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