Key points
- The Office of Laboratory Systems and Response (OLSR), Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) manages OE22-2202, a three-year cooperative agreement (CoAg).
- The four recipients of this CoAg aim to enhance the U.S. clinical laboratory workforce capacity.
OE22-2202
The Office of Laboratory Systems and Response (OLSR), Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) manages this three-year cooperative agreement (CoAg) between ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø and four recipients under OE22-2202: Enhancing U.S. Clinical Laboratory Workforce Capacity. Under this CoAg, the four recipients—, , and —aim to help ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø enhance U.S. clinical laboratory workforce capacity by building competency to support rapid, large-scale responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health emergencies. Find the complete OE22-2202 NOFO package .
Funding Period
Budget period length: 12 months (September 1, 2022–August 31, 2023)
Period of Performance: 3 years (September 1, 2022–August 31, 2025)
Strategies
This CoAg supports the following strategies for strengthening and increasing the capacity of the clinical laboratory workforce in the United States:
Bridge is to strengthen essential links between clinical and public health laboratory training professionals and ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø.
– S1a. Recruit additional clinical laboratory professionals for the OneLab Network to foster an ongoing learning community of laboratory education and training professionals.
– S1b. Provide technical assistance and logistical support to ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø for training and workforce needs assessments.
Train is to develop and evaluate education and training resources for clinical laboratory professionals to be ready, respond, and lead others.
– S2. Provide clinical laboratory-related content for and review of high-quality training resources for laboratory professionals.
Sustain is to embed feasible long-term capacity-building within clinical laboratories so they can maintain an active learning community among clinical laboratory professionals.
– S3. Educate and inform clinical laboratory professionals about ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø/DLS training dissemination platforms, including syndication and (ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's new learning management systems tailored to clinical laboratory professionals).