Association Of Public Health Laboratories Inc

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

TO FACILITATE A SECOND-TIER SCREEN FOR CAH TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF FALSE POSITIVE RESULTS REPORTED AND IMPROVE OUR POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE. OUR CURRENT OVERALL PPV IS LESS THAN 1%. THIS SECOND-TIER SCREEN WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED INITIALLY THROUGH OUTSOURCING AND ONCE OUR METHOD IS VALIDATED IN-HOUSE, TDH NBS LABORATORY WILL PERFORM THE SCREEN.

• 2023

TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY

DEVELOP A PLAN AND A CURRICULUM FOR A GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED PRACTICES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES. THE CURRICULUM WILL BE DEVELOPED AFTER A THOROUGH SCOPING REVIEW OF EXISTING TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY WORKFORCE, INSIGHTS FROM SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, AND CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE DATA.

• 2023

HEALTH RESEARCH INC

THE INTERN WILL WORK PRIMARILY IN THE TRACE ELEMENTS LABORATORY, PART OF THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES. THE SPECIFIC PROJECT CONCEPT IS TO MEASURE TOTAL SILVER IN INFANT/TODDLER FOOD PRODUCTS PURCHASED IN THE ALBANY, NY AREAS AS A PROXY FOR SILVER NANOPARTICLES.

• 2023

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

LEVERAGING THE ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, THE SUBRECIPIENT WILL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM UNIQUELY TARGETED TO DRPH CANDIDATE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED IN A PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY AND ACCEPTED INTO THIS ONLINE DRPH DEGREE PROGRAM TO OBTAIN THEIR DOCTORAL DEGREE AS ONE PREREQUISITE TO LEAD A MODERATE OR HIGHLY COMPLEX PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY. FURTHER, THIS EFFORT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE STRENGTHENING OF A PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY WORKFORCE PIPELINE AND ADDRESS NEED FOR SHORTAGES IN THESE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.

• 2023

PUBLIC HLTH FOUNDATION ENT

PUBLIC HLTH.FOUNDATION ENT: IMPROVE TIMELINESS OF NEWBORN SCREENING SPECIMENS.

• 2023

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

THE SUBRECIPIENT WILL IMPLEMENT ELECTRONIC LABORATORY REPORTING (ELR) CAPABILITIES TO BE ABLE TO REPORT RESULTS FOR ALL LABORATORY RESPONSE NETWORK FOR BIOLOGICAL THREATS (LRN-B) THREAT AGENTS.

• 2023

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY WILL USE THE FUNDS AWARDED TO IMPLEMENT THE NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING AND DRIED BLOOD SPOT NEWBORN SCREENING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT LEARNING COLLABORATIVE. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE PLANNING AND HOLDING A KICK-OFF MEETING FOR TEAMS TO CREATE PLAN-DO-STUDY-ACT (PDSA) CYCLES IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A PROMISING PRACTICE GUIDE TO BE SHARED WITH VARIOUS AUDIENCES.

• 2023

UTAH PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY

THE SUBRECIPIENT WILL IMPLEMENT ELECTRONIC LABORATORY REPORTING (ELR) CAPABILITIES TO BE ABLE TO REPORT RESULTS FOR ALL LABORATORY RESPONSE NETWORK FOR BIOLOGICAL (LRN-B) AND CHEMICAL (LRN-C) THREAT AGENTS.

• 2023

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO

THE PUERTO RICO (PR) NEWBORN SCREENING (NBS) PROGRAM WILL:(1) VALIDATE AND IMPLEMENT A SECOND-TIER TESTING FOR ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY (ALD) USING THE NEW MS SYSTEM TO MONITOR ALD IN 100% OF THE POPULATION.(2) INCREASE AND SUSTAIN THE PERCENTAGE OF SAMPLES REPORTED TO FOLLOW-UP IN 3 DAYS OR LESS FROM THE WORKLIST DATE FROM 91% TO 95% BY USING THE NEW MS SYSTEM.

• 2023

REGENTS OF THE UNIV OF MN

TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF THE ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY (ALD) NATIONAL REGISTRY. TO PARTNER WITH STATE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE ALD DATA FOR THE INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED BY THE NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM.

• 2023