COLUMNS

2 President ’ s and Chief Executive Officer ’ s Message

4 Laboratory Call Proves Strong for One Fellow

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FROM THE BENCH

6 PulseNet 2.0 : The Future of Genomic Surveillance for Foodborne Outbreaks

8 Mercury Surveillance : A Collaborative Effort to Help a Family

10 Three Decades of Collaboration : Working with Public Health Labs for Diagnostic Excellence and Innovation

12 Emerging Infectious Disease and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Wastewater

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INDUSTRY MATTERS

FEATURE

14 Building Trust in Public Health Through Communications

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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 , biological and chemical terrorist events , genetic disorders in

newborns and other diverse health threats .

LAB MATTERS STAFF

Gynene Sullivan , MA Editor

Brittany Robertson Art Director

David Fouse Advisor

APHL PROGRAMS

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

2023 – 2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Timothy Southern , PhD President

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Environmental Health

20 Considerations for Implementing Wastewater Surveillance in Rural Communities

22 Using Public Dashboards to Effectively Communicate Overdose Surveillance Information

Global Health

24 Laboratory Design Matters Workshop Goes International

25 Laboratory Strengthening in Two Hard-to-reach Refugee Camps in Northern Kenya

Infectious Diseases

26 Strengthening Respiratory Laboratory Networks

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Informatics

27 Informatics Infrastructure Supports Antimicrobial Resistance Testing

28 Fostering Trust Through Candid ColLABoration

Public Health Preparedness and Response

30 Piloting the ISO 35001:2019 Standard

31 APHL and CDC Partner with the Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference Laboratory

Training and Workforce Development

32 APHL ’ s Emerging Leaders Address Challenges in Recruitment and Retention at Public Health Labs

Megan Crumpler , PhD President-elect

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

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 Representative

Pamela Higgins , PhD Public Health Associate Institutional Member Representative​

Leslie Wolf , PhD , HCLD ( ABB ) Public Health Institutional Local Member Representative​

Daphne Ware , PhD Past President

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

The production of this publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement # NU60OE000104 , funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of , nor an endorsement by , CDC , HHS or the US Government .