{"id":4798,"date":"2020-03-19T10:58:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/?p=4798"},"modified":"2020-03-19T10:58:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:58:57","slug":"division-of-clinical-laboratory-science-alumni-play-key-role-in-covid-19-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/2020\/03\/division-of-clinical-laboratory-science-alumni-play-key-role-in-covid-19-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Clinical Laboratory Science Alumni Play Key Role in COVID-19 Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Alumni from the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science are playing a key role in COVID-19 testing in an effort to provide better access to care for patients who may have the virus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4351\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/07\/DSC_0446-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/07\/DSC_0446-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/07\/DSC_0446-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/590\/2019\/07\/DSC_0446-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Bondurant Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Several of the division\u2019s alumni, particularly those in microbiology, are working at McLendon Clinical Laboratories, the in-house laboratory for UNC Health. NBC&#8217;s morning show, Today, recently featured Melissa Miller, PhD, the director of the laboratory&#8217;s clinical molecular microbiology and clinical microbiology laboratories. The clip features several alumni of the division&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/prospectivestudents\/cls-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bachelor of science in clinical laboratory science<\/a> and<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/prospectivestudents\/mds-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">master of clinical laboratory science: molecular diagnostic science\u00a0track<\/a>.<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/new-coronavirus-test-in-north-carolina-takes-only-4-hours-to-see-results-80961605870?playlist=mmlsnnd_todayarchivesthursday\">Watch the news story<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumni from the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science are playing a key role in COVID-19 testing in an effort to provide better access to care for patients who may have the virus. Several of the division\u2019s alumni, particularly those in microbiology, are working at McLendon Clinical Laboratories, the in-house laboratory for UNC Health. NBC&#8217;s morning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/2020\/03\/division-of-clinical-laboratory-science-alumni-play-key-role-in-covid-19-testing\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Division of Clinical Laboratory Science Alumni Play Key Role in COVID-19 Testing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55977,"featured_media":4351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Division of Clinical Laboratory Science Alumni Play Key Role in COVID-19 Testing | Clinical Laboratory Science<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/clinical\/2020\/03\/division-of-clinical-laboratory-science-alumni-play-key-role-in-covid-19-testing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Division of Clinical Laboratory Science Alumni Play Key Role in COVID-19 Testing | Clinical Laboratory Science\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alumni from the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science are playing a key role in COVID-19 testing in an effort to provide better access to care for patients who may have the virus. 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