2 President ’ s & Chief Executive Officer ’ s Message

Environmental Health 12 Environmental Health Laboratory

Fellows Make a Difference

Food Safety

14 Reimagining and Rebranding for the Future of Food Safety

Global Health 15 It ’ s Time for Global Health Data

Innovation

15 Tanzania Launches International Biological Safety Cabinet Certification Training Program

Industry Matters 16 A Private-Public Collaboration for

Safely Reopening Schools in Hawaii

18 Utilizing Nanotrap Microbiome Particles to Capture and Concentrate Intact Virus from Wastewater Samples

Infectious Diseases

20 Hybrid 12th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of Tuberculosis Convened

22 Strengthening Influenza Surveillance by Building Molecular Testing Capacity

Informatics 23 New Tool Available for Requesting

Informatics Technical Assistance

24 Workforce Resources for Public Health Informatics

Public Health Preparedness & Response 26 20 Years of Progress for Public Health

Emergency Preparedness

27 CDC Convenes Town Hall Meeting on Laboratory and Instrument Biosafety

Training & Workforce Development 28 Forging Collaborative Relationships Between Academic Partners and Public Health Labs

4 The Many Career Pathways in Public Health Laboratory Science

Each laboratorian ’ s story of their public health laboratory career is one-of-a-kind . These are often journeys filled with opportunity , serendipity and supportive mentors . But for every success story , there are people inside and outside of public health who do not know about the opportunities at public health laboratories or how to access them . APHL and other public health leaders are working to change that .

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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 .

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Gynene Sullivan , MA , editor Brittany Robertson , art director David Fouse , advisor

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APHL 2022-2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Daphne Ware , PhD , president Timothy Southern , PhD , president-elect

Godfred Masinde , PhD , MBA , HCLD ( ABB ), secretarytreasurer

Sharon Massingale , PhD , HCLD / CC ( ABB ), public health institutional state representative

Michael Pentella PhD , D ( ABMM ), public health institutional state representative

Scott Shone , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ), public health institutional state member 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