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Preliminary Program

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Welcome to APHL2020 Virtual!                                                       General Information
Where laboratory science and public health meet.
The APHL 2020 Virtual Conference will take place on Tuesdays and
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Thursdays over a 4-week period from September 22 to October 15,
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2020. It is a virtual conference of more than 600 professionals that
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addresses public health laboratory issues, trends and technologies                 have any questions, please contact Terry Reamer at terry.reamer@aphl.org or
relative to emerging infectious diseases, environmental health, emergency          240.485.2776
preparedness, informatics, food safety, newborn screening, global health
and more.
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The conference will include several plenary sessions per day along with            laboratory sciences through the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science
                                                                                   (ASCLS) P.A.C.E.® program. Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 21.0
posters and exhibits. The sessions will be 60 minutes long and will consist        contact hours by attending the entire conference.
of a welcome, pre-recorded presentations (video and PowerPoint slides)
and questions and answers. Posters will be viewable as an e-poster with a          APHL is an approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) Recertification
                                                                                   Credits through the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE).
short video presentation. There will be a virtual exhibit hall with information    Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 21 hours of credit by attending
on the latest in products and services and links to interact with exhibitor        the entire conference.
staff. Access to the conference requires a Zoom account.
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                                                                                  APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
Not to Miss!                                                                               Session Topics Guide
All listed times are Eastern.
                                                                                           Session Topics                              C   Communications
Dr. Katherine Kelley                                                                       This year APHL solicited session           EH   Environmental Health
Distinguished Lecture                                                                      proposals from its standing committees     ELS  Environmental Laboratory Science
Wednesday, October 7, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET                                                 and the general membership, which           FS  Food Safety
                                                                                           resulted in many excellent proposals.
                                                                                                                                       GH  Global Health
                                                                                           To assist you in determining the
Public Health 3.0: A 21st Century Model for 21st                                                                                        I  Informatics
                                                                                           general area of interest, we have given
Century Challenges                                                                         each session a letter symbol which          ID  Infectious Disease
                                                                                           corresponds with the topic that it         KM   Knowledge Management
Public health is what we do together as a society to ensure the conditions
                                                                                           represents. This guide is listed below.    NBS  Newborn Screening & Genetics
in which everyone can be healthy. Although many sectors play key roles,
governmental public health is an essential component. Even before COVID-19,                                                           PHPR Public Health Preparedness &
recent stressors on public health are driving many local governments to                                                                    Response
pioneer a new Public Health 3.0 model in which leaders serve as Chief Health                                                           PO  Policy
Strategists, partnering across multiple sectors and leveraging data and                                                                QS  Quality Systems
resources to address social, environmental and economic conditions that
                                                                                                                                       W   Workforce Development
affect health and health equity.                                                           Competencies
Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc is Chief Health Officer at Google Health. She is            The Centers for Disease Control and
also adjunct Professor of Medicine and Population Health at University of Texas at         Prevention (CDC) and the APHL published    QMS    Quality Management Systems
Austin Dell Medical School and co-convenes the National Alliance to Impact the Social      Competency Guidelines for Public Health
Determinants of Health. She is a physician executive working at the intersection of                                                   ETH    Ethics
                                                                                           Laboratory Professionals in a May 2015
medicine, public health and information technology to improve the health of all people     Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report      MLD    Management and Leadership
with a focus on catalyzing pragmatic solutions to address all the social determinants
                                                                                           (MMWR) supplement issue. These             COM    Communication
of health. She earned her MD and MPH from Tulane University, and a masters in
clinical epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health.
                                                                                           competency guidelines were developed
                                                                                           with a focus on public health laboratory   SEC    Security
                                                                                           (PHL) practice and are intended to form    EMR    Emergency Management
                                                                                           the foundation of competency-based                and Response
Innovate!                                        Exhibit and Poster Hall                   approaches to strengthen that practice,
                                                                                                                                      WFT    Workforce Training
Tuesday, Sep 29 and Oct 13                       Tuesdays and Thursdays                    including integration into workforce
Thursday, Sep 24 and Oct 8                       Sep 22 through Oct 13                     development initiatives such as training   GEN    General Laboratory Practices
                                                                                           and education programs.                    SHC    Safety: Hazard Control
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm ET                             10:00 am – 5:00 pm ET
                                                                                           In support of efforts to further the       SRV    Surveillance
Connect with your industry partners and          Exhibitors and Posters will be open       adoption and implementation of
learn of new technologies and services.          and available for viewing throughout                                                  INF   Informatics
                                                                                           the Guidelines, each session in
                                                 the virtual conference. Be sure to        the APHL 2020 Virtual Conference           MCB    Microbiology
                                                 visit the exhibitors to see the latest    program will include one or more           CHM    Chemistry
                                                 products and services and the             symbols corresponding to the related
                                                 posters to learn the latest science                                                  BIO    Bioinformatics
                                                                                           competency domain(s) that the session
                                                 and practices. Watch videos, see          addresses. This guide is listed below.     RES    Research
                                                 e-posters and chat with exhibitor
                                                 staff and poster presenters.
                                                                                          APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
Agenda at a Glance                                                                                                                                                                 Wednesday, October 7, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
All listed times are Eastern.                                                                                                                                                      Dr. Katherine Kelley Distinguished Lecture
                                                                                                                                                                                   Public Health 3.0: A 21st Century Model for 21st Century Challenges
                                                                                                                                                                                   Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Chief Health Officer at Google Health

     Tuesday                                                  Thursday                                                  Tuesday                                                    Thursday                                                      Tuesday                                                   Thursday                                                  Tuesday                                               Thursday
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    2:30 pm                                                   2:30 pm                                                   2:30 pm                                                   2:30 pm                                                      2:30 pm                                                    2:30 pm                                                   2:30 pm                                                 2:30 pm
   Session 3                                                 Innovate!                                                 Innovate!                                                 Session 3                                                    Session 3                                                  Innovate!                                                 Innovate!                                               Session 3
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   3:30 pm                                                   3:30 pm                                                   3:30 pm                                                   3:30 pm                                                      3:30 pm                                                    3:30 pm
    Exhibits                                                  Exhibits                                                  Exhibits                                                  Exhibits                                                     Exhibits                                                   Exhibits
  and Posters                                               and Posters                                               and Posters                                               and Posters                                                  and Posters                                                and Posters

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
Agenda of Events                                  All listed times are Eastern. As of July 24, 2020. Subject to change.

Tuesday, September 22

10:00 am – 5:00 pm                                        1:00 pm – 2:00 pm                                        2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Exhibit Hall and Posters Open                             Use of NGS for Virology: It’s Not Just Flu               Environmental Metagenomics: The
                                                           ID   GH    BIO    MCB                                   Next Generation in Environmental
11:00 am – 12:00 pm                                       588-801-20 • 1.0 contact hour                            Microbiological Testing
Severe Respiratory Disease Outbreaks:                     Moderator: Joel Sevinsky, PhD, Theiagen Consulting
                                                                                                                   EH    ELS   MCB    BIO
A Focus on Novel Coronavirus                              LLC                                                      588-802-20 • 1.0 contact hour
 ID   MCB     SRV
                                                                                                                   Moderator: Enoma Omoregie, PhD, New York City
                                                          Viral Genomic Surveillance: Public Health Use Cases in   Department of Health
588-800-20 • 1.0 contact hour
                                                             West Africa and New England
Moderator: Erik Reisdorf, MPH, Wisconsin State            Daniel Park, PhD, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard     Using Metagenomics to Identify Microbial
Laboratory of Hygiene                                     University                                                 Contamination in the Food Chain
Speakers:                                                                                                          Joseph Heinzelmann, MBA, Neogen Corporation
                                                          NGS Synergy with Metagenomics, Targeted
  • Kirsten St. George, MS, PhD, New York State             Amplicon, Microfluidics and Bioinformatics in          A Metagenomic Approach to Evaluating Recreational
    Department of Health, Wadsworth Center                  Search of Pathogens in Viral Diseases                    Water Quality
                                                          Terry Fei Fan Ng, PhD, Centers for Disease Control       Sanjib Bhattacharyya, PhD, City of Milwaukee Health
  • Amy Schuh, PhD, MPH, MT(ASCP), Centers for                                                                     Department
    Disease Control and Prevention                        and Prevention
                                                                                                                   Our water, food and built environment can provide
                                                          Enhanced Analyses of Mumps and Measles with              a conduit for pathogen transmission, but traditional
The COVID-19 response is of a magnitude not
                                                             NBS and SARS-CoV-2                                    environmental microbiological tests are limited to
previously seen in the era of modern laboratory
science. The high reliance on testing in this             Kirsten St. George, MS, PhD, New York State Department   specific pathogens or indicators. Metagenomics
response has presented a myriad of challenges to          of Health, Wadsworth Center                              methods allow the rapid and simultaneous detection
the public health laboratory system. Presenters will      Next-generation Sequencing (NGS) is quickly evolving     of a large number of pathogens. Presenters will
discuss some of their most effective approaches to        from a Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) -centric            explore the barriers and challenges, as well as the
dealing with ongoing challenges and how they are          technology to a metagenomics-centric technology,         use of metagenomic methods for pathogen detection
preparing for the upcoming respiratory season while       and nowhere is this more evident than in the area        in environmental systems.
still in the midst of an active public health response.   of viral genomics and biosurveillance. The speakers
                                                          will present their experience using NGS, especially      3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm                                        metagenomics, for biosurveillance of viral pathogens
                                                                                                                   Visit the exhibit hall and posters
                                                          of high public health importance.
Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters
                                                          2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
                                                          Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters

                                                                                       APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
Thursday, September 24

10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Exhibit Hall and Posters Open

11:00 am – 12:00 pm                                     1:00 pm – 2:00 pm                                       2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Increasing Capacity in Clinical Mycology                Biosecurity Drills and Exercises                        Innovate! session TBD
Testing ID MCB                                          PHPR    SEC    EMR
588-803-20 • 1.0 contact hour                           588-804-20 • 1.0 contact hour                           3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Moderator: Elizabeth L. Berkow, PhD, MLS (ASCP),        Moderator: Maureen Sullivan, MPH,                       Visit the exhibit hall and posters
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention              Minnesota Department of Health
                                                         • Andrew Cannons, PhD, HCLD (ABB), Florida
MALDI-TOF for Fungal Pathogens
                                                           Bureau of Public Health Laboratories – Tampa
Natalie Nunnally, MLS (ASCP), Centers for Disease
                                                         • Leslie Ann Dauphin, PhD, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
                                                           Control and Prevention
Testing of Emerging /Re-emerging Fungal Pathogens:       • Maureen Sullivan, MPH, Minnesota Department
  A Public Health Perspective                              of Health
Sudha Chaturvedi, PhD, New York State Department        Biosecurity is often seen as an afterthought in
of Health, Wadsworth Center                             laboratories, where laboratory staff do not received
                                                        adequate training to improve their skills in this
The Current Landscape of Antifungal Susceptibility
                                                        area. Through the APHL Biosafety and Biosecurity
  Testing
                                                        Committee, APHL is gathering successful biosecurity
Shawn Lockhart, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AMM), Centers for       training techniques such as drills and exercises from
Disease Control and Prevention                          public health laboratories and private laboratories
Many clinical laboratories still perform minimal        to promote them across all laboratories. Learn how
mycology testing. However, with the emergence of        speakers delivered successful drills and exercises in
Candida auris, the rise of drug resistant Aspergillus   their institutions.
fumigatus and recurring incidences of hospital-
associated mold outbreaks, the clinical laboratory
has opportunity to reevaluate what mycology testing     2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
is performed in-house. Presenters share information     Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters
on increasing capacity in MALDI-TOF for yeast and
molds, responding to fungal disease outbreaks and
navigating the landscape of antifungal susceptibility
testing.

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters
                                                                                     APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
Tuesday, September 29

10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Exhibit Hall and Posters Open

11:00 am – 12:00 pm                                     1:00 pm – 2:00 pm                                      2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
A Step Ahead of Threats: Rebuilding Public              Prepare Yourself: Metagenomics Is Here!                Innovate! session TBD
Health Systems PHPR QS EMR                               ID   BIO

588-805-20 • 1.0 contact hour                           588-806-20 • 1.0 contact hour                          3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Moderator: LCDR Eduardo O’Neill La Luz, PhD, MS,        Moderator: Joel Sevinsky, PhD, Theiagen Consulting     Visit the exhibit hall and posters
MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention         LLC
Speakers:
                                                        A Metagenomics Primer
 • Carolina Luna-Pinto, MPH, CHES, Centers for
   Disease Control and Prevention                       Joel Sevinsky, PhD, Theiagen Consulting LLC
 • Brett Ellis, PhD, MSPH, US Virgin Islands            What Happens When We Don’t Have Cultures?
   Territorial Public Health Laboratory                   Public Health Surveillance in the Age of CIDTs
In late 2018, APHL was awarded a two-year, $15.1        A. Jo Williams-Newkirk, PhD, Centers for Disease
million dollar cooperative agreement by the US          Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to
provide technical assistance for response to public     MetagenomeTrakr: The Use of Metagenomics for
health crises in three jurisdictions — Puerto Rico,       Improved Food Safety
US Virgin Islands and Houston — impacted by the         Christopher J. Grim, PhD, US Food and Drug
hurricanes. Presenters will describe the work that is   Administration
being done through APHL, the jurisdictions and CDC      The true promise of Next Generation Sequencing
to rebuild public health systems in those impacted      (NGS) is metagenomics — the direct sequencing
jurisdictions.                                          of clinical specimens and environmental samples.
                                                        Metagenomics will improve upon the work done
                                                        with WGS by providing early, effective and efficient
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm                                      detection of pathogens directly from the specimen or
Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters              sample, from a wide range of matrices, with no need
                                                        for culturing.

                                                        2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
                                                        Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters

                                                                                    APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
Thursday, October 1

10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Exhibit Hall and Posters Open

11:00 am – 12:00 pm                                     1:00 pm – 2:00 pm                                       2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Weird Science: Unusual Cases in                         Navigating Advocacy and Policy for Public               Lay Down the Law: Setting the Bar High
Infectious Diseases                                     Health Laboratories: A Domestic and                     for Cannabis Testing Best Practices and
 ID   SRV    MCB                                        Global Perspective PO W MLD                             Methodology EH ELS CHM
588-807-20 • 1.0 contact hour                           588-808-20 • 1.0 contact hour                           588-809-20 • 1.0 contact hour
Moderator: Anthony Tran, DrPH, MPH, D(ABMM), DC         Moderator: Sanjib Bhattacharyya, PhD, City of           Moderator: Marc Nascarella, PhD, MS, CPH,
Public Health Laboratory                                Milwaukee Health Department                             Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Speakers:                                               Speakers:                                               Speakers:
 • Megan Crumpler, PhD, HCLD, Orange County (CA)         • Peter Kyriacopoulos, Association of Public Health     • Gillian Schauer, PhD, MPH, University of
   Public Health Laboratory                                Laboratories                                            Washington
 • Stephen LaVoie, PhD, New York City Department         • Ralph Timperi, MS, Association of Public Health       • Susan Audino, PhD, AOAC International Cannabis
   of Health and Mental Hygiene                            Laboratories                                            Analytical Science Program (CASP)
 • Marie-Claire Rowlinson, PhD, D(ABMM), Florida         • Grace Kubin, PhD, Texas Department of State           • Sunny Summers, Oregon Department of
   Bureau of Public Health Laboratories                    Health Services                                         Agriculture
 • Shawn Lockhart, Centers for Disease Control and      An overview of public health policy for laboratorians   Dr. Gillian Schauer will open the session with
   Prevention                                           interested in advocacy efforts, including tips and      a national overview of cannabis testing policy
The public health laboratory is often the laboratory    best practices for advocacy, to support domestic        issues. Dr. Susan Audino will then discuss the
of last resort for diagnosis of unusual cases,          and global health laboratories. Discussions will        latest developments in analytical methodology
detection of emerging infectious diseases and           include Global Health investments, funding status,      and AOAC efforts to standardize cannabis testing
outbreaks. “Weird Science” is a quiz-style experience   challenges in the current political climate, advocacy   methods. Sunny Summers will close the session
that challenges a panel of experts with diagnostic      experiences and the value of networking for a           with a description of the Oregon Department of
conundrums, and encourages audience participation.      collaborative approach.                                 Agriculture’s Hemp Program. Oregon was the first
This year our panel of experts will consist of two                                                              state to decriminalize cannabis in 1973 and legalized
teams who will compete against each other. Let’s see                                                            medical marijuana in 1998.
which team triumphs!                                    2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
                                                        Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters
                                                                                                                3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm                                                                                              Visit the exhibit hall and posters
Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters

                                                                                     APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
Tuesday, October 6

10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Exhibit Hall and Posters Open

11:00 am – 12:00 pm                                   1:00 pm – 2:00 pm                                      2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Emerging Environmental Issues: From                   Stories From the Field: Discussing the                 Bridging the Gap Between Clinical
Analysis to Communication                             Use of Laboratory Information Systems in               and Public Health
EH    CHM    COM                                      Data Backup and Recovery in the Wake of                 C     W    MLD     COM

588-810-20 • 1.0 contact hour                         Cyclone Idai I PHPR QS INF EMR                         588-812-20 • 1.0 contact hour
Moderator: Lori Pillsbury, MS, Oregon Department of   588-811-20 • 1.0 contact hour                          Moderator: Jasmine Chaitram, MPH, MT(ASCP),
Environmental Quality Laboratory                      Moderator: Frances Downes, DrPH, Michigan State        Centers for Disease Control
                                                      University                                             and Prevention
Increasing Public Access to Accurate Air Quality
                                                      Speakers:                                               • Robert Nickla, RBP, M(ASCP), Oregon State
  Information Through the Use
                                                       • Solon Kidane, APHL Mozambique                          Public Health Laboratory
  of Low-cost Sensors
                                                       • Reshma Kakkar, Association of Public Health          • Judith Guzman-Cottrill, DO, Oregon Health and
Anthony Barnack, MS, Oregon Department of
                                                         Laboratories                                           Science University
Environmental Quality Laboratory
                                                      Cyclone Idai made landfall near Beira, one of           • William Becker, DO, MPH, Quest Diagnostics
Monitoring Cyanotoxins to Protect Public Health in                                                           The success of the public health system relies on
                                                      Mozambique’s largest cities in March 2019. The
 Oregon                                                                                                      the continued effort and dedication of professionals
                                                      Ponta Gea Health Facility in Beira is the main
 • Alison Minerovic, Oregon Department of             reference laboratory for HIV viral load (VL) testing   across a spectrum of different areas. Public-private
   Environmental Quality Laboratory                   and incurred severe damage and flooding of the         partnerships are critical in ensuring that public
                                                      server rooms. APHL’s Global Health and Informatics     health professionals and clinical practices can meet
                                                      committees worked on a backup systems toolkit          the growing patient demands of laboratory testing
The Oregon Department of Environmental                that was implemented by APHL Mozambique’s staff.       specialties and provide critical results in a safe and
Quality Laboratory (DEQ) is focused on emerging       Learn what steps they took and how HIV VL testing      timely.
environmental issues that affect communities          continued.
surrounding the laboratory. Learn how DEQ
addressed topics from sampling to analysis to data
                                                                                                             3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
assessment and communication.
                                                      2:00 pm – 2:30 pm                                      Visit the exhibit hall and posters
                                                      Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters

                                                                                   APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
Wednesday, October 7                                    Thursday, October 8

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm                                       10:00 am – 5:00 pm                                      1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Dr. Katherine Kelley Distinguished                      Exhibit Hall and Posters Open                           Stories from the Field: Discussing the
Lecture                                                                                                         Ghana Biorisk Assessments
588-813-20 • 1.0 contact hour                           11:00 am – 12:00 pm                                     GH    PHPR   EMR

                                                        New Genomic Sequencing Methods and                      588-815-20 • 1.0 contact hour
Public Health 3.0: A 21st Century Model
for 21st Century Challenges                             Analysis Tools for STD Pathogens                        Moderator: Shannon L. Emery, MSPH, Association
                                                         ID   MCB                                               of Public Health Laboratories
 I    QS    QMS    MLD
                                                        588-814-20 • 1.0 contact hour                           Speakers:
Moderator: Bill Whitmar, MS, Missouri State Public
                                                                                                                 • Michael J. Perry, MS MSEd, New York State
Health Laboratory                                       Moderator: Megan Crumpler, PhD, Orange County
                                                                                                                   Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
Speaker: Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Chief             (CA) Public Health Laboratory
                                                                                                                 • Michael Marsico, MS, Association of Public
Health Officer, Google Health                           Speakers:                                                  Health Laboratories
                                                         • Allan Pillay, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and
Public health is what we do together as a society                                                               Through the collaboration between the APHL
                                                           Prevention
to ensure the conditions in which everyone                                                                      Global Health and Public Health Preparedness and
can be healthy. Although many sectors play key           • Brian Raphael, PhD, Centers for Disease Control      Response teams, a successful Biorisk Assessment in
roles, governmental public health is an essential          and Prevention                                       Ghana was delivered. Biosecurity and biosafety are
component. Even before COVID-19, recent stressors        • Sanjib Bhattacharyya, PhD, City of Milwaukee         important topics in international laboratories. Biorisk
on public health are driving many local governments        Health Department                                    assessments enable laboratories to review their
to pioneer a new Public Health 3.0 model in which       Rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are       biosafety and biosecurity status and create action
leaders serve as Chief Health Strategists, partnering   rising nationally and public health laboratories        plans to mitigate against risk.
across multiple sectors and leveraging data and         (PHLs) play a central role in understanding trends
resources to address social, environmental and          in circulating strain populations, characterizing
economic conditions that affect health and health       antimicrobial resistance and detection of outbreaks.
                                                                                                                2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
equity.                                                 Presenters introduce new analytical methods             Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters
                                                        available to PHLs for characterizing gonococcal
                                                        isolates. We will explore new whole genome
                                                        sequencing (WGS) methods for difficult-to-culture
                                                                                                                2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
                                                        pathogens such as Treponema pallidum and                Innovate! sessions (2) TBD
                                                        Chlamydia trachomatis which could help PHLs
                                                        distinguish sporadic cases from clusters
                                                        or outbreaks.                                           3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
                                                                                                                Visit the exhibit hall and posters
                                                        12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
                                                        Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters

                                                                                     APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
Tuesday, October 13

10:00 am – 3:30 pm
Exhibit Hall and Posters Open (Last Day)

11:00 am – 12:00 pm                                     1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Case Studies: Laboratory Acquired                       Incorporating Virtual Reality (VR) into
Infection ID MCB                                        Laboratory Training: How We Did It, What
588-816-20 • 1.0 contact hour                           We Learned and What This Means for
Moderator: Michael A. Pentella, PhD, (ABMM), State      Future Training W WFT
Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa           588-817-20 • 1.0 contact hour
Speakers:                                               Moderator: Kevin Clark, Centers for Disease Control
 • Michael A. Pentella, PhD, (ABMM), State Hygienic     and Prevention
   Laboratory at the University of Iowa                 Speakers:
 • Frances P. Downes, DrPH, Michigan State               • Joe Rothschild, Centers for Disease Control and
   University                                              Prevention
Clinical laboratories have experienced many              • Chris Voegeli, Centers for Disease Control and
exposures such as Brucella through the recent              Prevention
years. In responding to these exposures, the clinical
                                                        CDC Training and Workforce Development Branch
laboratory often seeks expertise from their public
                                                        share its VR laboratory training course. Learn about
health laboratory. Participants will receive the case
                                                        its development, findings from the evaluation and
history of an event including biological risk factors
                                                        implications for the future of VR in training laboratory
and biosafety practices to consider the root cause of
                                                        professionals.
the incident along with describing the business case
for preventing exposures.
                                                        2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm                                      Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters
Break / Visit the exhibit hall and posters
                                                        2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
                                                        Innovate! session TBD

                                                                                      APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
Thursday, October 15
                                                                                                               2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
11:00 am – 12:00 pm                                    1:00 pm – 2:00 pm                                       APHL President and CEO Discuss the
Lessons Learned or Lost from the Ebola                 Who Ya Gonna Call? How CDC’s Lab Aids                   Future
Epidemic and Similarities to SARS-CoV-2                Can Be Used to Meet Urgent Needs of                     588-820-20 - 1.0 contact hour
 ID   GH   PHPR   EMR    SRV                           Public Health Laboratories W KM MLD                     Speakers:
588-818-20 • 1.0 contact hour                          588-819-20 • 1.0 contact hour                             • Bill Whitmar, President, Association of Public
Moderator: May Chu, PhD, Colorado School of Public     Moderator: Tara Henning, PhD, Centers for Disease           Health Laboratories
Health                                                 Control and Prevention                                    • Scott Becker, MS, CEO, Association of Public
                                                                                                                   Health Laboratories
Speakers:                                              Speakers:
 • Peter Iwen, PhD, MS, D(ABMM), F(AAM),                • Shaniece Theodore, PhD, Centers for Disease          As a wrap up to the APHL 2020 Virtual Conference,
   Nebraska Public Health Laboratory                      Control and Prevention                               APHL’s president and chief executive officer will offer
 • Capt. Joel Montgomery, PhD, Centers for Disease                                                             some thoughts on the state of the association. They
                                                        • Jennifer Rakeman, PhD, New York City Public
   Control and Prevention                                                                                      will share the successes and challenges facing APHL
                                                          Health Laboratory
                                                                                                               currently and highlight priorities for APHL over the
Ebola is not gone; it continues in the Democratic       • David Lowe, PhD, Centers for Disease Control         next year.
Republic of the Congo (DRC) and may pop up                and Prevention
anywhere. During the 2014–2016 West Africa              • Cecilia Kretz, PhD, Association of Public Health
epidemic, local/state/national public health              Laboratories
laboratories had to improvise, devise and implement     • M. Shannon Keckler, PhD, Centers for Disease
response practices. Many protocols had to be quickly      Control and Prevention
devised. The US government provided $5 billion as       • A. Christian Whelan, PhD, Diagnostic Laboratory
Ebola supplemental funding to address the epidemic        Services, Inc.
and to build resiliency. How did we do? How ready
are we as a public health community to respond to      CDC’s Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) offers
Ebola now, if it “travels” from DRC to the US?         a Lab-Aid as a mechanism for a public health
                                                       laboratory to request assistance from CDC to meet a
                                                       critical need. The panel will provide an overview on
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm                                     how to request a Lab-Aid and first-hand perspectives
Break                                                  on the benefits of this type of partnership between a
                                                       public health laboratory, LLS fellows and CDC subject
                                                       matter experts.

                                                       2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
                                                       Break

                                                                                    APHL 2020 Virtual Conference • September 22 – October 15, 2020
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