Officers:

• Judy Kloss Smith, Chair

• Local and State Public Health Laboratories protect our communities by monitoring the environments in which we live, work and play.
• Services provided by Public Health Laboratories are broad, diverse and based on the needs of the populations they serve.
• We identify and control emerging infectious diseases and outbreaks.
• We prevent disease and disability in vulnerable populations by identifying at-risk infants and women.
• We assure safe food and water.
• We prepare for and respond to local, state, and national emergencies such as bioterrorism and natural disasters.
• We stand at the interface of public health programs and the medical care community.

Check out the YouTube clip highlighting the MDCH Bureau of Laboratories

• Contact: Judith Kloss Smith, Laboratory/Disease Section Chair
• E-mail: jusmit05@comcast.net