Sunday, March 12, 2023
Pre Conference Workshops
HIV, HCV and Syphilis Diagnostic Testing
HIV Testing Overview; Linda Styer, Wadsworth Center
HIV Case Studies and Discussion; Jeff Johnson, CDC
HCV Testing Overview; William Meyer, Quest Diagnostics
HCV Case Studies and Discussion; Saleem Kamili, CDC
Syphilis Testing Overview; Megan Crumpler, Orange Count Public Health Laboratory
Automating Syphilis Testing; Mayur Shukla, CDC
Syphilis Case Studies and Discussion; Eric Tang, California Prevention and Training Center
Antimicrobial Resistance Testing in Diagnostic Laboratory
Diagnostic Antimicrobial Resistance Testing; Patricia Simner, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Public Health Perspectives on AMR Testing; Paula Snippes Vagnone, Minnesota Department of Health
CAP Accreditation and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Breakpoints; Romney Humphries, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Laboratory Resources for Breakpoint Verifications and Validations; Amelia Bhatnagar, CDC
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in the Microbiology
Laboratory
Overview of Sequencing in Public Health and Clinical Laboratories; Sara Vetter, Minnesota Department of Health
Use of Sequencing for Clinical Diagnosis; Melissa Anacker, Minnesota Department of Health
Use of Sequencing for Treatment Determination; Kimberlee Musser, Wadsworth Center
The CDC/ APHL NGS Quality Initiative; Diego Arambula and Heather Stang, CDC
Diagnostic Parasitology
Review of Common Techniques used in Parasitology: Stool; Marc Roger Couturier, ARUP Laboratories
Review of Common Techniques used in Parasitology: Blood; Blaine A. Mathison, ARUP Laboratories
Commonly Uncommon Techniques Every Lab Should Know; Henry Bishop, CDC (retired)
Dispelling Dogmas in Clinical Parasitology; All Faculty
Case Studies in Parasitology; All Faculty
Updates from the CDC Parasitology Lab; Brian Raphael, CDC
Monday, March 13, 2023
Conference Sessions: Day 1
Welcome and Opening Session Keynote
Session
Welcome to Atlanta: Marie-Claire Rowlinson, Wadsworth Center
Keynote Address: Demetre Daskalakis, CDC
The Importance of Laboratory Partnerships in Pandemics
Moderator: Kara Levinson, PhD, D(ABMM), Tennessee Public Health Laboratory
Partnerships Between Clinical and Public Health Laboratories;
Paula Snippes Vagnone, MN Department of Health and Cindy Johnson, Centra Care
Partnerships Between Federal and Commercial Laboratories;
Jasmine Chaitram, CDC and William Meyer, Quest Diagnostics
Partnerships Between Public Health and Academic Laboratories;
Sean Sierra-Patev, Rhode Island Public Health Laboratory and
Chantal Vogels, Yale School of Public Health
Partnerships Between Laboratories and Industry; Anthony Tran, California Department of Public Health,
Olivier Girard and
Scott Loudenback, Hologic
Building Global Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Disease
Response
Moderator: Kelly Hoon, Illumina
Laboratory Emergency Preparedness and Response — The Brazilian Rapid Response Laboratory Unit Experience;
Andre Abreu, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
Terra, Zoom, and Public Notion Pages: Virtual Resources for Global Public Health Bioinformatics Workforce Development;
Kevin Libuit, Theiagen Genomics
Personal Reflections on Global Laboratory Response; Anne Purfield, CDC
Alternative Strategies to Diagnostic Testing
Moderator: Sara Vetter, PhD, Minnesota Department of Health
Feasibility and Functionality of SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Testing in K-12 School Health Offices; Shari Barlow, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Dried Blood Spots: A Convenient and Easy-to-collect Sample for Large-scaleImmunological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases;
Linda Styer, Wadsworth Center
Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex from Positive MGIT Broth Cultures Using the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay: Potential Workflow Optimization Based on Cording and Time to Positivity;
Salika Shakir, University of Utah / ARUP Laboratories
Featuring:
Vincent R. Racaniello, Columbia University
Katherine Spindler, University of Michigan
Megan Crumpler, Orange County Public Health Laboratory
Kirsten St. George, Wadsworth Center
Ryan Relich, Indiana University Health and Indiana University
School of Medicine
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Conference Sessions: Day 2
Diving Into Late Breaking Infectious Disease Issues
Moderator: Marc Couturier, ARUP Laboratories
Identification of Multi-Drug Non-Susceptible Gonorrhea in Massachusetts: A Public Health Laboratory Perspective; Caryn Ivanof, Massachusetts Public Health Laboratory
Tracking the Source of a VIM-positive Pseudomonas aeruginosa Outbreak; Marissa Grossman, CDC
Metagenomic Approaches to Infectious Disease Surveillance and Diagnostics
Moderator: Patricia Simner, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Shotgun Metagenomics: A Success Story of the Rapid Development and Implementation of a Genomic Surveillance Method During the 2022 Human MPox Outbreak; Jared Johnson, Michigan Bureau of Laboratories
Developing Threat Agnostic Sequencing Capabilities and the Utility in Public Health Laboratories;
Brian Merritt, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Culture Independent Metagenomics for Foodborne Illnesses: A Call for Public Health Partner Collaboration;
Andrew Huang, CDC
Antimicrobial Case Studies: No One Can Resist!
Moderator: Lars Westblade, Weill Cornell Medicine
Can We Stay Positive Please? Case Studies of Gram-positive Bacterial AntimicrobialResistance;
Mimi Pricet, Providence Health and Services
Don’t Be Negative! Case Studies of Gram-Negative Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance;
Eric Ransom, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
At Yeast There is Hope, Right? Case Studies of Fungal Antimicrobial Resistance;
Shawn Lockhart, CDC
Evidence-Based Approaches to Biosafety
Moderator: Ryan Relich, PhD, University of Indiana Hospital
You Want Me to Ship What!? Radioactive and Select Agents: Unusual Shipping Requests; Jason Wholehan, Michigan Bureau of Laboratories
Continuity of Operations When Renovating a BSL-3 Laboratory and/or Upgrading Its HVAC System; Theodore Traum, World BioHazTec
Assessment of Environmental and Occupational Exposure While Working with Mycobacterium abscessus in an Inhalation Exposure System;
Syadatun Ahana; Wadsworth Center
Wastewater Surveillance: Building Systems That Lead to Actionable Data
Moderator: Rory Welsh, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Technical Challenges to Enhanced Integration of Wastewater-based Pathogen Data into Epidemiological Practice; Dagmara S. Antkiewicz, PhD, Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene
You Are What You Poop: Using Wastewater Surveillance to Inform Public Health Actions;
Eric Vaughn, DC Public Health Laboratory
Piloting Wastewater-based Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Virginia, 2021–2022;
Lauren Turner, Virginia Department of Consolidated Laboratory Services
Wastewater Surveillance for C. auris: A Novel Tool for Early Detection in the Community?;
Alessandro Rossi, Utah Public Health Laboratory
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Pushing Back the Frontiers of Science: A Review of This Year’s Literature
Moderator: Michael Pentella, Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory
State of the Science: Respiratory Viruses;
Kirsten St. George, Wadsworth Center
State of the Science: Antimicrobial Resistance; Paula Snippes Vagnone, Minnesota Department of Health
State of the Science: Changes in Nomenclature;
Ryan Relich, University of Indiana Hospital
State of the Science: Next Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics;
Kelly Oakeson, Utah Public Health Laboratory
State of the Science: Mycobacteriology and Mycology;
Marie-Claire Rowlinson, Wadsworth Center
State of the Science: Wastewater Surveillance;
Michael Pentella, Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory
Responding to Emerging Infectious Diseases
Moderator: Christina Egan, Wadsworth Center
Validation and Performance of an Orthopoxvirus Laboratory Developed Test with Early Detection of Mpox in Residual Lesion Specimens;
Alison Benton and David Gaston, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Rapid-response Wastewater Testing to Support a Polio Outbreak Investigation; Kirsten St. George, Wadsworth Center
Genomic Investigation of Two Simultaneous Candida auris Outbreaks in Southern Nevada;
Andrew Gorzalski, Nevada State Public Health Laboratory
Awards and Closing Remarks
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Marie-Claire Rowlinson, Wadsworth Center
Megan Crumpler, Orange County Public Health Laboratory