July 12-14, 2022 | Atlanta, GA
The conference schedule for the 12th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of Tuberculosis is listed below. Presentations with links have been authorized to be posted on this website, but duplication is not authorized without the express written permission of the authors. If permission is granted, please cite both the author and “12th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of Tuberculosis."
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Welcome and Keynote (Recording)
Welcome to the 12th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of Tuberculosis (Slides not available, included in recording)
Kimberlee Musser, PhD, New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
Keynote Address
Lisa Armitige, MD, PhD, FACP, FAAP, FIDSA, Heartland National TB Center & University of Texas at Tyler Health Center
Updates in Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Recording)
Moderator: Marie-Claire Rowlinson, PhD, D(ABMM), New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
Charet Wynn, MBA, Emory University
Exhibitor and Poster Flash Talks
Moderator: Anne Gaynor, PhD, APHL
Improving Non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria Species Identification Using the MALDI Biotyper (Bruker Scientific)
Gongyi Shi, PhD, Bruker Scientific
From Patient to Lab: Innovative Testing Methods for TB Testing (QIAGEN)
Joshua Boston, MS and Krista Laursen, QIAGEN
Get Reacquainted with Your TB Laboratory Colleagues
Moderators: APHL and CDC DTBE's Laboratory Capacity Team
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
The Future of Detection of Drug Resistance in TB (Recording)
Moderator: Kimberlee Musser, PhD, New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
- Transition of the Molecular Detection of Drug Resistance (MDDR) Service to Use of Next Generation Sequencing (Not available)
Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, DVM, MS, PhD, CDC
- Update on Implementation of NGS-based TB Drug Resistance Detection at the California Dept. of Public Health
Varvara Kozyreva, PhD, PHM-CA(AAB), TS(ABB), California Department of Public Health
- TB Sequencing in Massachusetts
Tracy Stiles, MS, M(ASCP), Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory
Practical Laboratory Issues: Whole Genome Sequencing - To Implement or Not? (Recording)
Co-Moderator: Calvin Lung, MSc, PHM, M(ASCP)CM, Contra Costa Public Health Laboratory
Co-Moderator: Rebecca Voshell, Delaware Public Health Laboratory
Panel Discussion:
- Daniela Cirillo, MD, PhD, San Raffaele Scientific Institute
- Anne Gaynor, PhD, APHL
- William Glover II, PhD, D(ABMM), MT(ASCP), North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health
- Kimberly McCullor, PhD, MSc, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- James Posey, PhD, CDC
Supporting Your Most Valuable Resource - Your People (Recording)
Co-Moderator: Sean Buono, PhD, PHM, CDC
Co-Moderator: Melissa Guenther, MPH, MLS (ASCP)CM, New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories
Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning
Christine Bean, PhD, MBA, MT(ASCP), APHL
Improving Emotional Health & Wellbeing
Mark Pope, PhD, LPC, CBT, CCTP, CDC
TB Case Studies - From the Bench and Beyond (Recording)
Moderator: Benjamin Alpers, Texas Department of State Health Services
A Mother with MDR and Her Newborn
Lisa Armitige, MD, PhD, FACP, FAAP, FIDSA, Heartland National TB Center, University of Texas at Tyler Health Center
TB Disease from a Contaminated Bone Allograft Product (Slides not available, included in recording)
Heidi Behm, RN, MPH, Oregon Health Authority
Awards Presentation (Recording)
Moderator: Anne Gaynor, PhD, APHL
On the Front Lines of TB Testing Award: Yvette Vergnetti
Ed Desmond TB Laboratorian Award: Tanya Halse
TB Lifetime Achievement Award: Denise Dunbar
Thursday, July 14, 2022
The Impact of COVID-19 on Public Health TB Laboratories (Group Discussions)
Moderator: Monica Youngblood, MPH, M(ASCP), CDC
Tuberculosis in the Times of COVID
Jeffrey Starke, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Continuing Public Health Laboratory Operations through Challenging Circumstances (Recording)
Co-Moderator: Cortney Stafford, MPH, MT(ASCP), CDC
Real World Impact of TB (Recording)
Co-Moderator: Laura Louison, MLS (ASCP)CM, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Posters (List of all Abstracts)
Implementation of Rapid Mycobacterium and Nocardia Identification Utilizing BioMerieux Vitek MS Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) into Houston's Mycobacteriology Workflow to Enhance Lab Productivity and Performance
RS Foster, LM Lewis
Mycobacteriology, Houston Health Department
Validation and Implementation of Real-Time PCR for Detection of MTBC/MAC DNA by Examining Challenges and Impacts to Virginia's Public Health Laboratory and Department of Health
R Mehr, KE Milloy, EK Craig, LS Turner
Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS)
Can Antimicrobial-Resistance Mycobacterium tuberculosis be Diagnosed Directly from Respiratory Specimens Using Targeted Next Generation Sequencing?
SG Murphy, C Smith, T Halse, V Escuyer, M Rowlinson, P LaPierre, K Musser
Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
Development of Workflow Efficiences for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Processing and Testing Algorithms
A Schooley, J Vanneste, S Church, H Seymour, T Heyer, K Annis, B Hirt, K McCullor
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Laboratories
Verfication of the Scientific Devices Modified Auramine O Stain Set in a Low Incidence TB Setting
R Jepson, M Nelson, K Hebbeln, W Aldous
State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa
Faster and Cheaper - Alternative Approach to Prepare Seed Cutures for PZA Susceptibility Testing
J Owen, D Dubnar, B Alpers
Texas Department of State Health Services
Evaluating the Sensitivity of MTBC Detection in Extrapulmonary Specimens by Real Time PCR During an Outbreak of Spinal Tuberculosis
J Gentry, L Maggard, P Kolconda, S Gopal, M Glazier, L Liu
Indiana Department of Health Laboratory (IDOHL)
Prediction of Mutations Associated with Drug Resistance for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Using Next Generation Sequencing
J Vanneste, R Kramer, H Blankenship, F Nindo, A Schooley, K McCullor
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Laboratory
Whole Genome Sequencing for Isoniazid Resistance Prediction in M. tuberculosis Complex
TA Halse, K Patel, P Lapierre,
D Kohlerschmidt, VE Escuyer and KA Musser, J Shea
Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
Case Studies of False-Rifampin Resistance
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Contra Costa County
C Lung,1,2 I Laurenson2,3
1) Contra Costa Public Health Laboratory; 2) University of Edinburgh, 3) Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory
Contact
For more information contact, Sarah Buss, PhD, 240.485.3901, Sarah.Buss@aphl.org.