newborn screening
(from l to r:) Mei Baker, MD, W. Harry Hannon, PhD, Joseph Orsini, PhD and Scott Becker
And the winners are…
At an awards luncheon, APHL recognized
distinguished professionals for their
contributions and commitment to
the field of newborn screening:
Jeffrey Botkin, MD, MPH, chief of the
Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities
in the Department of Internal Medicine at
the University of Utah School of Medicine
received the George Cunningham
Visionary Award in Newborn Screening.
This award honors an individual who has
made contributions to expanding and
improving the screening of newborns
by state public health agencies.
Thalia Wood, MPH, retired manager of
the Children’s Health Unit for the state
of Alaska the newborn the oversight
agency for the state’s newborn screening
program) and retired staff member of
APHL’s Newborn Screening and Genetics
Program was awarded the Judi Tuerck
Follow Up and Education Award in
Newborn Screening. This award recognizes
an individual who has made significant
and outstanding contributions that
have had a direct impact on improving
the quality of follow-up and education
for the newborn screening system. ■
Joseph Orsini, PhD, a research scientist
in the newborn screening program at the
New York State Department of Health,
was recognized with the Harry Hannon
Laboratory Improvement Award in
Newborn Screening. This award honors
an individual who has made significant
contributions to improving the quality
of testing, establishing innovative
and creative laboratory approaches
and technologies, as well as providing
laboratory training and education
for new technologies and assays.
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Top: (from l to r:) Erin Rothwell, Jeffrey Botkin, MD, MPH and
Scott Becker
Bottom: (from l to r:) Scott Becker, Thalia Wood and
Carol Johnson
DIGITAL EXTRA:
Presentations from the 2017 Newborn
Screening and Genetic Testing
Symposium are now available on the
APHL website. The next symposium will
be held April 7-10, 2019 in Chicago, IL.
APHL.org
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