146 - SLCMAD! Where Research Ideas Connect

Abstract: Building capacity and expertise at Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District to implement applied research and become a continuously learning agency. This talk will be a brief canvas of how SLCMAD has grown to accommodate its applied research goals, specifications for the new facility with it's intent to host collaborators, and programmatic growth with local Universities to develop pipelines for research labor. District change has been enacted successively through the executive director (budget, infrastructure, ideation), assistant director (program development, resource management), and laboratory director (personnel management, growth opportunities) at SLCMAD. An exposé on successful research based internships and continuing projects will also be shown. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -