The Department of Environmental Conservation and the Wadsworth Center Work Together to Measure Cyanotoxin Levels in New York’s Lakes and Build the Infrastructure Necessary to Benefit Water Managers and New Yorkers
Across the globe, harmful algal blooms caused by cyanobacteria, also known as CyanoHABs, are increasing in frequency, intensity and duration, impacting drinking and recreational waters. In New York State (NYS), they have been reported in >200 lakes, and are responsible for increasing beach closures over the past decade, prompting the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to expand lake monitoring programs to include CyanoHAB monitoring.
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The Department of Environmental Conservation and the Wadsworth Center Work Together to Measure Cyanotoxin Levels in New York’s Lakes and Build the Infrastructure Necessary to Benefit Water Managers and New Yorkers
Wadsworth Center’s Role in the Nation’s Largest Newborn Screening Pilot Study of its Kind - ScreenPlus
All newborns in New York State are screened for 52 disorders including all 37 on the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP).
Because of the immense impact newborn screening has on public health, a committee of professionals continually evaluates conditions for addition to the RUSP. Pilot studies such as ScreenPlus can help determine if a new test for a disorder provides results that are beneficial to the health of the newborn and, therefore, the disorder should be added to the panel.
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Wadsworth Center’s Role in the Nation’s Largest Newborn Screening Pilot Study of its Kind - ScreenPlus
A $2.5 Million National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Helps Elucidate Mycobacterial Cell-Cell Communication and the Evolution of Mycobacterial Pathogens
Before COVID most of us probably never thought about how the organisms that cause disease inherit their genetic material and how that impacts their ability to be “successful” pathogens.
Drs. Todd Gray and Keith Derbyshire at the Wadsworth Center have been thinking about this for a long time.
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A $2.5 Million National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grant Helps Elucidate Mycobacterial Cell-Cell Communication and the Evolution of Mycobacterial Pathogens
Wadsworth Center Part of a Team Preventing Drug Overdose and Related Harms
Over 10 people per hour, nearly 300 per day, every day lose their lives to drugs nationwide.
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Wadsworth Center Part of a Team Preventing Drug Overdose and Related Harms
Publication Exemplifies the Cross-cutting Work of Wadsworth Center’s Public Health Laboratories and Cores
Some of the work of the cores, such as media preparation, is based on techniques that go back over a hundred years, even to the beginnings of what became the Wadsworth Center. Other Wadsworth Center cores perform high-quality antigen production, sophisticated image analysis and manipulation, and sequencing and bioinformatic analysis that may be completed in hours to days rather than weeks or months, often providing comprehensive assessment of a full bacterial genome.
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Publication Exemplifies the Cross-cutting Work of Wadsworth Center’s Public Health Laboratories and Cores
Wadsworth Center’s Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource (HHEAR) Laboratory Hub Awarded $2.4 Million in NIH Funding for 2023
Established by NIH in 2019, the goal of HHEAR is to promote the characterization of the totality of human environmental exposures called the "exposome". The exposome includes chemical, physical, and biological stressors as well as lifestyle and social environments that affect a person.
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Wadsworth Center’s Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource (HHEAR) Laboratory Hub Awarded $2.4 Million in NIH Funding for 2023
An APHL Fellowship at Wadsworth Center, Camaraderie and a New Career
Read about Dr. Janet Lynch's journey in the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) article, "Laboratory Call Proves Strong for One Fellow."
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An APHL Fellowship at Wadsworth Center, Camaraderie and a New Career
Wadsworth Center Scientists Dr. Paul Masters and Dr. Kirsten St. George Featured on the New York Public Health Now Podcast
Wadsworth Center scientists Dr. Paul Masters and Dr. Kirsten St. George recently joined Commissioner McDonald and Acting Executive Deputy Commissioner Morne on the New York Public Health Now podcast. The podcast discusses timely topics with front line public health specialists.
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Wadsworth Center Scientists Dr. Paul Masters and Dr. Kirsten St. George Featured on the New York Public Health Now Podcast
Two of Wadsworth Center’s Own Receive National Awards
At this year’s annual meeting of the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), two Wadsworth Center scientists were honored.
Elizabeth Nazarian, MT (ASCP) received the Silver Award for her contributions including her work to establish the Northeast Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory at Wadsworth Center, her role in developing over 50 laboratory developed tests and authoring 40 papers.
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Two of Wadsworth Center’s Own Receive National Awards
Visit to Wadsworth Center Reignites Passion for Lab Science
Rana Rahmat, a member of the Public Health Preparedness and Response Team from the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), expected her visit to Wadsworth Center to help her directly observe, better understand, and fully experience the important work happening across all our laboratories.
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Visit to Wadsworth Center Reignites Passion for Lab Science
New York State Department of Health Recognizes Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month
Department Celebrates the Many Contributions of the Wadsworth Center
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New York State Department of Health Recognizes Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month
Emerging Outbreaks and Lyme Disease - Wadsworth Center Researcher Yi-Pin Lin and Colleagues’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Provides Insight
Lyme disease presents an ever-increasing burden to the public and the public health system, with an estimated 476,000 cases per year nationwide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). In addition, many patients continue to suffer pain, fatigue, and brain fog long after being treated for their initial infection.
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Emerging Outbreaks and Lyme Disease - Wadsworth Center Researcher Yi-Pin Lin and Colleagues’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Provides Insight
New York State Department of Health’s World-Renowned Wadsworth Center Poised for Growth with Increased State Investment and New Director
Read the New York State Department of Health Press Release.
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New York State Department of Health’s World-Renowned Wadsworth Center Poised for Growth with Increased State Investment and New Director
New York State Department of Health Announces Wastewater Surveillance Expansion and Increased Disease Monitoring Capabilities
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New York State Department of Health Announces Wastewater Surveillance Expansion and Increased Disease Monitoring Capabilities
Lab Matters Article Highlights Wadsworth Center Scientists
Wadsworth Center scientists Dr. Kimberlee Musser, Dr. Marie Claire Rowlinson, and Tanya Halse were among the featured highlights from the National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of Tuberculosis hosted by the Association of Public Health Laboratories in the latest edition of its quarterly magazine, Lab Matters.
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Lab Matters Article Highlights Wadsworth Center Scientists
Tanya Halse Receives National TB Laboratorian Award
Wadsworth Center’s Tanya Halse was the 2022 recipient of the Ed Desmond Award from the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA). This award honors exemplary service, dedication, or leadership to a tuberculosis (TB) laboratory professional and it’s easy to see why Tanya was nominated by Dr. Margaret Oxtoby and colleagues in the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Bureau of TB Control.
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Tanya Halse Receives National TB Laboratorian Award
The Latest Frontier in Antibody Testing for COVID-19 Starts with a Simple Prick of the Finger
Did you know that you only need a few drops of dried blood from a pricked finger to test for COVID-19 antibodies? Indeed, not only does a drop of blood contain a multitude of different antibodies to viruses and other microbes, but Wadsworth Center scientists are able to measure an array of different types of antibodies and estimate how well they are able to fight off an infection. Such technologies represent the interaction of clinical testing and research investigation that occur at the Center every day of the week.
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The Latest Frontier in Antibody Testing for COVID-19 Starts with a Simple Prick of the Finger
Innovative Surveillance: A New Tool in the Fight Against COVID-19
Read how Wadsworth Center scientists adapted the tools they already had to increase COVID surveillance capacity.
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Innovative Surveillance: A New Tool in the Fight Against COVID-19
Fellowship Showcase: Highlights from the 2021-2022 Wadsworth Center Fellows
Wadsworth Center is committed to the continuing education of the next generation of public health laboratorians. In partnership with the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Wadsworth Center has offered full-time, working fellowships to graduate and post-graduate scientists for more than 25 years.
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Fellowship Showcase: Highlights from the 2021-2022 Wadsworth Center Fellows
Governor Hochul Announces First Phase of New $750 Million Wadsworth Public Health Laboratory
See Governor Hochul's April 21, 2022 press release.
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Governor Hochul Announces First Phase of New $750 Million Wadsworth Public Health Laboratory