Wadsworth Center

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 The Center also: - Operates the most comprehensive laboratory licensure program for clinical and environmental laboratories, and blood and tissue banks - Trains the next generation of scientists through programs for doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, as well as specialized training for postdoctoral fellows and others