Wadsworth Welcomes 2016 Summer Undergraduate Scientists
During the summer, the Wadsworth Center hosts undergraduate students from across the country to conduct research under the mentorship of our Principal Investigators.
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Wadsworth Welcomes 2016 Summer Undergraduate Scientists
Wadsworth Lab part of CDC antibiotic tests
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated Albany's Wadsworth Laboratory as one of seven regional labs to tackle the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.
Read More at The Times Union.
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Wadsworth Lab part of CDC antibiotic tests
Keith Derbyshire Receives Sturman Excellence in Research Award
Twenty-four years at the Wadsworth Center have given Keith Derbyshire, Ph.D., a career’s worth of MEMOs. Not the interoffice paper shuffle made obsolete by email and text messages, but a laboratory dedicated to MEMOs – Mobile Elements in Micro-Organisms.
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Keith Derbyshire Receives Sturman Excellence in Research Award
Mycobacteriology Laboratory Lends a Hand in New York City Case
Earlier this year, the Wadsworth Center became the first and only state public health laboratory in the nation to perform whole genome sequencing (WGS) of tuberculosis (TB) specimens.
One case illustrates the enormous impact of WGS on TB testing and its central role in rapidly detecting and preventing the spread of drug-resistant TB strains among New York State’s general population.
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Mycobacteriology Laboratory Lends a Hand in New York City Case
Newborn Screening Director Receives National Award
Dr. Michele Caggana has been honored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) for her leadership in improving laboratory screening of newborns for genetic disorders.
Dr. Caggana, director of the Newborn Screening Program at the New York State Department of Health's Wadsworth Center, received the Harry Hannon Laboratory Improvement Award in Newborn Screening at the APHL’s recent Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium in St. Louis.
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Newborn Screening Director Receives National Award
Wadsworth Welcomes Dr. Yi-Pin Lin, Lyme Disease Researcher
Lyme disease, transmitted by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne disease in U.S. Vector-borne diseases are carried by mosquitoes, ticks or fleas. The bacterium is introduced during a tick bite and then survives in the bloodstream and can spread to the heart, joints, or brain. Infections can result in arthritis, neurological abnormalities or carditis. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 30,000 people are infected annually.
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Wadsworth Welcomes Dr. Yi-Pin Lin, Lyme Disease Researcher
NYSDOH Epidiolex® Expanded Access Studies For Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy In Children and Young Adults
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES COMPASSIONATE USE STUDIES OF CANNABIDIOL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH TREATMENT-RESISTANT EPILEPSY
Studies to be regulated under FDA’s Expanded Access Program
100 Children and Young Adults in New York Will be Enrolled at Five Sites Statewide
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NYSDOH Epidiolex® Expanded Access Studies For Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy In Children and Young Adults
Wadsworth Center’s Bacteriology Laboratory Plays a Pivotal Role in New York City's Legionella Outbreak
The Wadsworth Center’s Bacteriology Laboratory played a pivotal role in the recent Legionella outbreak in New York City. The classical approach to Legionella testing is culture, but, as Legionella are slow growing and fastidious organisms and the water samples are usually heavily contaminated with other bacteria, obtaining results can take a long time, delaying the required public health response. In order to support more rapid decision making, Dr.
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Wadsworth Center’s Bacteriology Laboratory Plays a Pivotal Role in New York City's Legionella Outbreak
National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies (NCAN) Open House
Commissioner of Health, Dr. Howard Zucker reflected that Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology frees those who, like Stephen Hawking, are locked-in by allowing the silent to speak and the immobile to move. It aids those with injury, illness and stroke by taking advantage of lifelong brain plasticity that not long ago we didn’t realize existed. With the use of hardware and software, thoughts can control a keyboard enabling the user to text, email or move a wheelchair.
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National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies (NCAN) Open House
Newborn Screening Program Pilot Study: Hurler Syndrome
The New York State Newborn Screening Program screens all infants born in the state for 47 different diseases. In addition, the program is currently performing a pilot study with Dr. Melissa Wasserstein (pictured left), from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, to screen for four additional diseases that are lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). Four New York City hospitals are participating and approximately 500 infants are being tested weekly in the pilot study. The newest disorder to be tested is called Hurler syndrome.
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Newborn Screening Program Pilot Study: Hurler Syndrome
Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul Visits Wadsworth Center's David Axelrod Institute for Public Health
On Monday June 15th the Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Kathy Hochul, visited the David Axelrod Institute. She had specifically asked to learn more about our preparedness and biodefense activities, so the first stop was a tour of the Biodefense Laboratory. Dr. Christina Egan described the laboratory’s capabilities to detect agents-of-concern in white powders, as well as other environmental samples, and the major push in the development and evaluation of new technologies since the anthrax attacks of 2001.
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Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul Visits Wadsworth Center's David Axelrod Institute for Public Health
New Wadsworth Researcher Studies Tuberculosis Drug-Resistance
When new risks to public health increase, the Wadsworth Center finds new scientists to address them.
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New Wadsworth Researcher Studies Tuberculosis Drug-Resistance
Dr. Anil Ojha - Turning the Tide on Tuberculosis
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 2 million people are infected and 23,000 people die annually from drug resistant bacteria in the United States alone. Drug resistant tuberculosis in particular is described by CDC as a Serious Threat. For these reasons, bacterial drug resistance is a primary research focus for the Wadsworth Center.
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Dr. Anil Ojha - Turning the Tide on Tuberculosis
New York State's Wastewater Surveillance System Named 'Center of Excellence' by CDC
The State Health Department's Wastewater Surveillance Program is integral to advanced COVID-19 tracking and nation-leading polio detection efforts. The program is now testing for Influenza, RSV, Hepatitis A, Norovirus and antimicrobial-resistant genes.Read the New York State Department of Health's press release.
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New York State's Wastewater Surveillance System Named 'Center of Excellence' by CDC