Anticipation and excitement are growing as the county’s new $93 million public health laboratory and garage nears completion.
Scheduled to open in late spring 2025, the 52,000-square-foot building is three times larger than the county’s former cramped and outdated public health laboratory, limited by its aging infrastructure.
The new two-story public health laboratory at the Kearny Mesa County Operations Center will significantly increase the county’s capacity to test for infectious diseases, monitor food and water safety, and test for dangerous pathogens. It will also provide additional services such as whole genome sequencing and tuberculosis screening.
Additionally, the state-of-the-art laboratory will be a regional resource, serving as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory for San Diego and Imperial Counties. The laboratory will also provide education and training opportunities for public health microbiologists and hospital partners in the community.
THE CDC Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity funds as well as the state fund The future of public health program contributed to the new laboratory.