Student group gives money to MGH

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The Clinical Lab Science Club at Northern Michigan University recently donated $350 from its annual gourmet caramel apple fundraiser to the Marquette General Foundation. Pictured are (from left): Autumn Lowery; CLS Club President, Kate Abrahamson; Marquette General Foundation Executive Director Jim LaJoie; Michelle Stewart; and the club's adviser, Paula Genovese. They sold 288 apples and contributed half of the proceeds to the Marquette General Foundation. The remaining proceeds will supper club activities such as field trips and conferences.

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 Ziller, Servoss Named Outstanding Graduates

 Jessie Ziller (pictured) graduates in April, majoring in speech-language and hearing sciences with a 4.0 GPA.  Ziller served as an audiology teaching assistant and program senior tutor. She plans to pursue a doctorate of audiology.

Leah Servoss received a bachelor’s degree in speech, language, and hearing sciences in December 2010, with an overall GPA of 4.0. She had the opportunity to be a teaching assistant in the Cognitive Neuroscience course during her last semester. Servoss is currently applying to graduate school in speech-language pathology. 

The Marquette General Health System-NMU cytogenetic and molecular pathology laboratory, located on campus, has been accredited by the College of American Pathologists. The lab offers comprehensive diagnostic services in all types of chromosome studies, including cancer cytogentics, congenital disorders, prenatal diagnosis and high-resolution chromosome analysis.

Five Michigan health care facilities have become clinical sites for NMU student internships, including Genesys Regional Medical Center (Grand Blanc), Michigan Department of Community Health (Lansing), Sparrow Hospital (Lansing), University of Michigan Hospital (Ann Arbor) and Mercy General (Muskegon). Full list of affiliates
Brain Injury Research

Dr. Morley and Andrea Selmser

NMU senior Andrea Selmser will present research she conducted under the mentorship and direction of Dr. Debra Morley, neurologist at the Iron Mountain VA Medical Center, at the Third Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury in Washington D.C. in June. The research centers on traumatic brain injury in returning veterans. More on Andrea's research

Study Abroad to Honduras

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Clinical Science faculty members Mary Stunkard, Cathy Bammert and Rick Lopez will lead a group of NMU students to the Yojoa region of Honduras this summer where they will perform diagnostic blood tests to help identify diseases at the clinics of Dr. Milton Mendoza. Students will also install bio-sand water filters in area schools where access to clean drinking water is lacking. They will also teach young children about clean water hygiene and train school staff in maintenance of the bio-sand filters.
Demand in the Field

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2012, the United States will need 69,000 more clinical laboratory scientists/medical technologists and 68,000 more clinical/medical laboratory technicians than it did in 2002. student in labEstimates of hiring shortfalls for job vacancies may be as high as 9,000 to 10,000 per year.”  Start your clinical sciences degree today!

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