Partnering to Identify a New Public Health Threat: EVALI Presenters: Ian Pray, PHD, MPH, is an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Noel Stanton, MS, is the Chemical Response Coordinator at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This webinar will demonstrate how various Wisconsin public health […]
2020 Updates to CLSI M100 Presenter: Erik Munson, PhD, D(ABMM), is an Assistant Professor at Marquette University in the Department of Clinical Laboratory Science and a member of the Wisconsin Clinical Laboratory Network Laboratory Technical Advisory Group Description of Session: The Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) updates the “Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing” annually. […]
Thermal Dimorphs of Wisconsin: Histoplasma and Blastomyces Presenter: Sarah Stoner, M.S., MB(ASCP)CM, is the Microbiology Technical Lead at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, WI Description of Session: Systemic fungi can cause debilitating disease and can be a challenge for laboratories to identify and the clinician to diagnose. This webinar will discuss the epidemiology, clinical […]
Chemical Response Capabilities in Wisconsin Presenter: Noel Stanton, MS, is the Chemical Response Coordinator at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This session will highlight the chemical response side of the WI Laboratory Response Network (LRN) and provide insight on how the WSLH Chemical Response Division leads the response in Wisconsin. The […]
Mosquito-Borne Viruses of the Midwest United States Presenter: Eric Beck, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Technical Director of Microbiology, Advocate/Aurora Health System, ACL Laboratories, West Allis, WI Description of Session: This webinar will be a discussion of clinically relevant mosquito-borne viruses that are currently found in the Midwestern United States. The speaker will discuss the characteristics of each […]
Developments in STD Testing - a Collaborative Discussion for Clinicians and Laboratorians Presenters: Jessica Dalby, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She also serves as the medical consultant for sexually transmitted diseases to the City of […]
SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Update – 2020 Presenters: Pete Shult, Ph.D., CDD Director and Emergency Laboratory Response, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Erik Reisdorf, MPH, Virology Surveillance and Team Lead, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This webinar will provide a review of the past […]
2020 - WMLN Annual Conference Presenters: Julie Tans-Kersten, MS, BS, MT (ASCP), Director, Wisconsin Tuberculosis Program, Wisconsin Division of Public Health Claire Leback, MPH, BSN, RN, Nurse Consultant, Wisconsin Division of Public Health Rebecca Szydlowski, RN, Public Health Nurse, Sauk County Public Health Tess Ellens, RN, BSN, Public Health Nurse, Public Health Madison and Dane […]
A Summary of the Emergence of SAR-CoV-2 and WI Laboratory Response Presenter: Allen Bateman, Ph.D., MPH, D(ABMM), Assistant Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This presentation will summarize the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2020 from a laboratory standpoint, including the virus emerging from China, spreading in the U.S, and an […]
What We’ve Learned About COVID-19 Through Genomics Presenter: Kelsey Florek, Ph.D, MPH, Bioinformatics Scientist, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: This session will demonstrate the process of sequencing SARS-CoV-2 and the value of genomic epidemiology. SARS-CoV-2 genomics provides a unique insight into local transmission allowing for differentiation between importation and […]