CLS Student Awards
2011 American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
Laura Jordan was awarded an ASCP National Student Honor Award in recognition of outstanding academic and leadership achievement.
2011 American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Legislative Symposium
Bridget Nelson was chosen as a Wisconsin delegate to the ASCLS Legislative Symposium in Washington, D.C., March 21-22, 2011. She and several other Wisconsin laboratorians met with legislators to discuss issues of concern to the diagnostic laboratory profession.
2011 Beckman Coulter/ASCLS Travel Grant
Bridget Nelson was awarded a $1,000 travel grant to attend the July 2011 American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Bridget will present the results of her senior year research.
2011 Wisconsin Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Clinical Laboratory Science seniors did Marquette proud at the Wisconsin Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science in April. Nearly 70 CLS students from Wisconsin universities presented scientific posters at this meeting, and Marquette seniors won 7 of the 12 awards:
CLS Student Research:
- 1st Place: Laura Jordan: Improved Clostridium difficile Detection: The Advantages of Using a Two-Step Testing Algorithm
- 2nd Place: Josh Mullins: Polycythemia: Why So Spurious?
CLS Faculty-sponsored Research:
- 1st Place: Bridget Nelson: Glacial Acetic Acid Interference with Human Papillomavirus Testing Using Cervista HPV HR
- 2nd Place: Tasha Hefter: Drosophila sV17 Protein
CLS Literature Review:
- 2nd Place: Colleen Hastings: Detecting Malaria by Automated Methods
CLS Case Studies
- 1st Place: Nathan Wagner: The Dangers of Antibodies to High Incidence Antigens
- 2nd Place: Danielle Paider: Dual Diagnosis
2010 American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Annual Meeting
Phyu Thwe won the Undergraduate Student Poster Competition at the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) Annual Meeting, July 2010, Anaheim, CA. Her poster was titled, Analysis of PLD1 Activity and Biofilm Formation of Candida albicans in Respiratory Samples. Phyu also was one of 5 students nationally to win a Beckman Coulter Travel Grant to attend the meeting.
