Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking applications to enhance public health laboratory capabilities and increase capacity. The goal of this funding opportunity is to improve the effectiveness of public health laboratories (PHLs) individually and as components of a national system, to improve public health in the United States and globally. The CDC will provide funding to support efforts that will enhance the capabilities and increase the capacities of PHLs by strengthening science, management, and operations; policy, partnership, and communication; training and capacity building; and laboratory quality, safety, and informatics for public health testing services, surveillance, and response.
Key aspects of the job include:
• Enhancing public health laboratory capabilities and increasing capacity
• Improving the effectiveness of public health laboratories individually and as components of a national system
• Supporting efforts to strengthen science, management, and operations; policy, partnership, and communication; training and capacity building; and laboratory quality, safety, and informatics
• Enhancing the capacity of public health laboratories to respond to public health emergencies, such as COVID-19