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"And who knew that today I stand here with my colleagues as the incoming president for APHL."

At this year's APHL Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, we talked APHL's current board president, president-elect and CEO about the challenges and successes of the

Oregon's One Health approach to Yersinia enterocolitica case

https://www.aphlblog.org/lab-culture-ep-35-oregons-one-health-approach-to-yersinia-enterocolitica-case/How did a baby become ill with Yersinia enterocolitica, bacteria mo

"We need to be obnoxiously positive and share how awesome we are."

At the 2025 APHL Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon, APHL's current board president, president-elect and CEO sat down for a conversation about the challenges and succe

Public health is always going to be a passion

This episode is coming to you from the 2024 APHL Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin! We had the opportunity to chat with APHL's current President, President-elect

Dr. Bell and Dr. Yarosz love their CDC LLS fellowship experience. What is the LLS fellowship?

What is the CDC Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS)? In this episode, we learn more about it from two current LLS fellows. Drs. Courtnee Bell and Emily Yarosz discuss how

Past, Present and Future of Biosafety

Today's show is a conversation between four past winners of APHL's Leadership in Biosafety and Biosecurity Award. Jill Power, Christina Egan, Carrie Anglewicz and Andrew

APHL CEO Scott Becker wants to bring public health laboratory work into the foreground

It's September which means it is Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month! We are kicking off a month of celebrating by chatting with Scott Becker, APHL CEO, about the

What's next for the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) response to monkeypox?

As the 2022 monkeypox outbreak began to spread around the globe, the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) was prepared with the appropriate test and experienced staff traine

Day 3: 2022 APHL Annual Conference

Day three of the 2022 APHL Annual Conference was a great one! We started off with the annual awards ceremony which always sets the tone for an exciting day. This mini epi

Day 2: 2022 APHL Annual Conference

Today was the first full day of the 2022 APHL Annual Conference and it did not disappoint! From COVID-19 to newborn screening to food safety and more, there was a fascina

Day 1: 2022 APHL Annual Conference

The 2022 APHL Annual Conference kicked off as our first ever hybrid conference! Listen to a few attendees talk about what it means to them to be back in person at our lar

Scientists in Oregon and Michigan Honor World TB Day

Every year we commemorate World TB Day on March 24, the anniversary of the day Dr. Robert Koch first announced that he discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus

Discussing food safety with colleagues, but please not over lunch

Like most things in public health science, food safety is complicated. The nuance can be difficult for non-scientists to understand and difficult for scientists to commun

How two New Jersey lab scientists launched an unprecedented prenatal lead and mercury screening program

Eric Bind and Andrew Steffens, scientists at the New Jersey Public Health and Environmental Laboratories, knew their lab was capable of screening expectant mothers and ne

A Conversation with Dr. Rick Bright

In October 2020, Dr. Rick Bright resigned in protest as director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Au

The Story Collider Presents: Pandemic Perspectives from the Public Health Laboratory

On August 27, 2020, APHL joined The Story Collider for a very special edition of their show featuring four true, personal stories about from APHL members about how COVID-

Life as a public health lab scientist testing for COVID-19

Jessica Bauer and Matt Sinn are scientists at the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory. On this episode, they shared their experiences performing COVID-19 testing, wor

2019 Year in Review

Are we already at the end of 2019?! While to many of us it felt like the year flew by, APHL staff, members and partners accomplished a LOT in an effort to protect the pub

20 Years of the Laboratory Response Network (LRN)

This year marks 20 years since the inception of the Laboratory Response Network (LRN). Founded by APHL, CDC and the FBI, the LRN exists to protect the public from biologi

Lab Culture Extra: Progress in Sierra Leone

APHL has a long history of involvement in Sierra Leone where we've provided technical assistance to strengthen the nation's laboratory system for over a decade. Following