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Nicole Folken, Education Specialist at Mayo Medical Laboratories, discusses how to cut costs without cutting corners when planning a conference or meeting.

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Lab and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Lab Services in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, recently spoke with the Post-Bulletin about Lyme disease and West Nile virus and how to avoid them this summer.

Xiaotun Zhang, M.B., Anatomic/Clinical Pathology Resident, was recently named the 2017-2018 Dr. Hobart K.B. Allebach Fellowship in Pathology Outstanding Resident.

Pharmacogenomic testing is still limited, despite ample research, the existence of guidelines, and the emerging evidence it can help patients. Ann Moyer, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Director of the Personalized Genomics Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, makes a case for pharmacogenomics.

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the comparison of risk stratification models to predict recurrence and survival in pleuropulmonary solitary fibrous tumor.

In this sketchnote, Bruce Thao discusses how historical trauma and resilience impact health equity and their effects on a community. He challenges health care to act and calls for education for providers and health care professionals to help recognize and eliminate these health inequities.

James Hernandez, M.D., Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, weighs in on physician and pathologist burnout in CAP Today.

While online retailers experiment with drones as a way to swiftly deliver consumer purchases, laboratory medicine physicians and scientists have a lifesaving goal: using drones to rapidly deliver laboratory specimens.

The "Mpls-St Paul" magazine article highlights Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Lab and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Lab Services in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, and her research on ticks and parasites.

Hormone therapy is often used to prevent night sweats. But finding the right dose of estrogen can be tricky, with some women needing more estrogen than others to get relief. A new Mayo Clinic study published in Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society found that genetic differences appear to play a role in the effectiveness of hormonal treatment for menopausal women.

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., spends her work hours identifying and diagnosing infectious diseases. In her free time, she celebrates their beauty by creating bug-related artwork and blogging about parasites.

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the association between inherited germline mutations in cancer predisposition genes and risk of pancreatic cancer.

Brian Rognholt says his Mayo Clinic training helped him to keep his cool when he competed on "Forged in Fire," a History Channel reality series.