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2 President and Executive Director’ s Message
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Infectious Diseases 4 Focus Groups Identify Common NGS Challenges and Obstacles

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Summer 2016 Issue 3
Quality Systems 5 L-SIP Adds to Assessment, Reassessment Participant Numbers Partner Profile 12 15 Minutes with Brian Raphael Food Safety 14 From PFGE to NGS: Transforming the Enterics Reference Bench 15 Public Health Laboratories Gear Up for Accreditation
NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING: STORIES FROM THE FIELD
Public Health Preparedness and Response 16 LRN Plans for Enhanced Electronic Data Exchange 17 Ring the Alarm! How Next Gen Sequencing Can Detect the Next Threat Environmental Health
18 The Future of Radiochemistry Testing on Environmental Matrices: Federal, Academic & Public Health Lab Perspectives
Newborn Screening
19 APHL Molecular Subcommittee: Working to Integrate Next-Gen Sequencing into NBS
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NewSTEPs 360 Convenes Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening Stakeholders
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Spotlight on Miriam Schachter, PhD: NBS Lab Fellow
Fellows
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New Fellows in Environmental and Bioinformatics Public Health
Institutional Research
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Data Dive
INSIDE 14 From PFGE to NGS: Transforming the Enterics Reference Bench 19 APHL Molecular Subcommittee: Working to Integrate Next-Gen Sequencing into NBS 32 Fostering Wellness in Wichita Falls
ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES
Feature Article: 6
NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING: STORIES FROM THE FIELD
Public health laboratories in New York, Maryland and Wisconsin have put next generation sequencing( NGS) to use in a variety of disciplines, often with life-saving results. But with technology sometimes leaping ahead of adequate funds and knowledge, is innovation enough?
Workforce
24 Middle School Students Experience“ The Force” Behind Public Health in New Mexico
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APHL Strengthens Ties with ASM’ s CPEP Fellowship Program
Membership
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APHL Goes to ABQ
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Raise the Voting Paddles! APHL Extends Membership Benefits
29 APHL Ushers in New Board of Directors, Reports Progress Communications 30 The New APHL. org: Answers to Your Questions Member Spotlight 32 Fostering Wellness in Wichita Falls
APHL LAB MATTERS STAFF Gynene Sullivan, Editor Steven Oatmeyer, Art Director Jody DeVoll, Advisor
APHL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A. Christian Whelen, PhD, D( ABMM), president
Ewa King, PhD, president-elect
Christopher G. Atchison, MPA, secretary-treasurer
Joanne Bartkus, PhD, D( ABMM) member-at-large
Grace E. Kubin, PhD, member-at-large
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Phone: 240.485.2745 Fax: 240.485.2700 E-mail: info @ aphl. org Web: www. aphl. org
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Michael Pentella, member-at-large
Maria Lucia Ishida, PhD, public health associate institutional member representative
Bonny Lewis Van, local institutional member representative
Mark Wade, local institutional member representative
Judith C. Lovchik, PhD, D( ABMM), past president
Scott J. Becker, MS, ex officio executive director, APHL
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.
This publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement # U60OE000103, # U2GGH001097 and # U50OE000094 funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC) by Cooperative Agreement # U22MC24078 and # UG5MC2787 funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration( HRSA), by Cooperative Agreement U18FD004710 funded by the Food and Drug Administration, and by Cooperative Agreement X683483301 funded by the Environmental Protection Agency. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC, HRSA, FDA, EPA or the Department of Health and Human Services.
To submit an article for consideration, contact Gynene Sullivan, editor, at gynene. sullivan @ aphl. org.
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