Email invitation

Invitation Email to individuals who are past or future users of CDC Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) training and professional development offerings, to be sent by CDC/DLS or the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)

Subject: Interview opportunity to share feedback on CDC laboratory professional development

Calling all public health laboratory directors and other senior leaders! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) wants to hear from you! CDC is conducting interviews to gather feedback to help improve its current portfolio of laboratory training and professional development offerings and to help shape its future offerings. CDC would like to gather perspectives from public health laboratory leadership (e.g., Directors and other Senior-level Management). By sharing your thoughts, you can help CDC improve its portfolio of laboratory training and professional development resources to meet the needs of the laboratory workforce.

CDC is conducting individual interviews between April – June 2019 by telephone or in-person at [select meetings or conferences]. Each session will last up to an hour. While we sincerely hope you will join in this effort, your participation is voluntary. CDC will keep all participant information and comments confidential. No individual names or other identifying information will be kept or linked to specific responses.

If you are interested in participating, or if you have any questions, please email Amy Hoying at AHoying@cdc.gov to receive a pre-interview questionnaire. Please also forward this opportunity to other relevant individuals in your organization who might be interested in helping reimagine CDC’s laboratory training and professional development offerings!

Thank you,

CDC/DLS staff OR Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Representative

[Name, Title, Contact Information]