Dr. Anil Ojha

Dr. Anil Ojha - Turning the Tide on Tuberculosis

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 2 million people are infected and 23,000 people die annually from drug resistant bacteria in the United States alone. Drug resistant tuberculosis in particular is described by CDC as a Serious Threat. For these reasons, bacterial drug resistance is a primary research focus for the Wadsworth Center.

Environmental Proficiency Testing

Environmental Proficiency Testing & Validation Unit

(518) 473-1398

Amy DeMarco

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New York State Department of Health's Wadsworth Center (Certificate Number - 1785.01) is an American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) accredited Proficiency Test (PT) provider for the design, preparation, and operation of PT schemes that meet the requirements of ISO/IEC 17043, ISO/IEC 17025, and The NELAC Institute (TNI) Volume 3: General Requirements for Environmental Proficiency Test Providers.

NYS Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Wadsworth Director Dr. Jill Taylor and Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul Visits Wadsworth Center's David Axelrod Institute for Public Health

On Monday June 15th the Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Kathy Hochul, visited the David Axelrod Institute. She had specifically asked to learn more about our preparedness and biodefense activities, so the first stop was a tour of the Biodefense Laboratory. Dr. Christina Egan described the laboratory’s capabilities to detect agents-of-concern in white powders, as well as other environmental samples, and the major push in the development and evaluation of new technologies since the anthrax attacks of 2001.

Spinal Cord Injury Research

Spinal Cord Injury Research

United States

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(518) 474-7002
(518) 486-2191

Wadsworth Center
New York State Department of Health
Empire State Plaza, C345
Albany, NY 12237

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The Extramural Grants Administration Program works to further the efforts of the Spinal Cord Injury Research Board (SCIRB). Each year, approximately 1,100 New York residents suffer traumatic spinal cord injuries joining the nearly 288,000 people living in the United States with paralysis. SCIRB’s mission, since 1998, has been to support neurological spinal cord injury scientific research projects from leading researchers within New York State to find a cure for spinal cord injuries.

Scientific Resources

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The Wadsworth Center provides resources such as reagents, strains, software, etc. that are made available to the scientific community, either free or for a nominal fee.  

Office of Research & Technology

Keith M. Derbyshire, PhD

Associate Director for Research and Technology
Director, Division of Genetics
Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences
Scientific Profile
Derbyshire and Gray Laboratory

Erin C. Davis

Research & Technology Administrator
(518) 474-6602
Grant Services
Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer
Inter-institutional Agreements
Publications
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The primary objectives of the Office of Research & Technology are to support the Wadsworth Center’s exceptionally large breadth of interests and activities in its pursuit of improving public health.  The office offers a range of services to facilitate collaborations among investigative programs and to increase extramural research funding.

The office provides technical, organizational and administrative support for grant applications by investigators with a special emphasis on multi-investigator and Center-wide efforts.

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