​​​​​​Monday, June 6, 2016​

Pre-Conference Workshops​

LEAN-ing into the Future: Hands-on Practice with LEAN Tools​​​

Moderator: Catherine Johnson, MA, MT(ASCP), National Center for Public Health Laboratory Leadership, Association of Public Health Laboratories

Denise Lopez, MS, PHM II, Tulare County, CA Public Health Laboratory

Jill J. Power, MS, M(ASCP), CMQ/OE(ASQ), New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories

Jyl Madlem, MS, MT(AMT), Indiana Public Health Protection and Laboratory Services

 

Next Generation Sequencing: From Concept to Reality at Public Health Laboratories

Moderators:

Dave Boxrud, MS, Minnesota Department of Health

Jennifer Adams, Association of Public Health Laboratories

Christin Hanigan, PhD, Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

Quality Assurance and Validation of Next-Generation Sequencing

Amy Gargis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Introduction to NGS Analysis Tools Including NCBI K-mer Trees, CLC Genomics Workbench, BioNumerics 7.5 and Other Tools

Heather Carleton, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

How to Efficiently Perform WGS in your Laboratory Performing WGS on Non-PulseNet Pathogens to Increase Efficiency/Timeliness, Communication of WGS Data to Epidemiologists

Patrick Van Roey, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

 

How to Collaborate for Efficiencies, Bioinformatics, WGS, How to Build Pipelines - Do We Need Them in the Future? Round table discussion featuring:

Pete Shult, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

Kim Musser, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

Dave Boxrud, Minnesota Department of Health

William Klimke, National Institutes of Health

 

Biosafety and Biosecurity: The Era of Risk Assessments and Outreach

Moderator:  Andrew Cannons, PhD, HCLD(ABB), Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories - Tampa

 

Biosafety Competencies in Action

Leah Gillis, MS, PhD, HCLD(ABB), Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories – Miami

 

Risk Assessments

Overview of Risk Assessments and Case Studies/Scenarios Based

Reynolds Salerno, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jennifer Gaudioso, PhD, Sandia National Laboratories

 

Risk Assessment for Public Health Laboratories

Michael Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM), Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory

 

Outreach Models to Sentinel Clinical Laboratories

The Iowa Model for Outreach to Sentinel Clinical Partners

Wanda Reiter-Kintz, PhD, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa

 

The Texas Model for Outreach to Sentinel Clinical Partners

Grace Kubin, PhD, Texas Department of State Health Services

 

Opening Session

Welcome to Albuquerque

Moderators:

Judith Lovchik, PhD, D(ABMM), APHL President

A. Christian Whelen, PhD, APHL President-Elect and Planning Committee Chair

Lixia Liu, PhD, MP(ASCP), D(ABMM), Director, New Mexico Scientific Laboratory Division

Lynn Gallagher, JD, New Mexico Cabinet Secretary of Health

Scott Becker, MS, Executive Director, Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

Plenary Session

The Continuum of Response from Ebola to Zika – Resiliency in Public Health Laboratories

Moderator:  Joanne Adreadis, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Isatta Wurie, PhD, Association of Public Health Laboratories Consultant

Julie Villanueva, PhD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, PhD, LLM, MPA, JD, U.S. Department of State

 

Concurrent Sessions

More than Just Hot Air – Current Applications of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in Clinical Laboratories

Moderator:  Michael Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM), Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory

 

Genomics and Transcriptomics in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

Randall Olsen, MD, PhD, Houston Methodist Hospital

 

Implementing Genomically Informed Surveillance of Clinical Pathogens Across Healthcare Institutions

Lynn Bry, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital

 

A New Genomics Driven Taxonomy: Are We There Yet?

George Garrity, ScD, Michigan State University

 

The Impact of Public Health Laboratories: How Return on Investment Metrics can Help your Laboratory

Moderator:  Billie Juni, MS

 

What is ROI? Understanding the Metrics and What It Means to PHLs

Lorelei Kurimski, MS, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa

 

Data Gathering and Populating the APHL ROI Tool

Victor Waddell, PhD, Arizona State Public Health Laboratory

 

Applying the APHL ROI Tool: Results from the Pilot Study

Christine Bean, PhD, MBA, MT(ASCP), New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories

 

Beating Tuberculosis- How Far We've C​​ome and The Way Forward

Moderator:  Marie-Claire Rowlinson, Florida Department of Health

Ed Desmond, PhD, California Department of Public Health

Angela Starks, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jim Gallarda, PhD, MBA, Gates Foundation

 

Integrating LRN-C into Public Health Practice

Moderator: Amy Mowbray, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

One Hand Washes the Other: The LRN-C and Public Health Research in Wisconsin

Noel Stanton, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

 

Integrating LRN-C Ricinine Testing with LRN-B Ricin Assay for Environmental Evaluation

William Parks, North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health

 

Utilizing LRN-C Resources for Biomonitoring in the Four Corners States

Jason Mihalic, Arizona Department of Health Services

 

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Industry Workshops

Abbott Molecular

Transform You CT/NG Testing

 

Illumina

What's New in Illumina Sequencing and Pathogen Detection

 

Luminex Corporation

Luminex Mosquito-borne Pathogen Panel, Cystic Fibrosis Assays and Other Public Health Applications

 

PerkinElmer

NextGen Sequencing for LSD Neonatal Panel – Presumptive Positives

 

PerkinElmer

Speciation on NexION CICP-MS with Empower Software

 

QIAGEN

Next Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Analysis of Bacterial and Viral Pathogens

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Advances in Detection and Quantitation of Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Molecular Solutions for Zika Response

 

Concurrent Sessions

Considerations for Implementing Emerging Technologies

Moderator:  Amy Pullman, MPH, MT, Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

Safety and Accuracy Assessment of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Platforms for the Detection of Biological Threats

James Rudrik, PhD, Michigan Bureau of Laboratories

 

Implementing MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry in Public Health Laboratories

Anthony Tran, DrPH, MPH, D(ABMM), New York City Public Health Laboratory

 

Emerging Technologies and Safety Implications for Clinical Laboratories

James Snyder, PhD,D(ABMM), F(AAM), American Society for Microbiology and University of Louisville Hospital

 

Practical Informatics Lessons Using the Lang​uage of​​ Laboratorians

Moderator:  Patina Zarcone, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories

Mary Kate Yost-Daljev, J Michael Consulting

Jason Hall, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Keith Higginbotham, Alabama Department of Public Health

 

Guess Who's Coming to PulseNet's 20th Birthday Party:  CIDT, WGS and Other Fascinating Characters

Moderators:

Dave Boxrud, MS Minnesota Department of Health

Kristy Kubota, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

PulseNet: A Network with a Glorious Past and a Bright Future

Peter Gerner-Smidt, MD, ScD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

The PulseNet Cost Benefit Study and Beyond: What We Have Learned & Where We are Headed for Molecular Enteric Surveillance

Craig Hedberg, PhD, University of Minnesota

 

The Effects of Culture Independent Diagnostic Tests on Public Health Laboratories

Dave Boxrud, MS, Minnesota Department of Health

 

Metagenomic Subtyping Methods for Public Health Surveillance of Enteric Bacteria

Heather Carleton, PhD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

"Hot" Topics in Radioanalytical Response - A Real World Perspective

Moderator:  Kathryn Wangsness, Arizona Bureau of State Laboratory Services

 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Laboratories

Mansour Akbarzadeh, WIPP Laboratories

 

Independent Monitoring of the Radiological Release Event at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Repository in New Mexico

Punam Thakur, PhD, Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center

 

CDC's Response to an Accidental Release at the WIPP Nuclear Waste Site: Implications for a Public Health Response

Robert Jones, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Plenary Session

Dr. Katherine Kelley Distinguished Lecture

The Magic of Oz

Moderator: A. Christian Whelen, PhD, Hawaii State Laboratories Division

Oz Pearlman, Mentalist and Magician

 

Concurrent Sessions

Stengthening the Biosafety Culture in Laboratories

Moderator: Michael Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM), Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory

 

Strengthening a Culture of Laboratory Safety

Stephan Monroe, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Laboratory Leadership for Safety

Sean Kauffman: MPH, CHES, CPH, CIC, Behavioral-Based Improvement Solutions

 

Resourcing Biosafety Improvements

Alvin Shultz,MSPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Implementing Biosafety and Biosecurity Practices Domestically and Internationally

Reynolds Salerno, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Public Health Laboratories and Individualized Quality Control Plans (IQCP)

Moderator:  Karen Breckenridge, MBA, MT(ASCP), Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

Overview of IQCP

Nancy Anderson, MMSc, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

How PHLs have Implemented IQCP

Jill Power, MS, M(ASCP), CMQ/OE(ASQ), New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services

 

The Fairfax County CLIA Inspection Experience

Deborah Severson, BSMT(ASCP), Fairfax County Health Department Laboratory

 

Adventures in Sequencing: Bringing AMD to Public Health

Moderator:  Greg Armstrong, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Martin Cilnis, MS, MPH, California Department of Public Health

Alison Laufer Halpin, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Paul Rota, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

             

What Dangers are Lurking in Your Water? Next Gen Sequencing Techniques for Preparedness and Response to Waterborne Threats

Moderator:  Jennifer Rakeman, PhD, New York City Public Health Laboratory

 

NGS Aspect to the Investigation into a Legionella Outbreak Linked to Cooling Towers

Kimberlee Musser, PhD, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

 

Advances in Testing for Cryptosporidiosis: Quality Testing Nationwide as the Basis for a Network Designed for Outbreak Detection and Routine Surveillance (CryptoNet)

Dawn Roellig, PhD, MS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Environmental Metagenomics: Developing Guidance for Environmental Labs Looking to Make Use of NextGen Sequencing Technology

Vince Hill, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Member Assembly

Keynote - Our Collective Vision for the Future

Scott Becker, MS, Association of Public Health Laboratories

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Roundtables

Improving the Risk Assessment Process

Christina Egan, PhD, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

Michael A. Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM), Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory

 

Overcoming Barriers to Implementing NGS

Mark Pandori, PhD, Alameda County Public Health Laboratory

June Pounder, PhD, Oregon State Public Health Laboratory

 

The L-SIP Update: Stories from Recent L-SIP Participants

Tina Su, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories

Leslie A. Wolf, BS, PhD, HCLD(ABB), Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness

Deborah Severson, BSMT(ASCP), Fairfax County Health Department Laboratory

Chris Atchison, MPA, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa

Lorelei Kurimski, MS, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa

 

What's in Our Water and How Do We Know (Meeting Testing Needs for Emerging Contaminants)?

Donald Simmons, PhD, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa

Henry Leibovitz, PhD, Rhode Island State Health Laboratories

Kenneth Aldous, PhD, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

Martina McGarvey, DM, MS, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

 

Plenary Session

Changes to the Common Rule: Impact on Public Health Laboratories

Moderator: 

Guisou Zarbalian, MS, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories

Celia Hagan, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories

Susan Tanksley, PhD, Texas Department of State Health Services

Anne Marie Comeau, PhD, New England Newborn Screening Program

Ian Horste, MPH, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Joanne Bartkus, PhD, D(ABMM), Minnesota Public Health Laboratory Division

 

Plenary Session

Getting into the Weeds: PHLs and Cannabis Testing

Moderator:  Eric Blank, DrPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

Role of the New Jersey State Laboratory in Assuring the Health & Safety of Cannabis Patients

Zhihua (Tina) Fan, PhD, New Jersey Department of Health

 

Certification of Cannabis Testing Labs: Minnesota's Experience

Joanne Bartkus, PhD, D(ABMM), Minnesota Department of Health

 

Quality Assurance Role of the Laboratory in the Cannabis Testing Industry

Jeremy Applen, Consultant

 

Cannabis Microbiome Sequencing Reveals Mycotoxic Fungi

Kevin McKernan, Courtagen Life Sciences

 

Concurrent Sessions

We're All in this Together: Using a One Health Approach to Mitigate Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the US

Moderator:  Peter Shult, PhD, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

 

Federal HPAI Surveillance and Outbreak Response in Wild Birds and Poultry

Thomas DeLiberto, PhD, DVM, U.S. Department of Agriculture

 

Intersection of Animal and Human Health in a State HPAI Outbreak Response

Joni Scheftel DVM, MPH, Minnesota Department of Health

 

Public Health Laboratory Role in HPAI Response: Challenges and Opportunities

Sara Vetter, PhD, Minnesota Department of Health

 

Eenie Meenie Miny Mo – Using a Risk-based Approach for Food Sampling Aids in the Protection of Public Health

Moderator: Bryanne Shaw, Minnesota Department of Agriculture

 

FDA Large-scale Assignments: Assessing Risk

Timothy McGrath, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

 

Blue Bell and Listeria: A Surveillance Success Story

Megan Davis, MS, South Carolina Bureau of Laboratories

 

Newsworthy Nuggets – USDA FSIS FERN Surveillance

Kristina McCallum, Colorado Department of Agriculture

 

PHL Competencies in Action

Moderator:  Christine Bean, PhD, MBA, MT(ASCP), New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories

Christine Bean, PhD, MBA, MT(ASCP), New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories

Sanjib Bhattacharyya, PhD, City of Milwaukee Health Department Laboratory

Lorelei Kurimski, MS, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa

Marty Soehnlen, PhD, MPH, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

 

Takin' it to the Streets: Laboratory Response Network (LRN) Outreach to the Emergency Responder Community

Moderator:  Noel Stanton, MS, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

 

Unknown Substance Training for HAZMAT: Site Assessment and Lab Sample Collection                                      

Meshel Mork, MS, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

             

The 2016 Florida Chemical Exposure Exercise - Another Great Experience​

Faith McInnis, Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories

             

Challenges with Bringing Proficiency Testing to the First Responder World

David Moran, MT (ASCP), Nebraska Public Health Laboratory

 

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Roundtables

What's New with Select Agents?

Christina Egan, PhD, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

Maureen Sullivan, MPH, Minnesota Public Health Laboratory Division

 

ISO Accreditation: In Search Of Resources to Sustain Accredited Food and Feed Testing Laboratories

Robyn Pyle, Association of Public Health Laboratories

Maria Ishida, PhD, New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets

Sharon Shea, MHS, MT(ASCP), Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

Tips & Tricks for Retaining Organizational Knowledge: Using the Knowledge Retention Toolkit

Lorelei Kurimski, MS, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa

Billie Juni, MS, Minnesota Department of Health

 

The Continuing Battle Against Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Richard Steece, PhD, D(ABMM), Tennessee Department of Health: Laboratory Services

Anthony Tran, DrPH, MPH, MT(ASCP), New York City Public Health Laboratory

John Papp, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Concurrent Sessions

Case Studies: Public Health Laboratories Respond to Threats

Moderator:  Tyler Wolford, MS, Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

A Case of Four Wheeling Botulism in Minnesota

Maureen Sullivan, MPH, Minnesota Public Health Laboratory

 

Perfect Storm: LRN Laboratory Response to Simultaneous Plague and Tularemia Outbreaks During Challenging Circumstances

Larry Sater, MS, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

 

San Antonio Metro Health: Department of Defense Agent Inactivation Response Noir

Mark Wade, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District

 

PHLSD and Informatics Self-Assessment Tool: A New Approach to Information Sharing

Moderator:  Karen Breckenridge, MBA, MT(ASCP), Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

PHLSD and Informatics Self-Assessment Tool: Why are they Useful for PHLs?

John Ridderhof, MPH, DrPH, Centers for Disease Control and Pr​evention

 

PHLSD: A New Approach to Information Sharing

Deborah Kim, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

Utilizing the Informatics Self-Assessment Tool

Willie Andrews, BSMT(ASCP), Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services

 

EUAs, LDTs and Zika Response: Challenges for Public Health Laboratories, FDA and CDC

Moderator: Peter Kyriacopoulos, Association of Public Health Laboratories

 

FDA Perspective

Alberto Gutierrez, PhD, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

 

CDC Perspective

Michael Shaw, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

State Public Health Laboratory Perspective

Grace Kubin, PhD, Texas Department of State Health Services (Invited)

 

Local Public Health Laboratory Perspective

Jennifer Rakeman, PhD, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Public Health Laboratory

 

Coal Ash and Mine Spills: Environmental Laboratory Implications

Moderator:  Bob Read, PhD, Tennessee Department of Health: Laboratory Services

Bob Read, PhD, Tennessee Department of Health: Laboratory Services

Michelle Cagley, PE, Tennessee Valley Authority

Twila Kunde, MPH, MBA, New Mexico Department of Health

Dennis McQuillan, New Mexico Environment Department 

Miriam Wamsley, MWR, New Mexico Department of Health

 

Plenary Session

Talk Nerdy to Me: Communicating Technical Subjects to a Non-Technical Audience

Moderator:  A. Christian Whelen, PhD, Hawaii State Laboratories Division​​

 

How to Make your Public Health Stories Come Alive

Susan Swanberg, MS, MA, JD, PhD, University of Arizona

 

Thinking Critically About Blogs and Social Media

Matt Shipman, North Carolina State University

 

Thinking Strategically About Your Lab's Public Communication

Kirk Englehardt, MPA, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga