Sunday, June 11, 2017
Opening Session
Welcome to Providence
Moderators:
A. Christian Whelen, PhD, APHL President and Director, Hawaii State Laboratories Division
Ewa King, PhD, APHL President-Elect, 2017 Annual Meeting Planning Committee Chair and Director, Rhode Island State Public Health Laboratory
Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, Director, Rhode Island Department of Health
Scott Becker, MS, Executive Director, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Plenary Session
Public Health Labs Combating Antimicrobial Resistance on the Population Level
Moderator: Joanne Bartkus, PhD, D(ABMM), Minnesota Department of Health
Overview of the Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network
Jean Patel, PhD, D(ABMM), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Public Health Benefit of CRE Colonization Testing
Allison C. Brown, MPH, PhD, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention
Candida auris: A New AR Threat
Sudha Chaturvedi, PhD, New York State Department of Health
Trends in Drug Resistant Gonorrhea
Olusegun O. Soge, PhD, University of Washington
Concurrent Sessions
Laboratory Biosafety Outreach and Education: Stories from the Field in the Post-Ebola Era
Moderator: Mary Ann Sondrini, EdM, Eagleson Institute
Promoting Biosafety: How Far Have We Come?
Michael Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM), University of Iowa College of Public Health
Biosafety Outreach and Education in Small Town America
Timothy Southern, PhD, D(ABMM), South Dakota Public Health Laboratory
Biosafety and the City: Sentinel Lab Outreach in the Big Apple
Anna Liddicoat, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
What Does an Integrated Food Safety System Mean for Laboratories?
Moderator: Yvonne Salfinger, MS, APHL Consultant
Vision for an Integrated Food Safety System
Abe Brown, III, OT, MHA, PMP, U.S. FDA Office of Partnerships
Curriculum Framework for State Food and Feed Laboratory Professionals
Christopher Weiss, PhD, International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI)
Laboratory Data Sharing and Acceptance
Kathryn Wangsness, MHA, Arizona State Public Health Laboratory
Mutual Reliance: New York Agriculture’s Perspective
Maria Ishida, PhD, New York Department of Agriculture and Markets
Diarrheal Diseases as Enteric Pathogens
Moderator: Brandon Troy Leader, PhD, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
Combined Diarrheal Diseases at Home and Abroad: Where and How Does Whole Genome Sequencing Fit in the International Surveillance and Response?
Peter Gerner-Smidt, MD, ScD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Why Children in Developing Countries Die from Diarrhea: The Global Enterics Multicenter Study (GEMS)
Karen Kotloff, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Northern Lights 2016 Exercise — A Nuclear Power Plant Accident
Moderator: Bob Read, PhD, Tennessee Department of Health
Planning and Execution of a Laboratory-focused Consequence Management Exercise: Northern Lights 2016
Philip Torretto, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Northern Lights 2016 — A FRMAC Laboratory Analysis Perspective
Sean D. Fournier, Sandia National Laboratories, Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC)
Overview of EPA’s National Analytical Radiation Environmental Laboratory’s (NAREL) Participation in the Northern Lights Exercise
Cindy White, US EPA/National Analytical Radiation Environmental Laboratory
A State Lab’s Perspective on the Northern Lights 2016 Exercise
Jesse Fillmore, MS, Minnesota Department of Health
ICLN FERN Participation and Lessons Learned: Northern Lights Exercise 2016
Cong Wei, PhD, US FDA, Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center (WEAC)
CDC’s Emergency Response Bioassay Methods: Applications for a Nuclear Power Plant Incident Using the Northern Lights Exercise to Validate
Robert Jones, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Monday, June 12, 2017
Concurrent Sessions
Understanding Public Health in the Cloud
Moderator: Patina Zarcone, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Cloud Computing - Local Perspective
Bernadette Matthis, BSMT(ASCP), MSBA, Philadelphia Department of Public Health Laboratories
Cloud Computing - Federal Perspective
Desiree Mustaquim, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIMS Platform
Eduardo Gonzalez Loumiet, MBA, PMP, CPHIMS, Uber Operations
Safety and Accuracy of MALDI-TOF Technology to Detect Emerging Threats
Moderator: Maureen Sullivan, MPH, Minnesota Public Health Laboratories Division
Safety and Accuracy of MALDI-TOF Technologies
James T. Rudrik, PhD, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Considerations for Implementing MALDI-TOF Technologies in Public Health and Clinical Laboratories
Michael Perry, MS, New York State Department of Health
Accuracy and Limitations of MALDI-TOF Databases
John R. McQuiston, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Future of STD Testing: Addressing the Ongoing Challenges
Moderator: Richard Steece, PhD, D(ABMM), Tennessee Department of Health: Laboratory Services
What Is Hot in the World of Point of Care Tests for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Self Collection and New Tests
Charlotte A. Gaydos, MS, MPH, DrPH, Johns Hopkins University
Health Departments: Your Partners in Implementing Emerging Test Technology
Jessica Frasure-Williams, MPH, National Coalition of STD Directors
Implementation of Rapid Tests and Public Health Laboratory Implications
Anthony Tran, DrPH, MPH, D(ABMM), District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences
Competency Implementation: What’s New and How Do We Advance?
Moderator: Renee Ned-Sykes, MMSc, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Tools and Resources Available to Help Advance Competency Adoption and Implementation
Leah D. Gillis, MS, PhD, HCLD(ABB), Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories – Miami
Experiences and Resources toward Developing a Career Ladder in a Local Lab Setting
Deborah K. Severson, MT(ASCP), Fairfax County (VA) Health Department Laboratory
Implementing a Competency-based Curriculum for CDC’s Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) Fellowship Program
Xin Liu, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Incorporating Competencies into APHL’s Fellowship Programs
Heather Roney, MA, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Plenary Session
Advancing Molecular Detection in Environmental Matrices: Innovations in Technology and Partnerships
Moderator: Sanjib Bhattacharyya, PhD, City of Milwaukee Health Department
Human Fecal Source Identification Technology Implementation
Orin Shanks, PhD, US Environmental Protection Agency
Leveraging Partherships and Advanced Molecular Detection in Healthcare Environmental Investigations
Allison Perry, MS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rita Colwell, PhD, University of Maryland/CosmosID
Concurrent Sessions
Public Health Laboratory Legionnaires Disease Outbreak Response and Preparedness
Moderator: Brian Raphael, PhD, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention
Trace Back to the “Source” — The Collaborative Effort to Detect the Source of a Legionella Outbreak in Minnesota
Dave Boxrud, MS, Minnesota Department of Health
Investigating Legionella: PCR Screening and Whole-Genome Sequencing
Kimberlee Musser, PhD, New York Department of Health
Bacteria in the Mist: Legionella in New York City
Jennifer Rakeman, PhD, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Legionnaires Disease Laboratory Response Plan: Are You Ready?
Anna Llewellyn, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Quality Management Stories: Keeping Your PHL Director Out of Jail
Moderator: Jill J. Power, MS, M(ASCP), New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories
Quality Management Structure in a Large Multi-Purpose Laboratory: What Model Works Best?
Steve Marshall, MS, MPH, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Quality Management in a Small Public Health Laboratory: All Hands on Deck!
Tim Southern, PhD, South Dakota Public Health Laboratory
Designing and Implementing a Quality Management System at the Local Laboratory Level
Deborah Severson, MT(ASCP), Fairfax County (VA) Health Department Laboratory
Lessons Learned: When Gene Sequencing Meets Newborn Screening
Moderator: Guisou Zarbalian, MS, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories
The Role of Targeted Gene Sequencing in US Newborn Screening Laboratories
Suzanne Cordovado, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gene Sequencing in Public Health Newborn Screening: Are We Ready?
Rachel Lee, PhD, Texas Department of State Health Services
More Than Meets the Eye — Adding a Condition to the Newborn Screening Panel
Michele Caggana, ScD, FACMG, New York State Department of Health
Gene Sequencing in Newborn Screening: Clinical Dream or Ethical Nightmare
Aaron Goldenberg, PhD, MPH, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Biomonitoring — An Integral Component of Public Health Practice
Moderator: Amy L. Mowbray, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
State-based Biomonitoring Programs and NHANES Exposure Data
Kristin Dortch, MS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CHEAR! The Children’s Health Exposure Analysis Resource
Carin Huset, PhD, Minnesota Public Health Laboratory
The National Biomonitoring Network
Kenneth Aldous, PhD, New York State Department of Health
Concurrent Sessions
Zika: A New Wrinkle at Every Turn
Moderator: Sara Vetter, PhD, Minnesota Public Health Laboratory Division
The Florida Experience: A Laboratory’s Perspective
Andrew Cannons, PhD, Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories - Tampa
Approaches to Zika Testing in 2017
Rafael Tosada, PhD, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
Update on APHL's Zika Activities
Kelly Wroblewski, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Using Narratives to Demystify Public Health Laboratory Science
Moderator: Michelle Forman, Association of Public Health Laboratories
The Science of Effective Storytelling
Liz Neeley, The Story Collider
Working Together for One Cause (Collaboration between State and Locals)
Moderator: Tamara Theisen, MT(ASCP), Saginaw County (MI) Department of Public Health
The Texas Public Health Laboratory Network: Partners in Health
Grace Kubin, PhD, Texas Department of State Health Services
Partners in Health: Working at the Local Level
Angela Flores-Ledesma, M(ASCP) and Valerie Requenez, MLS(ASCP), Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District Laboratory
Dispatches from the Opioid Crisis
Moderator: Ewa King, PhD, Rhode Island State Health Laboratories
Rhode Island Medical Examiner Perspective on the Opioid Crisis
Ariel Goldschmidt, MD, Office of the State Medical Examiners, Rhode Island Department of Health
Forensic Toxicology Trend: The Opioid Epidemic
Laurie Ogilvie, MS, D-ABFT-FT, Forensic Toxicology, Rhode Island State Health Laboratories
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Roundtables
Analytical Tools and Approaches for WGS: Addressing the Needs in PHLs
Moderator: Peter Gerner-Smidt, MD, ScD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Duncan MacCannell, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dave Boxrud, MS, Minnesota Public Health Laboratory Division
Bill Wolfgang, PhD, New York State Department of Health
CoPs and Donuts: The Value of Communities of Practice
Lorelei Kurimski, MS, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa
Michael Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM), University of Iowa College of Public Health
Rabies Testing: Ignored by Inspectors but Still a Critical Component of Public Health and the QA Plan
Moderator: Jafar Razeq, PhD, Katherine A. Kelley Public Health Laboratory (CT)
Experience Piloting the Rabies Laboratory Assessment Tool
Sandra Smole, PhD, William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute (MA)
Anthony Muyombwe, PhD, Katherine A. Kelley Public Health Laboratory (CT)
The L-SIP Update: Stories from Recent L-SIP Participants
Moderator: Tina Su, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Tim Southern, PhD, D(ABMM), South Dakota Public Health Laboratory
Once There Was a Scientist Who Shared Meaningful Stories with the Public... Find Out Why and How
Moderator: Michelle Forman, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Liz Neeley, The Story Collider
Plenary Sessions
Where Are We Now? Updates on Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests (CIDTs) and Their Impact on Public Health Surveillance
Moderator: Tim Monson, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
CIDT Regulatory Workgroup: Industry/Public Health Partnerships in Addressing CIDTs
John Besser, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reshaping the Enterics Workbench: Tennessee’s Experience with CIDTs
Amy M. Woron, MS, PhD, Hawaii State Laboratories Division
The First Fully Automated Molecular Diagnostic Panel for Meningitis and Encephalitis: How Well Does It Perform and When Should It Be Used?
Kimberly Hanson, MD, MHS, University of Utah
Life After Culture
Peter Shult, PhD, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Dr. Katherine Kelley Distinguished Lecture: Current Challenges for Public Service Leaders
Moderator: A. Christian Whelen, PhD, Director, Hawaii State Laboratories Division
Isaac Ashkenazi, MD, MSc, MPS, MNS, International Expert for Crisis Management and
Leadership and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Concurrent Sessions
Taking Root: Cannabis Public Health and Safety
Moderator: Jack Bennett, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Assessing Regulatory Compliance at Medical Cannabis Operations for Patient Focused Certification
Jahan Marcu, PhD, Americans for Safe Access/ Patient Focused Certification
Characterization of Cannabinoids and Contaminants in Medical Marijuana Products in Massachusetts
Marc A. Nascarella, PhD, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Update on 2017 Federal Activity
Moderators: Peter Kyriacopoulos, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Celia Hagan, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Federal Funding Developments
Peter Kyriacopoulos, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Federal Executive Orders and Regulatory Freeze
Celia Hagan, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Impact of Loss of Federal Funds
Joanne Bartkus, PhD, D(ABMM), Minnesota Public Health Laboratory Division
Stories From the Field: Putting Sequencing Data to Work
Moderator: Mark Pandori, PhD, Alameda County (CA) Public Health Laboratory
2010 Outbreak of Vibriosis Linked to Chesapeake Bay Oysters with a Novel US Strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Julie Haendiges, MPS, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Application of Next Generation Sequencing to a Raw Milk Associated Campylobacter Outbreak
Kelly Oakeson, PhD, Utah Public Health Laboratory
Use of NGS in Newborn Screening
Michele Caggana, ScD, FACMG, New York State Department of Health
Exploring the Hidden Dynamics of Pertussis Using Sequence Data
Colin Worby, PhD, Princeton University and William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute (MA)
Moderator: Michelle Meigs, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Mark Conde, Emory University/Rollins School of Public Health
Deanne Watts, MA, Deloitte Consulting
John Ridderhof, DrPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Roundtables
The Impact of APHL Informatics Technical Assistance: Stories From the Field
Moderator: Laura Carlton, MPH, Association of Public Health Laboratories
Keith Higginbotham, Alabama Bureau of Clinical Laboratories
Diane Fraiter, Katherine A. Kelley Public Health Laboratory (CT)
Christopher Anderson, California Department of Public Health
PHAB in Your Lab
Twila Kunde, MBA, MPH, New Mexico Department of Health
Jan Klawitter, MA, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
After Action Roundtable — Switching to HIV 4th Generation
Kerry Buchs, MHA, MT(ASCP), Philadelphia Public Health Laboratory
Status Update on State Directed Regional Networks to Strengthen Services
Michael Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM), University of Iowa College of Public Health
Sarah Buss, PhD, Wyoming State Public Health Laboratory
Richard Steece, PhD, Tennessee Department of Health: Laboratory Services
Concurrent Sessions
Bringing Biosafety Back
Moderator: Anthony J. Troiano, PhD, Rhode Island Department of Health
More Than Hammers and Nails: APHL Tools to Build Biosafety and Biosecurity
Michael Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM), University of Iowa College of Public Health
CDC Tools to Strengthen Biosafety and Biosecurity
Steve Monroe, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Biosafety at the Microbe Level: Needs of the Clinical Labs
James Snyder, PhD, University of Louisville Hospital
Challenges with the Validation of Alternative Serotyping Methods Used for Clinical Diagnostic Testing and Pathogen Characterization for Salmonella and Other Bacteria
Moderator: Tracy Stiles, MS, M(ASCP), William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute (MA)
Antisera QC and IQCP and Associated Challenges
Patti Fields, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reporting Changes & Validation of NGS-based Salmonella Serotyping Following a Recent CLIA Inspection
Dave Boxrud, MS, Minnesota Public Health Laboratory Division
Implementation and Impact of Salmonella Serotype Determination Using Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis in New York
Kimberlee Musser, PhD, New York State Department of Health
The Use of ANI as Bacterial Identification
Maryann Turnsek, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Strengthening Laboratory System Partnerships — Building Global Health Capacity Beyond Jurisdictions
Moderator: Sanjib Bhattacharyya, PhD, City of Milwaukee Health Department
Strengthening Malaria Surveillance Capacity through Local Partnerships in
Africa and Asia
Christopher Plowe, MD, MPH, FASTMH, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Building Global Health Capacity Beyond Jurisdictions -- The Key Role of Laboratory System Partnerships
Paula E. North, MD, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
New Contaminants Are Always Emerging
Moderators: Paul Moyer, MS, Minnesota Public Health Laboratory
Jack Bennett, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
High-Throughput Methods for Testing Serum and Drinking Water
Kenneth Aldous, PhD, New York State Department of Health
Community Exposure to PFASs, an Emerging Public Health Issue
Chang Ho Yu, PhD, New Jersey Public Health Laboratory
Practical Biomonitoring Applications to Asess Exposure in Communites
Patrick Breysse, PhD, Director, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Plenary Session
Unlocking the Secrets of Zika
Moderator: Sara Vetter, PhD, D(ABMM), Minnesota Public Health Laboratory Division
Zika Virus Serology: Increasing Accuracy Through Use of IgG and Nonstructural Proteins
Susan Wong, PhD, New York State Department of Health
Zika Diagnosis: Challenges and Opportunities
Rafael Tosada, PhD, Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention
Zika Neutralization Assay and Vaccine Development
Pei-Yong Shi, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch