If you are interested, please email the designated APHL staff liaison to request to join the Communities listed below: Board Certification Exam Boot Camp Community – LDBootcamp@aphl.org The purpose of this community is to provide a forum for individuals interested in pursuing director level positions within public health laboratories, and particularly in taking one of the board certification exams
Co-Sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Public Health. DESCRIPTION Designed for individuals performing rabies testing in public health and veterinary diagnostics laboratories, this three and one-half day workshop addresses traditional rabies testing techniques, safety in the rabies laboratory, specimen acquisition and preparation, rabies quality control and proficiency testing, standardized testing procedures, emerging technologies and epidemiologic issues
01-14-2025 05:00 AM - 01-17-2025 05:00 AM ET
Presented by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) in collaboration with the Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology-Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Public Health. DESCRIPTION Designed for individuals performing rabies testing in public health and veterinary diagnostic laboratories, this four and one-half day workshop includes antigen-based and molecular rabies testing techniques, safety in the rabies laboratory, sample processing and preparation, quality control, emerging technologies and rabies epidemiology. AUDIENCE This intermediate-level workshop is designed for microbiologists in public health or veterinary diagnostic laboratories with responsibility for performing rabies testing
08-24-2026 12:00 PM - 08-28-2026 12:00 PM ET
The APHL 2024 Annual Conference, an in-person event for the public health laboratory community, brings together leaders, scientists, influencers and partners to share issues, trends and best practices driving laboratory science and public health today. Session topics explore public health laboratory issues, trends and technologies relative to emerging infectious diseases, environmental health, emergency preparedness, quality systems and safety, informatics, food safety, newborn screening, global health and more
05-06-2029 05:00 AM - 05-09-2029 05:00 AM ET
Presented by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) in collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific. DESCRIPTION This two-day training workshop is designed for public health laboratories utilizing or planning to utilize the QuantStudio™ 5 Dx / 7 Pro Dx Real-time PCR instruments and analysis software for infectious diseases
10-07-2026 12:00 PM - 10-08-2026 12:00 PM ET
10-05-2026 12:00 PM - 10-06-2026 12:00 PM ET
DESCRIPTION This hands-on workshop covering the CDC Flu SC2 Multiplex Assay and the CDC Flu rRT-PCR Dx Panel for influenza detection and subtyping will feature both didactic lectures and laboratory exercises. The workshop will introduce the implementation of these assays on new diagnostic platforms as the use of the ABI 7500 Fast Dx is phased out
08-24-2026 12:00 PM - 08-25-2026 12:00 PM ET
08-27-2026 12:00 PM - 08-28-2026 12:00 PM ET
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