Public Health and Environmental Laboratories

2024 Poster Session PHLS

• "Mind Maps ” for a Public Health Laboratory (PDF)
• Validation of Influenza Sequencing on Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies Platforms (PDF)
• A Retrospective View of NJDOH’s Inaugural State-Wide Tick Surveillance Program(PDF)
• Assessing the Status of Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) in Clinical Laboratories in New Jersey (PDF)
• Cobots in Action: PHEL's Vision for Empowering Workforce Development and Efficient Laboratories (PDF)
• Engaging Interns and Fellows in Development of a STEM Program for High School Students (PDF)
• Partnerships Form the Basis of an Articulated Public Health Laboratory Workforce Development Program (PDF)

2024 Poster Session ECLS

• Reporting Elevated Biomonitoring Results to Study and Project Participants (PDF)
• Adapting Prenatal Metals Screening Procedures to New NJ Partners (PDF)
• New Jersey Biomonitoring Mercury Levels: A Comparison and Call to Action (PDF)
• Updates on the Implementation of New Jersey’s First Statewide Biomonitoring Population Study: NJHANES (PDF)
• The Qualitative Analysis of Drug of Abuse by Ultra High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) in Human Urine (PDF)
• Validation of a Combined Analytical Method for Toxic Metals in Urine: Improving Laboratory Efficiency and Implications for Biomonitoring Use (PDF)
• The Development of a High Throughput Solid Phase Extraction Method for PFAS in Human Serum Using an Automated Janus® Workstation (PDF)
• Optimization of Fish Homogenization Procedures for EPA Method 1633 to Measure Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) in Fish (PDF)

2023 Poster session PHLS Part I

2023 Poster session PHLS Part II

2023 Poster session ECLS

2022 Public Health Laboratory Services Posters

2022 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Services Posters

The Laboratory Outreach Program (LOP), is responsible for enhancing and developing relationships with both internal and external partners through collaborative planning, educational programs, training and other methods, to facilitate development of an integrated public health/private sector laboratory network. This program, in collaboration with the Association for Public Health Laboratories (APHL), develops and coordinates training programs for clinical and public health laboratories on topics of medical, scientific and regulatory significance, which directly impact public health practice. Additionally, the LOP provides members of the New Jersey Laboratory Response Network (LRN), a statewide network of comprehensive microbiology laboratories, a mechanism for rapid exchange of information regarding their role in emergency.

Laboratory Response Network

The Public Health and Environmental Laboratories (PHEL) Internship Program provides opportunities for graduate and undergraduate college students in public health, computer and information science, chemistry, biology, technology and other majors to expand their knowledge, skills and work experience through participation in project-based internships. Intern projects are defined in collaboration with the selected internship candidate, the PHEL mentor, and, if proposed as a Capstone project (or taken for credit), with the candidate’s college advisor. Student projects are typically completed onsite, with a minimum of 225 hours, over a minimum 10-week period. Capstone projects may require more time, depending upon the academic institution’s requirements. PHEL works with each intern to establish an optimal schedule for the project. Students are provided access to the campus, free parking, computer access, workspace and opportunities to participate in a range of PHEL activities.  

During the internship, the intern may be given opportunities to work with Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) in public health, molecular microbiology, environmental science and chemistry, health policy development and/or administration. Interns will gain an appreciation for the range, scope and depth of PHEL operations. These include aspects of laboratory testing in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the New Jersey Department of Health - Communicable Disease Service, Family Health Services, STD/HIV and TB services, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, law enforcement, local health departments, hospitals as well as other public health and private sector agencies.

For Internship Related Questions Please Contact: Internship Coordinator Satyam.Patel@doh.nj.gov

Spring 2025 PHEL Internship Application Portal is Now Closed

2024 Mentor Guide

2024 Intern Calendar

2024 Revised Informatics Fellowship Position Description