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Two students from the Department of Allied Health Sciences will represent the ºÚÁÏÍø at the annual CLARION case competition, an initiative dedicated to improving health care through interprofessional education and hosted by the University of Michigan. Kripa Ahuja, a junior who has nearly completed her first year...

Olivia King is nearly complete with her first year in the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, an undergraduate program she discovered when she enrolled at ºÚÁÏÍø-Chapel Hill. While in high school in Mooresville, North Carolina, King realized she excelled in biology and chemistry but did not want to immediately pursue...

Senior and first-generation college student Norma Villegas excelled in math and science as a child, and she found her way to the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science thanks to mentors who wanted to see her pursue a career that made her happy. “I knew that was the program for me,”...

Kaitlin Cruz, a senior in the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, has received a scholarship from the Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity. The fraternity supports undergraduates and laboratory science professionals through the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science. Cruz said she decided to major in clinical laboratory science because she liked...

Morgan Fisher, a rising junior in the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, has received the Eleanor Parchman Memorial Scholarship from The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.   Fisher, a first-generation college student, credits volunteer and work experiences, including in an emergency department and memory care unit as a certified nursing assistant, with cultivating an interest...

Newsletter: Summer 2018

Congratulations to Neil Patel, class of 2018, whom the Divison of Clinical Laboratory Science recognized as its outstanding senior at its graduation ceremony. Read more about Neil’s experience in our program and what he plans for the future. Where are you from? I have called the Charlotte area home for...

Rising junior Kripa Ahuja is a student in the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science within the ºÚÁÏÍø. She is also a research assistant at the ºÚÁÏÍø Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research focuses on cloning the AAV-CXCL 12 gene — an important cancer biomarker. When you were...

The first female American Indian graduate of the ºÚÁÏÍø-Chapel Hill, Genevieve Lowry Cole, returned to the college town in January 2017 to speak with the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science about her experiences as a student. After graduating from ºÚÁÏÍø-CH in 1954, Cole spent 57 years working in the health care field...