast of both existing and emerging pathogens .

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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 .

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

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APHL 2021-2022 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Denise Toney , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ), president Daphne Ware , PhD , president-elect Godfred Masinde , PhD , MBA , HCLD ( ABB ), secretary-treasurer Michael Pentella PhD , D ( ABMM ), member-at-large Scott Shone , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ), member-at-large Timothy Southern , PhD , 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 Kubin , PhD , past president Scott Becker , MS , ex officio , chief executive officer , APHL