The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Story | Episode 18

02/28/24 • 19 min

Why are diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives critical to laboratory medicine and the achievement of health equity? Tune into this episode of Laborastories to find out, as host Dr. Octavia Peck Palmer talks with Dr. Christina Pierre about what the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) is doing to align the association with DEI principles and to empower our members to put these principles into practice.

With special guest:

Dr. Christina Pierre

Hosted by:

Dr. Octavia Peck Palmer

With special guest:

Dr. Christina Pierre

Hosted by:

Dr. Octavia Peck Palmer

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The Value of Lab Medicine Story | Episode 17

The clinical lab’s insights are crucial to improving patient outcomes. However, demonstrating this to providers, payers, other healthcare stakeholders, and the general public has proven to be a challenge. Join Laborastories host Dr. Octavia Peck Palmer as she talks with Dr. David Grenache about what the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) is doing to make headway on this important issue—and how labs can get out there and show their value.

With special guest:

Dr. David Grenache

Hosted by:

Dr. Octavia Peck Palmer

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The Data Science Fairness Story | Episode 19

Healthcare professionals currently don’t have the ability to monitor whether medical artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are fair or not — a serious gap that could lead to AI exacerbating existing disparities and harming the most vulnerable patient populations. In this episode of Laborastories, host Dr. Octavia Peck Palmer talks with Dr. Mark Zaydman about this issue and about an Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) competition that aims to encourage clinical labs to develop tools to meet this need.

With special guest:

Dr. Mark Zaydman

Hosted by:

Dr. Octavia Peck Palmer