LabAspire
Fellowship Program

Sponsored by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Office of the State Public Health Laboratory Director (OSPHLD), CDPH Laboratory Field Services (LFS) and the California Association of Public Health Laboratory Directors (CAPHLD).

About the program

The LabAspire Public Health Laboratory Director Fellowship Program, overseen by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Center for Laboratory Sciences (CLS) and the California Association of Public Health Laboratory Directors (CAPHLD), trains and prepares qualified professionals to direct California Public Health Laboratories.

The LabAspire Fellowship is open to certified California Public Health Microbiologists (PHMs) with any of the following combinations of experience and education:

Currently working as a Public Health Laboratory Assistant Director, Manager, or Supervisor;
Currently working as Public Health Laboratory line staff with two or more years of high-complexity laboratory testing experience; and/or
Holding a doctoral degree in a scientific discipline related to medical microbiology or public health.