Connecticut Dept. of Public Health Laboratory
				
				10 Clinton Street
				
				Hartford, 
				CT
				USA
				06106
				
				
					 Email:
					gary.budnick@ct.gov
				
				
				
Biographical Sketch:
1980-present -- Public Health Microbiologist, Conn. Dept of Public Health Laboratory, Hartford, Conn.
2001-present-- Supervising Microbiologist, TB/STD/HIV unit,  Conn. Dept of Public Health Laboratory, Hartford, Conn.
Responsible for diagnostic laboratory testing of clinical specimens for C. trachomatis, N. gonorrhoeae, HIV and other STD-related agents. Oversee validation and verification of STD laboratory testing technologies.