Two UHL administrators, Industrial Hygiene Program Manager Pam Kostle and Human Services Officer Pat Kosier, were recently recognized by national organizations for excellence in their leadership roles.

Pam Kostle was recently elected as Vice Chair of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Laboratory Quality Assurance Programs (LQAP) Analytical Accreditation Board (AAB).

The AAB grants accreditation or registry status to laboratories, organizations and individuals throughout North America. Its goal is to provide long-range planning and growth for present and future accreditation programs. The board also conducts technical business for and establishes policies of the LQAP.

Kostle, who has been a member of the AAB since January 2005, will assume her role as Vice Chair in January 2008. She holds an M.S. in Industrial Hygiene from the University of Iowa College of Public Health and has been Industrial Hygiene Program Manager at UHL since April 2001.

Pat Kosier, UHL Human Resources Officer, recently received her certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). The accreditation is administered by the Human Resource Certification Institute, the accrediting body of the human resource profession affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management.

The certification involves a body of knowledge in six core areas of the human resource profession: strategic management, human resources development, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, workforce planning and placement, and occupational safety and health.

The University Hygienic Laboratory is the state of Iowas environmental and public health laboratory, with facilities located on the University of Iowa's Oakdale Campus in Iowa City and at the Iowa Lab Facilities in Ankeny, a Des Moines suburb. Among its many services, the laboratory functions as a consultative and analytical support facility for state agencies, health professionals, and citizens. UHL is part of the University of Iowa and has developed and maintained effective and productive collaborations with the Iowa Department of Public Health, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Geological Survey, and local public health agencies. The UHL performs analyses on samples from virtually all matrices, including human clinical specimens, air, drinking water, wastewater, soil, sediment, industrial effluents, oil and fish. In addition to performing analyses by specified methods, the UHL provides methods development and procedure verification for nonroutine analyses. Additional information about UHL, its programs and services is available online at www.uhl.uiowa.edu.

STORY SOURCE: University Hygienic Laboratory, 102 Oakdale Campus, H101 OH, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-5002

MEDIA CONTACT: Pat Blake, 319-335-4177, patricia-blake@uiowa.edu. Writer: Brandy Huseman.