The Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network Presenters: Timothy Monson, M.S., Supervisor, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene David Warshauer, Ph.D., D(ABMM), CDD Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently acts as the only sentinel surveillance program for the detection […]

Clinical Laboratory Preparedness and Response Guide - What’s New? Presenter: Erin Bowles, B.S., MT(ASCP),  Wisconsin Clinical Laboratory Network Coordinator, State Training Coordinator and Co-Biosafety Officer, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Description of Session: True laboratory preparedness and response assumes a coordinated effort and response from all laboratories in the U.S. that comprise […]

Blood Banking in India: Ten Years After Presenter: Susan T. Johnson, MSTM, MT(ASCP)SBB, Director of Clinical Education, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Description of Session: Ensuring safe blood transfusion is important worldwide.  In India, pretransfusion testing practices are not on the same level as developed countries.  This is in part due to lack of resources and […]

HIV Testing Technology and the Latest Algorithm Presenter: Dave Warshauer, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Deputy Director, Communicable Disease Division, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI Description of Session: This presentation will describe the latest laboratory methods for the diagnosis of HIV infection, especially acute infections.  The latest HIV testing algorithm will be presented with the inclusion of […]

The Mosquitoes We Live With and the Diseases They Harbor (Part 1) Presenter: Lyric C. Bartholomay, Ph.D., Director of Upper Midwestern Regional Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI Description of Session: There are many species of mosquito that live in the […]

The Mosquitoes We Live With and the Diseases They Harbor (Part 2) Presenter: Rebecca Osborn, MPH, is an Epidemiologist specializing in vectorborne diseases in the Communicable Diseases Bureau at the Wisconsin Division of Public Health in Madison, WI. Dave Geske, is a Vector Ecologist at La Crosse County Health Department where he directs a regional vector-borne […]