APHL ' S 75TH ANNIVERSARY ship
Membership by the Numbers:
December 2011 December 2025
768 members in six categories
1,696 members in seven categories
APHL brings together institutions and individuals who recognize the value public health laboratories provide to their communities and jurisdictions. Since the early 2000s, we have added membership categories to reflect the breadth and depth of knowledge that public health laboratories bring to any public health conversation:
Public Health Institutional- State: Any of the public health laboratories of the states, territories, and commonwealths, including the District of Columbia, of the United States are eligible for membership in this category.
Public Health Institutional- Local: Any of the public health laboratories of the counties, parishes, municipalities, cities, townships, boroughs or other localities within the US, as well as any US-associated Pacific Islands, are eligible for membership in this category.
Public Health Associate Institutional( PHAI): Environmental laboratories, agricultural laboratories, state chemical laboratories, and other laboratories of the states, territories, and commonwealths, including the District of Columbia, of the United States, as well as any US-associated Pacific Islands, who are interested in public health issues are eligible for membership in this category.
Individual: Persons who have an interest in public health and are not otherwise eligible for membership can join us in this category.
Student: Those individuals that are currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program related to public health laboratory science( e. g. microbiology, chemistry, public health, environmental health, etc.), or are a fellow or intern at a public health laboratory are eligible for membership in this category.
Sustaining-Corporate Colleague: Added in 2013, this membership category recognizes industry or corporate entities that have an interest in public health or environmental laboratories.
Our members are also very active in not only the governance of APHL, but also the forward-thinking work of public health. Over 5,000 + members of committees, subcommittees and workgroups advance public health laboratory science, educate future public health leaders, make connections across industries and power technology innovations across the public health community.
For more on APHL’ s membership, and becoming a member, please visit APHL. org. g
Your laboratory ' s membership gives you access to:
D Laboratory trainings
D ColLABorate communities
D Technical publications, tools and resources
D eUpdate newsletter
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