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Kirsten St. George, Ph.D. New York State Department of …

WebDr. St. George is Director of Virology and Chief of the Laboratory of Viral Diseases (LVD) at the Wadsworth Center and a Clinical Professor in the Biomedical Sciences Department at the School of Public Health, University at Albany. The LVD comprises several service laboratories and research teams including general virology and specialty reference …

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Exposome and Biomonitoring New York State …

WebSignificant changes have occurred over the last decade in how researchers think about health and disease, the role the environment plays in disease etiology, and how best to assess human exposure to environmental pollutants and dietary chemicals. An overarching concept emerged - the exposome, defined by the CDC as “the measure of all the …

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Applied Research New York State Department of Health, …

WebApplied research at the Wadsworth Center encompasses a wide variety of highly collaborative activities. Staff are committed to perform extensive research to develop and apply new methods and technologies to detect and characterize human diseases, environmental analytes, and infectious disease pathogens. While focused on improving …

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Wadsworth Center Scientists Dr. Paul Masters and Dr.

WebWadsworth Center scientists Dr. Paul Masters and Dr. Kirsten St. George recently joined Commissioner McDonald and Acting Executive Deputy Commissioner Morne on the New York Public Health Now podcast. The podcast discusses timely topics with front line public health specialists. Dr. Paul Masters discussed coronavirus basics, his …

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Wadsworth Center’s Human Health Exposure Analysis …

WebEstablished by NIH in 2019, the goal of HHEAR is to promote the characterization of the totality of human environmental exposures called the "exposome". The exposome includes chemical, physical, and biological stressors as well as lifestyle and social environments that affect a person.

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Mycobacteriology

WebWhole Genome Sequencing Tuberculosis (TB) actively infects more than 8 million people worldwide and causes over a million deaths each year. In recent years, there has been an increase in the prevalence of drug resistant strains of tuberculosis, including multi-drug resistant (MDR-TB) and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).

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Public Health Genomics New York State Department of …

WebThe Center for Public Health Genomics is focused on the application of NextGen sequencing (NGS) on issues of public health importance. In particular, its aims are to develop methods to: Enhance the detection, diagnosis and tracking of bacterial, viral and fungal disease outbreaks. Improve the detection of drug-resistant variants and

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Access Reports New York State Department of Health, …

WebAccess Reports. After you have completed enrollment, you can follow these steps to access reports electronically. Log into the Health Commerce System (HCS) (link is external) . Open the CLIMS application. Select ‘Specimen Reports’ from the CLIMS application menu. Use the From and To Dates to select the reports you would like to access.

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Wadsworth Center Senior Staff Gets National Recognition …

WebFor the second year in a row, a Wadsworth Center director has received the Harry Hannon Laboratory Improvement Award in Newborn Screening from the Assocation of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). Joseph Orsini, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Newborn Screening Program at the New York State Department of Health's Wadsworth Center, …

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Emerging Outbreaks and Lyme Disease

WebLyme disease presents an ever-increasing burden to the public and the public health system, with an estimated 476,000 cases per year nationwide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). In addition, many patients continue to suffer pain, fatigue, and brain fog long after being treated for their initial infection.

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Anand N. Mhatre NYSTEM

[email protected]. The long-term objective of Professor Mhatre's laboratory is to apply adult stem cells as therapeutic vectors for treating hearing loss resulting from degeneration of the cochlear sensory hair cells and/or the primary auditory neurons. The stem cells used in these studies carry a marker gene for unambiguous and rapid

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Kara Mitchell, Ph.D. New York State Department of Health, …

WebN Engl J Med. 2012; 367 (11): 1020-1024. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1205114. Dr. Kara Mitchell joined the Wadsworth Center in 2010 as a Wadsworth Center Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) fellow. Her postdoctoral work at the Wadsworth Center included training in the Bloodborne Viruses Laboratory, the Biodefense Laboratory, and the Mycobacteriology

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APHL/CDC Fellowships New York State Department of Health, …

WebThe Wadsworth Center continues to partner with the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to train and prepare the next generation of scientists for careers in public health. Numerous public health laboratory programs are supported through these fellowships, including: …

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Karen J. Chave, Ph.D. New York State Department of Health, …

WebI am the Director, and actively work in, the Wadsworth Center Protein Expression Core where I express and purify proteins in E.coli, insect and mammalian expression systems.I specialize in finding conditions for expression of soluble protein in E.coli.I have expressed and purified over 150 proteins.

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New York State Department of Health Announces Wastewater …

WebNew York State Department of Health Announces Wastewater Surveillance Expansion and Increased Disease Monitoring Capabilities

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Pallavi Ghosh, Ph.D. New York State Department of Health, …

WebMycobacterium abscessus (Mab) is a rapidly growing environmental species of mycobacteria. It causes skin and soft tissue infections post trauma and surgery as well as broncho-pulmonary infection and acute respiratory failure in patients with chronic lung damage. Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are particularly vulnerable to Mab infections. Cure …

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Laboratory Standards New York State Department of Health, …

WebUS Postal Service. Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program Biggs Laboratory Wadsworth Center NYS Department of Health Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12237

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Wadsworth Center’s Dr. Kirsten St. George receives the 2017 …

WebAt the recent Clinical Virology Symposium in Savannah, Georgia, Dr. St. George, Chief of the Laboratory of Viral Diseases at the Wadsworth Center, was presented with the 2017 Diagnostic Virology Award. Established in 1985, this international career-achievement award from the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, acknowledges …

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APHL/CDC Fellowships

WebThe aim of the program is to prepare laboratory scientists for diagnostic, investigative, and leadership careers in public health. A broad range of scientific expertise is offered to the Fellows. Fellows can learn state-of-the-art diagnostic microbiology; participate in protocol development and research in infectious diseases, newborn screening, translational …

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Carlos A. Saavedra-Matiz, M.D. New York State Department of …

WebAs a trained physician, clinical geneticist and supervisor of the NYS Molecular NBS Laboratory, Dr. Saavedra-Matiz has been pivotal in the development and implementation of all molecular tests performed by the NYS NBS program and on the follow-up of the screened positive babies. NYS NBS was the first in the world to implement NBS for Krabbe

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Kannan Laboratory New York State Department of Health, …

WebA significant conceptual change has occurred in recent years in relation to how we think about health and diseases, the role the environment plays in disease etiology, and how best to assess human exposure to environmental pollutants and dietary chemicals.

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Richard Cole, M.A. New York State Department of Health, …

WebThe Advanced Light Microscopy and Image Analysis (ALM&IA) Core is a resource for investigators within the Wadsworth Center as well as those from outside institutions who require advanced light microscopy (LM) and/or image analysis as part of their research programs.. Examples of these techniques are: 6D-wide field fluorescence microscopy, …

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