2 President ’ s / Chief Executive Officer ’ s Message

Winter 2021 Issue 1

Environmental Health

10 International Biomonitoring Network : Collaborating to Keep Pace in a Rapidly Evolving Field

12 SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Monitoring : A Tool to Support COVID-19 Public Health Decision Making

From the Bench

14 Virginia Responds to Severe Hypoglycemic Reactions Induced by Ingestion of Herbal Supplements

Global Health 16 “ The future isn ’ t what it used to be ”: Managing Data Privacy in Kenya in Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic Response

17 Innovation in a Time of Crisis : Mozambique ’ s Laboratory Information Systems

Industry Matters

18 The Role of High-Throughput Open Channel Platforms in a Pandemic Response and Beyond

Infectious Diseases 19 AR Lab Network Launches New Pilot

Programs

20 Advances in Testing Mark 2020 World AIDS Day

Newborn Screening 22 Emerging Cloud-based Solutions for Newborn Screening Workflows

23 Connecting NBS Laboratorians and Epidemiologists to Understand Data Capabilities

Public Health Preparedness and Response 24 Strengthening Electronic Laboratory

Reporting for Response

25 Sixth Edition of Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories Now Available

Membership 26 Building Capacity While Fighting

COVID-19 in New Mexico

Fellows 28 APHL Fellowship Programs Continue

Critical Work into 2021

Inside :

17 Innovation in a Time of Crisis : Mozambique ’ s Laboratory Information Systems

20 Advances in Testing Mark 2020 World Aids Day

26 Building Capacity While Fighting COVID-19 in New Mexico

Securing Public Health Data in the Age of COVID-19

ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES

4 Securing Public Health Data in the Age of COVID-19

Public health laboratories have been collecting and distributing data for decades , focused on the best practice of accessing the minimum patient data necessary to do the job required . But when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the US in 2020 , public health laboratories began amassing data in unprecedented quantities . While the public health system has worked constantly to improve cybersecurity and data privacy protocols , there are many layers of protection that public health laboratories must engage in to ensure data accuracy , as well as to secure data for multiple uses .

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Gynene Sullivan , MA , editor Karen Klinedinst , art director David Fouse , advisor

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

APHL 2020-2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bill Whitmar , MS , president Denise Marie Toney , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ), president-elect Daphne Ware , PhD , secretary-treasurer Timothy Southern , PhD , D ( ABMM ), member-at-large Richard Steece , PhD , D ( ABMM ), member-at-large

Sally Flowers , PhD , associate institutional member representative

Sanjib Bhattacharyya , PhD , local institutional member representative

Megan Crumpler , PhD , local institutional member representative

Grace E . Kubin , PhD , immediate past president Scott J . Becker , MS , ex officio , chief executive officer , APHL