In this episode of the “Leveraging the Laboratory” podcast, host Jane Hermansen, outreach manager at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, is joined by Travis Engelhaupt, digital experience director, and Naomi Lovell, project manager. Together, they discuss website trends and best practices.

Register now – Nov. 19, 2025: Regulatory compliance and recent policy changes at the federal and state levels relevant to hospital laboratory outreach programs.

Launch or refresh your lab newsletter with five key steps to engage, inform, and build stronger connections with your audience.

Top highlights include: Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ethnic disparities in the COVID-19 pandemic and how much protection do face masks offer?

This week’s research roundup features a study on sustained perfusion of revascularized bioengineered livers heterotopically transplanted into immunosuppressed pigs.

Top highlights include: good hand hygiene, minority communities team up to combat COVID-19 health disparities, and how to donate blood during COVID-19.

Top highlight: Mayo Clinic Q and A: COVID-19 and people with disabilities.

Top highlights include: early indicators show investigational convalescent plasma is safe for patients with COVID-19, steps Mayo Clinic is taking to see patients for elective surgeries, and safe social distancing guidelines for patients.

In April 2020, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced four new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.

Due to the Memorial Day holiday (recognized on Monday, May 25), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered.

Antibody Test Kit from Thermo Fisher, WuXi, and Mayo Clinic This morning, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced it will expand its response to the COVID-19 pandemic[...]

Top highlights include: convalescent plasma advocate donates at Mayo Clinic, FDA issues emergency use authorization for algorithm designed to improve detection of heart failure during COVID-19, and new collaboration on COVID-19 response to include new serology test.

Top highlights include: COVID-19 news briefing and VIRUS: COVID-19 registry first to track global ICU experience to shed light on trends in care of critically ill patients.

This week’s research roundup features a study on returning genomic results in a Federally Qualified Health Center: The intersection of prevision medicine and social determinants of health.

Top highlights include: COVID-19 research at Mayo Clinic, steps to avoid or reverse the "Quarantine 15", and tips to care for your skin affected by frequent hand-washing or face masks.