Public Health Leaders Honored by APHL
(firmenpresse) - SILVER SPRING, MD -- (Marketwired) -- 06/04/13 -- The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is pleased to announce the winners of its annual for outstanding achievements in laboratory science, creative approaches to solving today's public health challenges and exemplary support of laboratories serving the public's health. Awardees were honored during a ceremony at the in Raleigh, NC.
The following awards were presented:
- This award recognizes federal, state and local elected officials and executive branch employees who have recognized the importance of state and local governmental laboratories that perform testing of public health significance either through support of legislation or federal agency decisions.
Governor of the State of New Jersey
The recipient is selected by the APHL president and given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the association's work to promote policies that strengthen governmental health laboratories. There are two recipients of the Presidential Award:
, senior advisor of the Public Health Leadership Program at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
, associate director for informatics in the Public Health Surveillance and Informatics Program Office, in the Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This award is given to member laboratories committed to safety, environmental process, environmental policy, and employee health and wellness. The 2013 winners are:
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Runner-Up:
Honorable Mention:
This award is given to an APHL member who makes or has made significant contributions to the advancement of public health laboratory science and/or practice. The 2013 winner is:
laboratory operations director at the Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services
This new award is given to an APHL member who makes or has made significant contributions to the advancement of public health laboratory science and/or practice. The 2013 winner is:
associate director of environmental health for the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa.
This award honors an individual whose leadership has been instrumental in one or more advances in laboratory science, practice, management, policy or education within his or her first five to ten years in the profession. The 2013 winner is:
, deputy laboratory director at the City of Milwaukee Health Department
- This award honors an individual or organization outside of the association's membership who makes significant contributions to APHL, its membership and mission. The 2013 winner is:
, surveillance epidemiologist with the Influenza Division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This award honors an APHL member who is a public health or clinical laboratory practitioner, trainer or educator who has made significant contributions to public health laboratory practice by creating, delivering or developing continuing education opportunities, programs, policies or practices for the laboratory community. The 2013 winner is:
, chief of virology and immunology at the Maryland State Laboratory and a part-time faculty member at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Congratulations to all of the APHL award winners.
Photos of award recipients available upon request.
The Association of Public Health Laboratories is a national non-profit located in Silver Spring, MD, that is dedicated to working with members to strengthen governmental laboratories with a public health mandate. By promoting effective programs and public policy, APHL strives to provide public health laboratories with the resources and infrastructure needed to protect the health of US residents and to prevent and control disease globally.
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