2024 Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month: Art Contest Winners and Celebration Wrap-up

We had so much fun this Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month! From seeing photos of your celebrations, highlighting words of appreciation from our partners and sharing our own messages, September always brings joy and gratitude at APHL. Thank you for all you do to keep communities around the world safe and healthy.

Microbe Masterpieces and Chemistry Creations Art Contest Winners

Thanks to QIAGEN for their continued support by sponsoring the 4th Annual Microbe Masterpieces and Chemistry Creations Art Contest! We continue to be impressed with the incredible artistic talent across the public health laboratory workforce. All submissions are being showcased in a Facebook album so don’t miss it. Thanks to our judges for making this very tough decision! This year’s panel consisted of staff from public health laboratories, APHL and QIAGEN. And the winners are…

• Most Creative: “Basket of Reportables” by Niamh Gray, Texas Department of State Health Services
• Most Inspiring: “Drawing of Lab Activities” by Camille Cancino, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
• Most Realistic: “Knit Giant Microbe – 3 pieces” by Beth M. Pfotenhauer, City of Milwaukee Health Department Laboratory
• Grand Prize: “Drawing of Lab Activities” by Camille Cancino, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month Highlights