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During the week of April 14-20, 2024, CDC’s Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) celebrates the 49th Medical Laboratory Professionals Week to recognize clinical and public health laboratory professionals for their contributions to the health of our communities.  

Our Lab Week theme for 2024 is The Future is Lab. This year’s lab week theme celebrates laboratory professionals who protect our future by skillfully adapting to meet today’s evolving patient care and public health challenges with resilience, innovation, and expertise. 

Show your appreciation by accessing our digital Lab Week toolkit and sharing it with other laboratory professionals and partners in your networks. 

Dear [Partner Organization], 

Join CDC’s Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) on April 14-20, 2024, as we celebrate the 49th annual Medical Laboratory Professionals Lab Week to recognize clinical and public health laboratory professionals for their contributions to the health of our:  

• Communities, through their work in public health and clinical laboratories 
• Family members, friends, and colleagues who are patients in clinical settings 

Our 2024 theme for Lab Week, The Future is Lab, celebrates laboratory professionals who protect our future by skillfully adapting to meet today’s evolving patient care and public health challenges with resilience, innovation, and expertise. This theme also creates awareness and excitement about working in a laboratory setting. 

We encourage you to use The Future is Lab digital toolkit to honor, showcase, and reflect on the valuable contributions of all laboratory professionals and their direct impact on public health and patient care. Share and repost through your social media channels using these hashtags: #LabWeek2024 #TheFutureisLab  

Please share these resources with your colleagues and throughout your networks.