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Podcast: Keeping IT Brief
Episode: A Look At The CDC’s Advanced Molecular Detection Program
Description: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) program is modernizing the nation’s public health system’s disease-investigation capabilities by integrating traditional epidemiology with next-generation genomic sequencing (NGS) and bioinformatics to look at pathogens in new ways. Innovations developed through AMD yield insights into disease-causing microbes and how to stop them; identify known and emerging infectious pathogens; find disease outbreaks faster; understand, monitor, and control antimicrobial resistance; and develop and target measures to protect people’s health.Leidos’ scientists and technical experts received a 2022 Innovation Award from FedHealthIT for their work supporting the AMD pr...