Lab Matters Summer 2025 | Page 17

MEMBERSHIP

LEAD Award – Recognizes the legacy of Eva J. Perlman, APHL’ s first chief learning officer, who over three decades helped shape the public health laboratory workforce and represented the attributes of“ serving those who have served.” This award honors an individual who exhibits the attributes of a leader, encourager, advocate and developer, and who has 10 or more years of service in a state, local or territorial public health laboratory, or other public health laboratory partner. This year there are two LEAD award winners.

🏆 Erin Bowles, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene( retired)

🏆 Lori Pillsbury, laboratory administrator, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Presidential Award – The APHL Presidential Award was selected by Dr. Megan Crumpler during her Presidential year( 2024 – 2025) for the significant contributions that were made to the association’ s work to promote policies that strengthen public health laboratories. Dr. Crumpler chose one outstanding individual and one outstanding group for this year’ s Presidential Award.

🏆 Mandy Cohen, director, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( 2023 – 2025)

🏆 APHL Incident Command Team for the 2025 Fiscal Crisis

Healthiest Laboratory Award – Given to an APHL member laboratory that is committed to safety, environmental process, environmental policy and employee health and wellness.

🏆 State jurisdictional award winner: California Department of Public Health Center for Laboratory Sciences

🏆 Local jurisdictional award winner: San Diego County Public Health Laboratory

Award for Outstanding Contribution to Workforce, Training and Continuing Education – Honors an individual who has made significant contributions to the advancement of workforce development and training in public health laboratory science and practice; worked to provide continuing education opportunities, programs, policies or practices internally and / or through outreach to public health partners; or demonstrated a history of service with APHL committees, taskforces or workgroups focused on workforce development, continuing education or training.

🏆 Susan Mikorski, laboratory outreach program manager, New Jersey Department of Health Public Health and Environmental Laboratories g