Chief Program Officer
Association of Public Health Laboratories, Maryland
Ewa King, Ph.D. is Chief Program Officer at the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), overseeing the association’s public health programs including infectious disease, environmental health, food safety, emergency preparedness and response, newborn screening and genetics, and informatics. Previously, Dr. King served as director of the State Health Laboratories, a division of the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) in Providence, RI. In this role, Dr. King directed laboratory scientists and support personnel in laboratories that provide testing services for the state and national regulatory, law enforcement, environmental monitoring, and disease surveillance purposes. During the COVID-19 pandemic response, Dr. King served as a subject matter expert on laboratory and testing topics.
Dr. King’s scientific interests focus on the relationships between human exposure to environmental contaminants and individual and public health, and novel surveillance approaches to drug overdoses.
Dr. King holds a PhD. in Chemistry and a Master of Science and Engineering degree in Food Chemistry and Technology.
Non-Fatal Overdose Biosurveillance: Building a New Overdose Surveillance Infrastructure
Friday, April 5, 2024
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
