Meghan Fuschino, MS

In her current role as Assistant Director in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Ms. Fuschino focuses on cross-laboratory initiatives throughout the Division. She also contributes to staff development, grant management, CLIMS initiatives, and DID planning efforts for the upcoming building move. Ms. Fuschino is a member of the WC Leadership Academy and WC Laboratory Academy planning committees. 

Ms. Fuschino joined the Wadsworth Center (WC) in 2001 and spent most of her career in the Laboratory of Viral Diseases (LVD). She served in different roles in the LVD, focused on surveillance and clinical testing for STD, gastroenteric, and respiratory viruses, notably influenza viruses. Ms. Fuschino served as Principal Investigator for one of four designated CaliciNet Outbreak Support Center sites for national norovirus surveillance from 2019-2025.  

Ms. Fuschino contributed to LVD’s outbreak and public health response efforts throughout her tenure, including poliovirus, EV-D68, Zika virus, and measles responses. Ms. Fuschino played key roles in the laboratory’s pandemic preparedness and response efforts over the years, including to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic response, and later as LVD’s Director of Operations, in Wadsworth’s COVID-19 pandemic response.  

Ms. Fuschino was a member of the Association of Public Health Laboratories Emerging Leader Program, Cohort 13 (spring).