Mission

Wadsworth Center is a science-based community committed to protecting and improving the health of New Yorkers through laboratory analysis, investigations and research, as well as laboratory certification and educational programs.

Scientists at Wadsworth Center:

• study public health issues, from drug resistance to emerging infections and environmental exposures
• investigate basic biological processes that contribute to human health and disease
• employ modern methods, such as biomarkers of exposure, and state-of-the-art technologies, among them a resource for visualizing biologically relevant molecules.

As the state's public health reference laboratory, Wadsworth:

• responds to public health threats
• develops advanced methods to detect microbial agents and genetic disorders
• measures and analyzes environmental chemicals.

The Center also:

• operates the most comprehensive laboratory licensure program for clinical and environmental laboratories, and blood and tissue banks
• trains the next generation of scientists through programs for doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, as well as specialized training for postdoctoral fellows and others.