In the inaugural session of this year’s Building Bridges Across the Laboratory Community series,
“Responding to Emerging Outbreaks: Sharing the Load among Laboratory System Partners,” Dr. Christine
Bean, PhD, MBA, MLS(ASCP) shared a case study about collaborative approaches to tackling a New
Hampshire HCV outbreak, and Dr. Rodney E. Rohde, PhD, MS, SM(ASCP)^CM, SV^CM, MB^CM, FACSc, Global
Fellow discussed the multidisciplinary effort to launch a large-scale oral Rabies vaccination program for
wildlife in Texas.

Faculty

Christine Bean, PhD, MBA, MLS(ASCP)
Chief Learning Officer, Association of Public Health Laboratories; Former Laboratory Director | New Hampshire Public Health Laboratories

Rodney Rohde, PhD, SM(ASCP)^CM, SV^CM, MB^CM, FACSc
Global Fellow; Professor and Chair of Medical Laboratory Science Program, Texas State University