Healthiest Laboratory Award
District of Columbia
Department of Forensic Services
Public Health Laboratory
Thomas E. Maxson Education, Training and Workforce Development Award
Robert Nickla, RBP, M(ASCP)
Laboratory Response Network Coordinator and Biosafety Officer
Oregon State Public Health Laboratory
Karen Stiles
State Training Coordinator
Nebraska Public Health Laboratory
On the Front Line Award
Ronald S. Klein, MS, MS
Program Director, Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Emerging Leader Award
Marty K. Soehnlen, PhD, MPH, PHLD(ABB)
Director, Infectious Diseases
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Laboratories
Leadership in Biosafety and Biosecurity Award
Michael J. Perry, MS, MS Ed
Associate Director, Biodefense Laboratory
New York State Department of Health-Wadsworth Center
Gold Standard Award
Noel V. Stanton, MS
Acting Supervisor,
Environmental Sciences Section
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Silver Award
Michael J. Perry, MS, MS Ed
Associate Director, Biodefense Laboratory
New York State Department of Health-Wadsworth Center
Robert Nickla, RBP, M(ASCP)
Laboratory Response Network Coordinator and Biosafety Officer
Oregon State Public Health Laboratory
Champion of the Public Health Laboratory Award
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Environmental Health E-cigarette/Vaping-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) Laboratory Task Force
Presidential Award
Wendi Kuhnert-Tallman, PhD
Senior Advisor for Laboratory Science, Office of the Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lifetime Achievement Award
Judith C. Lovchik, PhD, D(ABMM)
Assistant Commissioner, Public Health Protection and Laboratory Services
Indiana State Department of Health
John (Jack) M. DeBoy II, MPH, DrPH (posthumous)
Former Director
Maryland State Department of Health Laboratories Administration
