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Beverly oversees the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program (CLEP) which seeks to ensure the accuracy and reliability of test results in clinical laboratories located in or accepting specimens from New York State (NYS) through on-site…

To reach a wider audience, videoconference technology will be utilized.  The Board solicits, receives, reviews and recommends applications for award from the Breast Cancer Research and Education Fund.  Pre-registration is required to…

Wadsworth Center is committed to the continuing education of the next generation of public health laboratorians. In partnership with the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),…

Attention Newborn Screening Coordinators and Newborn Screening Designees: The Newborn Screening Coordinator Toolkit is a new resource from the Newborn Screening Program, which delivers a comprehensive review of the newborn screening process and…

Read how Wadsworth Center scientists adapted the tools they already had to increase COVID surveillance capacity.

Ms. Buscher joined the Wadsworth Center in 1995 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in the area of administration including serving as the Administrator for the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, then as the Biggs Laboratory…

Did you know that you only need a few drops of dried blood from a pricked finger to test for COVID-19 antibodies? Indeed, not only does a drop of blood contain a multitude of different antibodies to viruses and other microbes, but Wadsworth Center…

A significant conceptual change has occurred in recent years in relation to how we think about health and diseases, the role the environment plays in disease etiology, and how best to assess human exposure to environmental pollutants and dietary…

Wadsworth Center’s Tanya Halse was the 2022 recipient of the Ed Desmond Award from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA).  This award honors exemplary service, dedication, or leadership to a tuberculosis (TB) laboratory…

We are excited to announce the New York State Newborn Screening Program was recently awarded a contract from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to provisionally add congenital…

Karolina Schabses serves as the Associate Director of Information Technology at the Wadsworth Center, providing overall vision, leadership and strategic planning in the direction, development and implementation of information technology.  For…

This podcast is a conversation between four past winners of APHL’s Leadership in Biosafety and Biosecurity Award. Jill Power, Christina Egan, Carrie Anglewicz and Andrew Cannons (from left to right in the photo above) share their thoughts…

 A significant conceptual change has occurred in recent years in relation to how we think about health and diseases, the role the environment plays in disease etiology, and how best to assess human exposure to environmental pollutants and…

Over the past 25 years, the Kannan Laboratory has produced over 525 peer-reviewed research articles and 25 book chapters. A more complete list of publications is provided.

Two major awards totaling 15 million dollars have thus far resulted in 14 diverse projects completed.Biomonitoring, the assessment of human exposure to environmental pollutants and dietary chemicals and the role exposure contributes to the etiology…

Selected Ongoing Research Wadsworth Center’s Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource (WC-HHEAR) NIH/NIEHS 5 U2C ES26542-03 06/01/2020 – 05/31/2024 Kurunthachalam Kannan / Patrick J. Parsons (MPI…

Source plasma donation centers are facilities where source plasma is collected by plasmapheresis. "Source plasma" means the fluid portion of human blood collected by plasmapheresis and intended as source …

Wadsworth Center scientists Dr. Kimberlee Musser, Dr. Marie Claire Rowlinson, and Tanya Halse were among the featured highlights from the National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of Tuberculosis hosted by the Association of Public Health…

The Bloodborne Viruses Laboratory provides pediatric HIV testing to diagnose or exclude HIV infection in infants who are born to people living with HIV.  We are making changes to the Pediatric HIV Testing Service to enhance our ability to…

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