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Public Health Laboratory
SC Department of Environmental Control
Public Health Laboratory
8231 Parklane Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29223
Phone: (803) 896-0800
Fax: (803) 896-0983
Laboratory Directors
Jennifer F. Meredith, PhD, HCLD(ABB)
Laboratory Director
(803) 896-0966
Ona Adair, PhD
Assistant Laboratory Director
(803) 896-9725
Christine Joseph
Administrative Coordinator
(803) 896-0966
Office of Quality Assurance
Patricia Myers, Program Manager
Quality Assurance
(803) 896-3897
Office of Health and Safety
Andrea Causey, Program Manager
Safety Officer
(803) 896-0956
Chemistry Division
Elizabeth Bair, MS, Director
Chemistry Division
(803) 896-0991
Sandi Hall, Supervisor
Newborn Screening
(803) 896-0891
Jimmy LaPalme, Supervisor
Analytical Chemist
(803) 896-3866
Logistics Division
David Rivers, Director
Logistics Division
(803) 896-0923
Walter Kisamore, Supervisor
Facility Management
(803) 896-0932 / 0918
Raymond Rembold, Supervisor
Instrument Services
(803) 896-0919
Todd Dufries, Supervisor
Supply Services
(803) 896-0915
Microbiology Division
Megan Davis, MS, Director
Microbiology Division
(803) 896-0870
Sandra Bandstra, Supervisor
Clinical Microbiology
(803) 896-0803
Dana Waggoner, Supervisor
Food Microbiology
(803) 896-0872
Brittany Jones-Smith, Supervisor
Mycobacteriology (TB)
(803) 896-0498
Amanda Moore, Supervisor
Special Pathogens
(803) 896-0777
Virology & Serology Division
Cory Weaver, PhD
Virology and Serology Division Director
(803) 896-0897
Sherrie Jones, Supervisor
Diagnostic Serology
(803) 896-0811
Christy Jeffcoat-Greenwood, Supervisor
Virology / Rabies
(803) 896-0820
Gregory Goodwin, Supervisor
Molecular Microbiology
(803) 896-0826
Support Division
Melissa Dawson, Manager
Support Division
(803) 896-0897
Melissa Dawson, Supervisor
Media, Reagents & Glassware
(803) 896-2331
LaTashia Shiver, Supervisor
Specimen Management
(803) 896-0876
Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Division
Linda Conway
LIMS Administrator
Regional Laboratory
Upstate Public Health Regional Office
352 Halton Road
Greenville, SC 29607
Phone: (864) 372-3269
Fax: (864) 372-3269
Midlands Public Health Regional Office
2000 Hampton Street
Columbia, SC 29204
Phone: (803) 576-2900
Fax: (803) 576-2999
Pee Dee Public Health Regional Office
145 E. Cheves Street
Florence, SC 29506-2526
Phone: (843) 661-4835
Fax: (843) 661-4859
Lowcountry Public Health Regional Office
4050 Bridge View Drive, Suite 600
North Charleston, SC 29405
Phone: (843) 953-0038
Fax: (843) 953-0081