June 12-13, 2023 | Atlanta, GA
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Monday, June 12, 2023
Welcome and Keynote
Welcome to the 13th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of Tuberculosis
Vincent Escuyer, PharmD, PhD, Director, Mycobacteriology Laboratory, David Axelrod Institute New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
- Waiting on the World to Change
Speaker: Claudio Köser,BA MA PhD, Consultant, TB Alliance, Becton Dickinson, WHO Global TB Programme, WHO Regional Office for Europe and Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva
Don't Stop IDin': Mycobacterial Identification Strategies
Moderator:
- Stephanie Johnston , MS, Lead, Laboratory Capacity Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Speakers:
- Derek Armstrong, Microbiologist/International Laboratory Coordinator, TB Research Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Dorothy Baynham, MT(ASCP) Manager Special Microbiology, Division of Laboratory Services, Tennessee Department of Health
- Kathleen Milloy, MS, MLS (ASCP)CM Principal Scientist – Microbial Reference Group, Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services
- Latricia Lewis, B.S. Mycobacteriology Supervisor, City of Houston Public Health Laboratory
Moderator:
- Calvin Lung, MSc, PHM, M(ASCP)CM, Senior Public Health Microbiologist, Contra Costa Public Health Laboratory
Speakers:
- Donna Kohlerschmidt, M.T. (ASCP), Research Scientist, David Axelrod Institute New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
- Zhu Wenming PhD, Microbiologist, Applied Research Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Glenn Morlock, MS, Microbiologist, Applied Research Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Moderator:
- Caitlin Miranda, M(ASCP), Microbiologist III, Oregon State Public Health Laboratory
Speakers:
- John Christie, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Intelligenome, Inc.
- Scott Burns, MS, Biologist, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination - Applied Research Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Joint Opening Session with NTCA
Moderators:
- NTCA: Joseph Burzynski, MD, MPH, Assistant Commissioner and Director Bureau of TB Control, NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
- APHL: Vincent Escuyer, PhD, Director, Mycobacteriology Laboratory, David Axelrod Institute New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
Speakers:
Moderator:
- Varvara Kozyreva, PhD, PHM-CA(AAB), HCLD(ABB), Section Chief of Mycobacterial, Mycotic, and Parasitic Diseases, MDL, California Department of Public Health
Speakers:
- Shannon Murphy PhD, APHL/CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Post-doctoral Fellow, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
- Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, DVM, MS, PhD, Team Lead, Reference Laboratory, Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Toby Bennett, MS, MLS(ASCP), Supervising Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Special Pathogens & Biothreat Laboratory, Rhode Island Department of Health
- Matthew D. Schimenti, MPH, M(ASCP), Medical Laboratory Scientist IV, Molecular Mycobacteriology Florida Department of Health
Moderators:
- Benjamin Alpers, Application Scientist, Texas Department of State Health Services
- Sarah Buss, PhD, D(ABMM), Assiciation of Public Health Laboratories
Speakers:
- Nikki Parrish PhD, MHS, D(ABMM) Director, Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Mycobacteriology
- Cherie Stafford, MSN/MPH, Nurse Coordinator, Tuberculosis Control Program, Arizona Department of Health Services
- Drew Francis, M (ASCP)CM, Arizona State Laboratory Services
- Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, DVM, MS, PhD, Team Lead, Reference Laboratory, Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention