Balancing Act
How to Calculate costs and balance your diagnostic lab budget
Carrie Lapaire Harmon, SPDN Co-Director
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2025
Carrie Lapaire Harmon, SPDN Co-Director
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2025
Angela Madeiras (University of Massachusetts Amherst – NEPDN) and Tania Brenes-Arguedas (WPDN Co-Director and National Program Coordinator)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2025
NPDN Regulatory Relations Committee
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2025
Stephanie Shea – Accreditation Program Manager (NEPDN)
Dear PDIS Users,
We are pleased to announce two new features in the PDIS designed to enhance your diagnostic and reporting workflows:
1. NPDN First-In-State Entry
Kassie Conner, NPDN RRC Vice Chair (Auburn University, SPDN) and Samantha Fieweger, NPDN RRC Chair (Wisconsin DATCP, NCPDN)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2025
Alicyn Smart – Executive Director, NPDN
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2025
Clarissa Balbalian (Chair, National Data Committee)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2025
Sara May, The Pennsylvania State University – NEPDN, Swarnalatha Moparthi, North Carolina State University – SPDN, and Samantha Fieweger, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection - NCPDN
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2025
Zach Schumm, Iowa State University – NCPDN – NPDN O&E Committee Chair and Jenny Glass, Washington State University – WPDN - O&E Committee Vice Chair
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2025
NPDN supports plant health and biosecurity in U.S. agricultural and natural ecosystems by providing expert diagnostic capacity, communication, coordination, and quality pest and disease diagnostic information.