At a glance
- Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS) fellows make a difference in public health.
- Access a list of LLS fellow publications.
- LLS fellows' publications support public health organizations and partners by providing expertise for public health decisions.

Background
LLS fellows’ service includes reporting the findings of their laboratory research and collaborative investigations through peer-reviewed scientific publications that are well-respected by the public health community and relied upon for public health decision-making. LLS fellows’ published work is well-respected by the public health community and informs decision making.
Representative publications
This is an ongoing list of representative publications describing the laboratory expertise and support that LLS fellows provide to ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø, local, state, or other public health labs or partners.
Whether serving as lead or contributing authors, LLS fellows embody excellence in scientific leadership and partnership-building. LLS fellows enhance laboratory science, quality, and safety essential for effective public health response.
Microbiology Spectrum, June 29, 2022
Kaitlin Mitchell, 2020 LLS Class; Brian Wakeman, 2021 LLS Class; Christina Carlson, 2018 LLS Class
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, June 16, 2022
Oren Mayer, 2019 LLS Class
BMC Infectious Diseases, March 31, 2022
Christine Lee, 2020 LLS Class
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, December 2021
Evonne Woodson, 2019 LLS Class
Clinical Infectious Diseases, September 15, 2021
Christine Lee, 2020 LLS Class
PLOS ONE, July 29, 2021
Brandi Freeman and Ashutosh Wadhwa, both of 2018 LLS class
Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2021
Erin Scherer, 2018 LLS Class
American Society for Microbiology Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 23, 2021
Jesica Jacobs, 2019 LLS class
- Evaluation of Abbott BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection at Two Community-Based Testing Sites — Pima County, Arizona, November 3–17, 2020
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, January 19, 2021
Jessica Prince-Guerra, 2020 LLS class
Infectious Diseases Society of America, Clinical Infectious Diseases, December 3, 2020
Ashutosh Wadhwa, 2018 LLS class
Frontiers in Genetics, November 26, 2020
Sean Buono, 2018 LLS class
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, May 29, 2020
Brandi Freeman, 2018 LLS class
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, May 14, 2020
Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, 2017 LLS class
PLOS ONE, April 17, 2020
David Lowe, 2017 LLS class
Microbiology Society, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, December 20, 2019
Elizabeth Dietrich, 2016 LLS class
PLOS ONE, September 26, 2019
Zachary Weiner, 2015 LLS class
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Biotechnology Information, August 2019
Shannon Keckler, 2015 LLS class
Nature Communications, June 20, 2019
Authors from multiple LLS classes: Margaret Hardy, Rita Stinnet, Kristine Kines, David Lowe, Alexandra Mercante, Anna LLewellyn
Open Forum Infectious Disease, June 5, 2019
Atanaska Marinova-Petkova, 2017 LLS class
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, March 26, 2019
Cecilia Kretz, 2017 LLS class
Applied Biosafety, Journal of the Association for Biosafety and Biosecurity International, March 24, 2019
April Clayton, 2015 LLS class
Journal of Infection, June 30, 2018
Caelin Potts, 2016 LLS class
PLOS ONE, December 20, 2017
Anna Llewellyn, 2015 LLS class
PLOS ONE, February 24, 2017
Peter Minchella, 2015 LLS class