COLUMNS FEATURE

2 President ’ s and CEO ’ s Message 4 Focus on Fellows : Better Together

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FROM THE BENCH

6 The Public Health Laboratory Role in Response to Measles

MEMBER PROFILE

8 Member Profile : Sacramento County Public Health Laboratory

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10 Leveraging the Power of Privilege in Public Health

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT

Environmental Health

16 Health Equity Through PFAS and Wastewater Surveillance

18 Biomonitoring with a Health Equity Lens

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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 .

LAB MATTERS STAFF

Gynene Sullivan , MA Editor

Brittany Robertson Art Director

David Fouse Advisor

To submit an article for consideration , contact Gynene Sullivan at gynene . sullivan @ aphl . org .

APHL PROGRAMS

2022 – 2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Daphne Ware , PhD President

Timothy Southern , PhD President-elect

Godfred Masinde , PhD , MBA , HCLD ( ABB ) Secretary-Treasurer

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Sharon Massingale , PhD , HCLD / CC ( ABB ) Public Health Institutional State Representative

Global Health

20 APHL Expands to the Middle East and North Africa

21 Twinning on Two Continents : Tanzania and South Carolina Laboratories Partner to Exchange Opportunities

Infectious Diseases

22 Blurred Vision , Clear Danger : Multistate Outbreak Response Launched over Contaminated Artificial Tears

Public Health Preparedness and Response

24 Mpox : A Year of Partnerships

26 Minimizing Risks in the Public Health Laboratory

Quality Systems and Analytics

28 Highlighting Member Experiences with the APHL CLIA Audit Tool

Michael Pentella PhD , D ( ABMM ) Public Health Institutional State Representative

Scott Shone , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ) Public Health Institutional State Representative

Sally Flowers , PhD Public Health Associate Institutional Member Representative

Megan Crumpler , PhD Local Institutional Member Representative

Denise Toney , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ) Past President

Scott Becker , MS Ex Officio , Chief Executive Officer , APHL