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Research InterestsOur research explores the molecular biology of bacterial viruses (phages) and other mobile genetic elements, with a focus on how they shape the ecology and evolution of bacterial pathogens. Just as our lives are shaped by viral…

APHL Honors 2024 Newborn Screening Award Winners 

New York State Laboratory Animal Welfare Program The Laboratory Animal Welfare Program Approves laboratories/institutions for the use of living animals in accordance with Public Health Law CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 5, TITLE 1, Sections 504, 505-…

Meeting LocationsNYS DOH, Wadsworth Center, Biggs Laboratory, Sturman Conference Room, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NYNYS DOH, Metropolitan Area Regional Office, Conference Room 4A-B, 90 Church Street, New York, NYSchool of Medicine and Biomedical…

Effective January 1, 2025, the New York State Department of Health’s Newborn Screening Program’s policies regarding specimen and record retention will be changing. After that date, the program will store newborn screening records and specimens for…

From environmental projects characterizing and quantitating contaminants in our water, food and even inside us, to infectious disease projects addressing antimicrobial resistance, “one of the world’s most urgent public health problems”, and studying…

The Wadsworth Center has partnered with the Association of Public Health Laboratories to host the Public Health Lab Academy!This comprehensive summer program: We are planning to host up to 20 paid interns in projects supporting lab-related…

At this year's Laboratory Response Network for Biological Threats Preparedness (LRN-B) Technical Meeting, Biodefense Laboratory Director Michael Perry received the Excellence in Leadership Award for leadership "instrumental to the LRN-B mission" and…

Funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will Expand Biomonitoring Efforts to Identify Harmful Chemicals in New Yorkers Click above to read the press release and below to learn more about the programs.

Beverly Rauch, Deputy Director of the Division of Laboratory Quality Certification and Director of the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program (CLEP) was a guest on LabMind, an ARUP Laboratories’ education department podcast.  Beverly…

Dr. Michael Perry joined the Wadsworth Center in 2009 as a Research Scientist in the Biodefense Laboratory. He transitioned to the Laboratory Supervisor in 2014, the Associate Director in 2021, and finally to the Laboratory Director in 2024.Dr.…

​Read about infectious disease fellow Majie Foster and how her "sense of service crossed from the military to the laboratory."

Center Will Be a Major Contributor to Federal Influenza SurveillanceSee the New York State Department of Health Press Release

Five-Year Contract Enables Department to Advance Understanding of the Bacterium Causing Lyme DiseaseRead the New York State Department of Health press release.

As a Special Projects Development Scientist at the Advanced Genomic Technologies Cluster (AGTC), I develop NGS-based solutions within AGTC and collaborate with principal investigators to design and implement innovative sequencing methodologies that…

Meeting LocationsNYS DOH, Wadsworth Center, Biggs Laboratory, Sturman Conference Room, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NYNYS DOH, Metropolitan Area Regional Office, Conference Room 4A-B, 90 Church Street, New York, NYSchedule11:00   …

The Immunology Core is responsible for assisting users in flow cytometry panel development, sample acquisition, sorting, and data analysis. Dr. Jennifer Yates is a classically trained immunologist with extensive experience in using flow cytometry as…

 Thomas Bartlett (Principal Investigator) did his PhD in Zemer Gitai’s lab at Princeton and his postdoctoral studies with Thomas Bernhardt and David Rudner at Harvard Medical School. He enjoys designing screens to discover proteins that…

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