Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health
Michele Caggana is currently serving as the Director of the Newborn Screening Program at Wadsworth Center since 1996. Prior to this role, Michele has held various positions within NYSDOH since February 1996, including Director of Newborn Screening, Deputy Director of the Division of Genetic Disorders, and Section Head of Genetics. Michele holds a Sc.D. in Cancer Biology from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a B.S. in Biochemistry from Rider University.
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Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health
Wadsworth Center is a science-based community committed to protecting and improving the health of New Yorkers through laboratory analysis, investigations and research, as well as laboratory certification and educational programs. Scientists at Wadsworth Center: Study ongoing public health issues, from drug resistance to emerging infections and environmental exposures Investigate basic biological processes that contribute to human health and disease Employ modern methods, such as biomarkers of exposure, and state-of-the-art technologies, among them a resource for visualizing biologically relevant molecules As the state's public health reference laboratory, Wadsworth: Responds to urgent public health threats as they arise, from bioterrorism to SARS to synthetic cannabinoids to Legionella outbreaks Develops advanced methods to detect microbial agents and genetic disorders Measures and analyzes environmental chemicals