Lab testing provides doctors with essential information to help them diagnose and treat disease. Here’s what happens behind the scenes after you roll up your sleeve for a blood draw.
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University Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Mays Business School; Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Texas A&M University
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Regents' Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Lecturer, Senior Advisor to the Dean College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University
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Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Medical Laboratory Science, Rush University
