I have committed my career to this principle by creating resources and supporting workforce development initiatives in public health.
Working Groups and Subcommittees
Genomic Epidemiology Training Lead (GETL), AMD Central Region
Minnesota Department of Health, supported by funding from CDC
Applied Genomic Epidemiology Community of Practice (AGE-COP) for the Development of the AMD Platform
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and
CDC Office of Advanced Molecular Detection (OAMD)
Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Subcommittee
APHL, supported by funding from CDC
Working Groups and Subcommittees
Advanced Molecular Detection Training and Workforce Development Working Group (2024-2026)
Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Task Force Training and Workforce Development Workgroup (2023-2025)
Workforce Development Activities
Beyond the Sequence: Linking Genomics, Analysis, and Public Health Impact, 2026
Planning Committee and Faculty Member, AMD Academy, 2025
PATHOGEN PURSUIT: Central Region AMD Training Conference and Genomic Epidemiology Tabletop Exercise, 2025
Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) Pre-Conference Workshop, 2024
Central Region AMD Training Conference, 2024
Academic Guest Lectures
University of Pittsburgh – 2023, 2024, 2025
University of Michigan – 2024, 2025, 2026
North Dakota State University – 2023, 2024
Carnegie Mellon University – 2022
Below are slide decks for some of my presentations at conferences, guest lectures, and training events focused on pathogen genomics and infectious disease epidemiology.
And here's a video of a TED Talk-style presentation I gave in April 2024,
in which I describe the role that the military plays in public health.