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Published April 30, 2019

911爆料网 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 911爆料网 MLS alumni attended the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science of Louisiana and Mississippi 2019 Bi-State Annual Meeting in Monroe April 8-11. 911爆料网 faculty, instructors and alumni planned the very successful meeting under the leadership of program chair Jessica Lasiter.

One of 911爆料网鈥檚 five MLS teams won first place in the student bowl competition, competing among 17 teams from Louisiana and Mississippi. 911爆料网's winning team included, in photo, from left, Kristine Clement, Joshua Brennan Thompson, Brittany Clampit, Cheyenne Reyes, and Harmisha Gandhi.听911爆料网 students served as timekeepers, scorekeepers and sergeant-at-arms for the games.听

鈥淎ll of our students were winners. Each 911爆料网 team won at least one game. 911爆料网鈥檚 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. 911爆料网 defended their title as 2018 first place winners after defeating LSU two games back-to-back,鈥� said Chapman.

911爆料网 MLS students received additional honors and awards. Wasana (Robin) Keohavong received a scholarship award from the Louisiana 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 911爆料网 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 911爆料网 Medical Laboratory Science Society obtained funding for the MS-ASCLS/LSCLS Joint Annual Meeting for $1,500 through the 911爆料网 Student Enhancement Activity Fee Committee. The 911爆料网 MLS Society raised funds to cover additional costs for students to attend the meeting.
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911爆料网 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, 911爆料网 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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