Reflections from the Dean: Understanding the important work of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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Reflections from the Dean: Understanding the important work of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory
Tuesday, January 14, 2020: Most of you probably know little about the work of the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory (NSPHL). You should, because the lab scientists and technicians are literally working around the clock to protect you and all Nevadans from a wide range of potential infections, food-borne illness, and unsafe water, as well as providing emergency response to biological and chemical terrorism, and testing every Nevada baby for more than 30 hereditary diseases.
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• KOLO Channel 8 News
Dr. Mark Pandori is the lab's latest director.“We are tucked away here. But really the amount of testing, the variety testing we do is extremely broad,” says Dr. Mark Pandori, the Nevada State Public Health Lab Director.The lab is affiliated with the UNR School of Medicine and is located on the north end of campus.
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• Las Vegas Sun
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