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Proposed revisions to the regulatory requirements in 10 NYCRR Part 59 are now available for public comment. See https://regs.health.ny.gov/regulations/proposed-rule-making, “Amendment of Part 59 of Title 10 NYCRR (Chemical Analyses of Blood,…

Scientists at the Wadsworth Center have developed a new online resource to help researchers better understand Mycobacterium abscessus (MABS), an opportunistic bacterial pathogen that can cause difficult-to-treat infections.  Drs. Anil Ojha and…

Bacteria are often thought of as simple, solitary organisms, but many species can coordinate their behavior as a group, a process called quorum sensing. When enough bacteria accumulate in one place, they release and detect small chemical signals…

From February 24-26, multiple Wadsworth Center laboratories hosted an Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Fellow from the Colorado State Public Health Lab. The main purpose of the visit was for the fellow to gain experience with the New…

The National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD) invited the Wadsworth Center Chief of Bacterial Diseases, Dr. Kimberlee Musser, to participate as a distinguished faculty member at the NITRD International Conference on…

As a part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Lead Poisoning Prevention Initiative, the CDC Foundation is building and strengthening laboratory capacity for blood lead level testing, which is critical for early detection and monitoring of lead exposure…

The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Bureau of HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Field Services conducts HIV rapid testing and is registered as a Limited Service Laboratory through the Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program at…

Patrick Parsons, Director of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at the Wadsworth Center, participated in a series of on-camera interviews with Spectroscopy, a technical publication that covers advances in spectroscopic techniques used in…

In significant recognition of its technical excellence, the Wadsworth Center has been designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Advanced Laboratory Response Network–Biological (LRN-B) Laboratory. One of only 14 laboratories…

Ms. Deanna Luneau, a fifth-year Environmental Health Sciences PhD candidate conducting her doctoral research at the Wadsworth Center, was recently featured in a student spotlight on the University at Albany College of Integrated Health Sciences…

Staff from the Newborn Screening Program at the Wadsworth Center participated in the annual meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, held March 10–14 in Baltimore, Maryland, where they presented research highlighting New…

 Human fungal infections pose a massive public health burden yet remain severely understudied. Our lab develops and utilizes high-throughput genetic approaches to understand how fungal pathogens cause disease.Please see research areas for…

Research OverviewHuman fungal infections cause 2.5 million annual deaths yet remain neglected diseases. Our lab studies pathogens in the genus Cryptococcus, which are environmental fungi found in diverse ecological settings worldwide. Cryptococcus…

Michael J. Boucher, PhD (he/him/his)Principal InvestigatorBS, Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013BS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford…

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Friday, April 10, 2026 – The Spinal Cord Injury Research Board will hold a business meeting from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the following locations:NYS DOH Wadsworth Center, Biggs Laboratory, Sturman Conference Room, Empire State Plaza, Albany,…

Why CARE?CARE is a unit dedicated to preparing people to meet emerging public health challenges.As New York State’s public health laboratory, Wadsworth Center serves communities across the state. CARE supports this mission by strengthening…

Scientists at the Wadsworth Center have developed a novel molecular assay to evaluate the risks posed by the emerging toxic cyanobacterium Aetokthonos hydrillicola. A. hydrillicola is associated with invasive aquatic plants and is capable of…

In recent years, several dermatophytes within the Trichophyton interdigitale /Trichophyton mentagrophytes Species Complex have become a significant public health concern due to increasing drug resistance and rapid transmission in human populations,…

Caleb Mallery, a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Paczkowski Lab within the Division of Genetics at the Wadsworth Center and a student in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University at Albany, has been awarded a prestigious F31…