NC Department of Health and Human Services

Official 2024 NC SciFest Host Site Offerings

NC State Laboratory of Public Health STEM Festival:
April 29, 2024, from 11:30 am-1:30 pm

Join the NC State Laboratory of Public Health for hands on activities to learn more about a public health laboratory.
Location: 4312 District Dr. Raleigh, NC.
CLICK HERE for more details.

Virtual Tour

If you are unable to attend or want to learn more about what our talented and diverse workforce does at the NC State Laboratory of Public Health, please consider taking this virtual tour.

Coming Soon!

Newborn Screening Short Film

We are thrilled to share with the public this 2023 short documentary (8 minutes) about the positive impacts of the NC Newborn Screening program at the NC State Laboratory of Public Health. Please share this story with others!

A Day in the Life of a Newborn Screening Specimen at the NC State Laboratory of Public Health

Free Educator Resources

This free educator resource is a “choose your own adventure” designed for audiences in 5^th-9^th grades. This is an informative sample of the variety of testing done at the NC State Laboratory of Public Health.

A Day in the Life of a Specimen: Choose Your Own Adventure at NC State Laboratory of Public Health

*These slides must be in “present mode” to work as intended!