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Maddie Josephs, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS President Few organizations perform advocacy as well as ASCLS. After all, it is one of the Society’s strategic pillars. As the premier organization for medical laboratory professionals, ASCLS clearly has advocacy at the core of its goals and objectives. Our leadership and staff, committee and task force members work to…
Sara Oswald, ASCLS Developing Professionals Forum Vice Chair A few months ago, one of my work colleagues was visibly upset when she got off the phone with a provider. The chemistry results for this patient were all out of whack, and when she called to report the issue to the provider, she was informed this…
THE EMERGING ROLE OF LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS IN THE COVID-19 RESPONSE Shawn Luby, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM Photo credit: Lisa Ferdinando, U.S. Department of Defense So, what can you tell me about these T-cells I keep hearing about?” This was a question I honestly never imagined I would be answering during a weekly video call with my family…
Susan J. Leclair, PhD As with many working couples, my husband and I had an average relationship with our town. We paid our taxes and complained but did little more. After retirement, we started to become more active and thus began to interact with the people who worked in the town offices. The new town…
HOW ASCLS-HAWAII MOBILIZED TO SAVE IT Sheri Gon, MPH, MLS(ASCP)CM; Claire Muranaka, MLT(ASCP), ASCLS-Hawaii President; and Kristen Croom, MLS(ASCP)CMMB(ASCP), ASCLS Region X Director The University of Hawaii at Manoa Budget Committee initially recommended eliminating the Medical Technology Program to save money during the COVID-19 induced recession. A distinguishing feature of ASCLS is that it serves…
Phyllis Ingham, EdD, MLS(ASCP)CM, AHI(AMT), ASCLS Virtual Learning Steering Committee Chair, ASCLS-Georgia President “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” – Charles R. Swindoll What we choose to do with the great opportunities and impossible situations gives us our Golden Opportunity. Way before COVID, headlines about growing…
Terry Kotrla, MS, MT(ASCP)BB, CLEC Steering Committee Chair; DeAnne Maxwell, CLEC Steering Committee Vice Chair; and Dana Powell Baker, MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, CLEC Steering Committee Past Chair CLEC 2021 attendees will have access to more than 40 educational sessions, including all session recordings for 30 days after the event. We are elated to serve as…
Stephanie K. Mabry MS, MLS(ASCP)CMSCCM, ASCLS PAC Board of Trustees Chair The ASCLS region with the highest donations receives the PAC-tastic Trophy (top). Individuals who donate $40 or more, receive the annual PAC Pin (above). Many laboratorians see the need for effective advocacy for our profession and the patients we serve, and yet many of…
Stephanie Mihane, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS Region VIII Director Author Stephanie Mihane advocates for the profession by participating in career fairs. I have decided to take a slightly different approach to advocacy, which is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as “public support for an idea, plan, or way of doing something.” I believe being an advocate is…
(AND WHY YOU SHOULD BE ONE, TOO) Marianne T. Downes, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM, ASCLS-Pennsylvania President I am no one special. I did not spend my entire life planning to work in a hospital laboratory. I did not even know the field existed until someone informed me of the appropriate education and credentials needed to successfully enter…