Jenn Rivers

APHL-CDC Fellowship

Congratulations to Jennifer Rivers for being selected / honored with the 2019-2020 APHL-CDC Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Fellowship.

https://news.txstate.edu/alumni-impact/2019/clinical-laboratory-science-program-alum-named-antimicrobial-resistance-fellow.html

Jenn is a 2013 Texas State University CLS Program graduate, as well as being a certified MLS (ASCP). In 2014, Jenn was awarded the TACLS (Texas Association for Clinical Laboratory Science) Keys to the Future.

She obtained her ScM from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2016 and has been employed by BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) as a #MedicalLaboratory Microbiologist since that time in Baltimore, MD.

Jenn will be serving as the AMR Fellow for the Northwest region, and will be officially relocating to the Seattle area. She mentions that it's a phenomenal research and professional development opportunity, facilitating collaboration on the study of antimicrobial resistance in the context of the public health laboratory. It is a 12-month program, and isn't solely laboratory research on AMR, but also includes networking, training at CDC, and distance learning activities in public health core competencies. Fellows are placed at one of seven regional AR laboratories in the CDC's AR Laboratory Network (one fellow per lab each year, I've been told) to carry out their research, and typically go on to present at national conferences and/or publish their work. She will be the Fellow for the West region, which includes Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam. Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) CDC American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science

For more information about the APHL-CDC Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Fellowship, see: https://www.aphl.org/fellowships/Pages/ARLNFellowship.aspx