fellows
From Atlanta to France, APHL Fellows
Make Their Mark
by Heather Roney, MA, manager, Fellowship Programs
APHL’s fellows are thriving in
their host laboratory assignments.
Some recent updates include:
Newborn Screening Fellow Ellen Stevens
received training from Illumina on
next generation sequencing using the
MiSeqDx cystic fibrosis (CF) 139-variant
panel at her host laboratory, the North
Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health.
She also attended the September 2017
APHL Newborn Screening and Genetic
Testing Symposium in New Orleans.
Infectious Diseases Fellow Chelsea
Carman recently spent three weeks
training at the Ifremer National Reference
and Research Laboratory in Nantes,
France. “It was a great opportunity to
learn about the ISO testing methods
used for norovirus detection, as well
as the direction of current research,”
she said upon her return. “This was
immensely helpful for my own project
at the Massachusetts State Public Health
Lab as I have been able to apply the
techniques and knowledge gained from
this trip to the protocol that I have been
working to develop to detect norovirus
in oysters. I really enjoyed working
with a wonderful group of international
researchers and laboratorians.”
Bioinformatics Fellow Brian Mann
began his fellowship in 2016 under the
mentorship of John Barnes in CDC’s
Influenza Division. In December 2017,
he transitioned to a Battelle contractor
position within the same lab as a
bioinformatician. Congratulations, Brian!
APHL’s Antimicrobial Resistance Fellows
are now on Instagram (#ARfellows)!
Viewers can check out their weekly posts
to find out more about them, including
why they wanted to become scientists,
how they describe their career to
non-scientists and the most interesting
thing they have encountered in a
laboratory. Posts can be found on APHL’s
Instagram page; viewers can browse the
posts and are encouraged to comment.
APHL is currently reviewing applications
for the 2018 class of Antimicrobial
Resistance Fellows. Applicants will
be notified of their status by May
2018 and are expected to report to
their host laboratory for the start of
the fellowship in summer 2018. n
ID Laboratory Fellow Chelsea Carman training in norovirus
detection in oysters at Ifremer lab in Nantes, France.
DIGITAL EXTRA:
Read more about the current class
of fellows.
APHL LAB MATTERS STAFF
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APHL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ewa King, PhD, president
Joanne Bartkus, PhD, D(ABMM), president-elect
Bill Whitmar, MS, secretary-treasurer
Grace E. Kubin, PhD, member-at-large
Denise Marie Toney, PhD, HCLD(ABB), member-at-large
Scott J. Zimmerman, DrPH, MPH, HCLD(ABB),
member-at-large
Maria Lucia Ishida, PhD, public health associate
institutional member representative
ID Laboratory Fellow Caitlyn Daron examines a parasitic worm
under the microscope at the North Carolina State Laboratory
of Public Health.
Tamara Theisen, MT(ASCP), local institutional member
representative
Mark Wade, local institutional member representative
A. Christian Whelen, PhD, D(ABMM), past president
Scott J. Becker, MS, ex officio, executive director, APHL
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