| UHL receives CDC grant to link state labs, share capacity |
 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $258,000 to the Iowa
Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the University Hygienic Laboratory for the
development of an electronic interface between three states to help meet testing demand
in the event of an influenza pandemic.
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| Hygienic Lab helps validate new influenza test |
 The University Hygienic Laboratory was one of six public health laboratories in the
nation to participate in the validation of a new test that the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration approved on Oct. 1, for the rapid detection of influenza virus.
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| Associate director receives clinical faculty position |
 Dr. Mike Pentella, UHL associate director of the Disease Control
Division, has been appointed as a Clinical Associate Professor for the
UI College of Public Health (CPH), Department of Epidemiology.
"The appointment represents a new era of collaboration between the
College of Public Health and our state public health laboratory," said
UHL Director Chris Atchison.
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| Ceremonies mark partnership between UHL and Lakeside Lab |
 University of Iowa President Sally Mason cuts a ribbon in celebration of a new
partnership between the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Regent Resource Center (ILLRRC) and UHL
during Aug. 1 ceremonies at Lakeside Lab in Milford, Iowa. UHL Director Christopher
Atchison (third from right) joins in the ceremony along with (from left) UI Associate
Provost of Continuing Education Chet Rzonca; Tom Bedell, chairman of Pure Fishing and
Friend of Lakeside Lab; ILLRRC Executive Director Peter van der Linden; Pam Jordan,
county supervisor; and Greg Drees, president of Friends of Lakeside Lab.
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