Office of the State Medical Examiner

Prevention. Promotion. Protection.

Picture of Dr. Jilly, Chief

Dr. Bernd Jilly, Chief
Alaska State Public Health Laboratories

Mission Statement

The Alaska State Public Health Laboratories (ASPHL) constitute an essential component of the state and national public health infrastructure and clearly operates with a different mission and purpose than do private sector laboratories.

The mission of the ASPHL is to provide analytical and technical laboratory information in support of state and national public health disease prevention programs and represents a first line of defense in the rapid recognition of the spread of communicable diseases.

Alaska State Public Health Laboratories

Anchorage Laboratory

5455 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
PO Box 196093
Anchorage, AK 99507

(907) 334-2100
fax (907) 334-2161 

Business Hours: 

8 am – 5 pm, Monday – Friday

Emergency Calls After Hours: 1-855-222-9918

Paging instructions: Once connected, you will hear a message with the instruction to press 1 to continue. Pressing 1 will forward you directly to the on-call laboratorian. A laboratorian will call you back as soon as possible.

Fairbanks Laboratory

University of Alaska, Fairbanks
931 Sheenjek Drive
P.O. Box 60230
Fairbanks, AK 99706-0230

(907) 474-7017
fax (907) 474-4036

Business Hours: 

7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday

Emergency Calls After Hours: (907) 269-5520
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