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APHL 2021 Award Winners
APHL is pleased to announce the winners of its annual awards for outstanding achievements in laboratory science , creative approaches to solving today ’ s public health challenges and exemplary support of laboratories serving the public ’ s health . Awardees were honored on May 19 , 2021 during a virtual ceremony .
The following awards were presented :
Lifetime Achievement Award
• Dr . Peter A . Shult , retired , Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Gold Standard Award
• David Boxrud , Minnesota Department of Health
Silver Award
• Shondra Johnson , Missouri State Public Health Laboratory
On the Front Line Award
• Dr . Beverly Metchock , US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
Emerging Leader Award
• Drew C . Fayram , State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa
Leadership in Biosafety and Biosecurity Award
• Elizabeth Weirich , US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
Champion of the Public Health Laboratory Award
• Dr . Anthony S . Fauci , National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
Presidential Award
• Rob Stein , National Public Radio
• APHL staff
Healthiest Laboratory Award
• Kentucky Public Health Laboratory
Thomas E . Maxson Education , Training and Workforce Development Award
• Shannon Sharp ( posthumous ), formerly Michigan Department of Health and Human Services , Bureau of Laboratories
30 LAB MATTERS Summer 2021