Lab Matters Summer 2017 | Page 34

fellowship programs APHL Fellows Begin Assignments in State and CDC Public Health Laboratories by Heather Roney, MA, manager, Fellowship Programs This summer, APHL launched fellows in four fellowship programs: Antimicrobial Resistance, Bioinformatics, Infectious Diseases and Newborn Screening. In June the new class of six APHL-CDC Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellows began the program with an orientation at CDC in Atlanta prior to beginning their assignments. They will receive training in bench-level laboratory skills and methods and assist with high-priority infectious disease test