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

Health Care

Life Sciences

Research

Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health

Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health's headquarters in Albany, NY, United States

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People (5)

James Chithalen

Karen J. Chave

Michele Caggana

Valerie J. Bolivar

Kate Derosa

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