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LAB MATTERS COLUMNS 2 3 SUMMER 2019 | CONTENTS Institutional Research President’s Message Executive Director’s Message 22 A New PHL Workforce: The Rise of the Next Generation Public Policy SECTIONS THE AR LAB NETWORK Summer 2019 Issue 3 23 APHL Articulates Value of Public Health Labs During Annual Policy Symposium, Capitol Hill Visit Infectious Diseases 10 Antimicrobial Resistance Fellows Contribute to CRE Identification in Maryland and Minnesota 11 A Collaborative Effort to Identify Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis—The rpoB Alert Informatics 12 AR Lab Network Benefits from APHL’s ETOR Solution Environmental Health 13 Small Town, Big Response: A Thanksgiving Emergency Makes a Deep Impact on Lab, Community 14 Efforts Toward a Lead-Free Future From the Bench 16 Measuring Human Exposures to Triclosan and Parabens 17 With the Help of Automation, San Diego Rejoins PulseNet 18 South Carolina Automates WGS for Foodborne Outbreak Surveillance Global Health 20 APHL Mozambique Responds to Cyclone Idai Public Health Preparedness and Response 24 APHL BSL-3 Seminar Promotes Learning Through Collaboration 25 COOP Exercises Aim to Keep the Wheels Turning During a Disaster 26 Biosafety and Beyond: Laboratory Training and Mentorship in the USAPI Quality Systems 28 Iowa visits Arizona and New Mexico in APHL’s New Quality Manager Exchange Program Membership 30 APHL 2019: Where Science and Public Health Meet 32 Promoting Community Wellness, Water Quality in Western New York 34 Protecting Environmental Health and Resources in Oklahoma Fellows 36 Presenting, Graduating, Incoming: APHL Fellows Develop Leadership Skills Digital Extra Industry Matters 21 FDA Clears Two Tests for Extragenital CT and NG Inside: 00 Efforts Toward a Lead-Free Future 00 With the Help of Automation, San Diego Rejoins PulseNet 00 Protecting Environmental Resources in the Sooner State ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES 4 FEATURE The AR Lab Network: A Game-changer in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance Given the global rise of drug- resistant pathogens over the past few decades, some physicians and scientists warn of a possible antibiotic apocalypse—a scary, post- antibiotic era. But a $160 million CDC effort now aims to keep antibiotic resistance rare. The keystone of this effort? The Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network. 37 APHL 2019 Poster Abstracts APHL LAB MATTERS STAFF APHL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gynene Sullivan, MA, CAPM, editor Grace E. Kubin, PhD, president Karen Klinedinst, art director Bill Whitmar, MS, president-elect Jody DeVoll, MAT, advisor A Game-changer in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance Daphne Ware, PhD, secretary-treasurer To submit an article for consideration, contact Gynene Sullivan, editor, at [email protected]. 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. Richard S. Steece, PhD, D(ABMM), member-at-large Denise Marie Toney, PhD, HCLD(ABB), member-at-large Anthony “Tony” Tran, DrPH, MPH, D(ABMM), member- at-large Maria Lucia Ishida, PhD, associate institutional member representative Megan Crumpler, PhD, local institutional member representative 8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.aphl.org Mark Wade, local institutional member representative Joanne Bartkus, PhD, D(ABMM), immediate past president Scott J. Becker, MS, ex officio, executive director, APHL PublicHealthLabs @APHL APHL.org Summer 2019 LAB MATTERS 1