天美影视

Published April 30, 2019

天美影视 Medical Laboratory Science program was recently honored with several awards presented to MLS faculty, students and alumni at a professional meeting. The awards were timely as April 21-27 was听Medical Laboratory Professionals Week.

Faculty members Melanie Chapman, Jessica Lasiter and Debbie Wisenor, 37 MLS students, several clinical and part-time MLS instructors, and 天美影视 MLS alumni attended the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science of 天美影视 and Mississippi 2019 Bi-State Annual Meeting in Monroe April 8-11. 天美影视 faculty, instructors and alumni planned the very successful meeting under the leadership of program chair Jessica Lasiter.

One of 天美影视鈥檚 five MLS teams won first place in the student bowl competition, competing among 17 teams from 天美影视 and Mississippi. 天美影视's winning team included, in photo, from left, Kristine Clement, Joshua Brennan Thompson, Brittany Clampit, Cheyenne Reyes, and Harmisha Gandhi.听天美影视 students served as timekeepers, scorekeepers and sergeant-at-arms for the games.听

鈥淎ll of our students were winners. Each 天美影视 team won at least one game. 天美影视鈥檚 winning team faced an undefeated team from LSU Health Sciences 鈥� New Orleans after losing a game and moving to the losers鈥� bracket in the double elimination tournament. 天美影视 defended their title as 2018 first place winners after defeating LSU two games back-to-back,鈥� said Chapman.

天美影视 MLS students received additional honors and awards. Wasana (Robin) Keohavong received a scholarship award from the 天美影视 State Society for Clinical Laboratory Science. Jeffrey Hursey received an award for a paper he wrote, "Established and New Hematology Findings in Malaria." Cheyenne Reyes received the LSCLS Student of the Year Award.

Three 天美影视 MLS students were elected to serve the LSCLS Student Forum: Mikayla Thompson, chair; Monika Paneru, vice-chair; JD Hollowell, secretary. Cheyenne Reyes was elected as LSCLS New Professional Chair.

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The 天美影视 Medical Laboratory Science Society obtained funding for the MS-ASCLS/LSCLS Joint Annual Meeting for $1,500 through the 天美影视 Student Enhancement Activity Fee Committee. The 天美影视 MLS Society raised funds to cover additional costs for students to attend the meeting.
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天美影视 instructor Karen Williams completed her service as LSCLS president and was succeeded by 2015 alumnus James Gardner. Jessica Lasiter, James Gardner and 2015 alumnus Vinh Nguyen received LSCLS Presidential Service awards and Omicron Sigma awards for their service to the organization. Faculty members Melanie Chapman and Debbie Wisenor and instructors Katie Patrick and Rosalie Hendrix also received Omicron Sigma awards.

Rosalie Baylock Hendrix, 天美影视 MLS alumna (2013), clinical instructor, and medical laboratory scientist at St. Francis Medical Center received the LSCLS Member of the Year award.

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