Photo gallery Chancellor gives a big ‘thank-you’ to those behind COVID-19 testing
When the COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into turmoil in the spring of 2020, the experts at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene instead got to work, determining how they could support campus COVID-19 testing needs. By August 2020, working in tandem, they had successfully established a robust effort to perform thousands of weekly diagnostic COVID-19 tests, quickly detecting student and employee cases and helping keep the community safe. At a luncheon on Sept. 3, they were officially thanked by Chancellor Rebecca Blank, Athletic Director Chris MacIntosh, and others.
Chancellor Blank praises the lab's efforts as Allen Bateman, director of the Communicable Disease Division at the Wisconsin Laboratory of State Hygiene, listens. Photo by: Jeff Miller
Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab microbiologists and other frontline staff were given Wisconsin-branded merchandise by the Athletic Department. Photo by: Jeff Miller
Athletic Director Chris McIntosh praised the work of the WVDL and brought some UW-Madison merchandise to donate to them in thanks. Photo by: Jeff Miller
