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Fellows are assigned to a partnering public health laboratory host site for their two-year fellowship.
Learn more about current and past LLS fellows.
Meet current and past fellows
Learn about our current fellows and where they’re assigned for their two-year fellowship.
LLS fellows work on site at host laboratories during their fellowship.
Class of 2024
Meet first-year LLS fellows in the class of 2024 and learn where they are assigned for their 2-year fellowship. Note: the assignments listed do not reflect outbreak or other emergency response efforts.
Derek Dang, PhD. City of Milwaukee Health Department Laboratory.
Dali Davis, PhD. National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Laboratory Science.
Cassandra Field, PhD. Nebraska Public Health Laboratory.
Maurice Itoe, PhD. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria.
Dorian Jackson, PhD. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria.
Leandra Jones, PhD. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.
Mareena pitts, PhD. Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Division of Viral Diseases.
Mitchell Ramuta, PhD. Tennessee Public Health Laboratory.
Natalie Rose, PhD. National Center for Emerginig and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.
Madelaine Usey, PhD. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria.
Class of 2023
Meet LLS fellows in the class of 2023 and learn where they are assigned for their two-year fellowships. Note: the assignments listed do not reflect outbreak or other emergency response efforts.
Hadj Aoued, DVM, MS. Global Health Center, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria.
Blake Bertrand, PhD. Georgia Department of Public Health.
Nicole Bowen, PhD. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division.
Lindsay Dahora Hein, PhD. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.
Hans Desale, PhD, MPHTM. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
Zachary Ende, PhD. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases.
Nina Grossman, PhD. New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Luis Antonio Haddock-Soto, PhD, MSc. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.
Frances Knight, PhD, MSc. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
Sonni-Ali Miller, PhD, MS. District of Columbia Department of Forensic Sciences Public Health Laboratory.
Lindsay Nyhoff, PhD. National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Laboratory Science.
Jordan Prahl, PhD. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.
Annie Sanchez, PhD. Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.
Gregory Sousa, VMD, PhD. Minnesota Department of Health.
Kevin Tsai, PhD, MPH. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.
Jessica Wickline, PhD. Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory.
