ASCLS-OR

04/11/2025

Expect the unexpected in the lab! 🧪 🦠

🎙️Check out the newest episode of the Off the Bench podcast by ASCLS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/off-the-bench/id1460055748?i=1000734461080

21/10/2025

📢 Oregon labs!
Do you have lab staff (Phlebotomists, TLAs) who would make great additions to your MLT workforce? This three-year apprenticeship program allows labs to train and retain their own future MLTs on-site while employees complete related coursework through Portland Community College’s NAACLS-accredited curriculum.
Apprentices are paid employees who train step-by-step across all major lab areas (chemistry, hematology, microbiology, immunology, blood bank, and more) while earning their Associate of Science degree. The program meets CLIA standards for moderate and high-complexity testing and prepares participants to take the ASCP MLT Certification Exam (Route 4) upon completion.
It’s a cost-effective workforce investment—labs pay apprentices’ wages on the BOLI scale, and apprentices cover the cost of their coursework (approximately $5,000 per year).

⚡️Now recruiting for the January 2026 cohort⚡️
Interested labs or candidates can contact directly for details or application materials: Sarah Comstock, Apprenticeship Director, scomstock@santiamhospital.org

26/09/2025

The 2025 Labvocate Symposium is your chance to stand up for the profession and make sure Congress hears the voice loud and clear!

October 20-21 | Alexandria, VA | Virtual

This year’s advocacy focus:
➡The RESULTS Act of 2025 – fixing lab reimbursement rate setting and stopping devastating cuts.

➡The Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act of 2025 – creating solutions to train and support more laboratory professionals.

Learn how to effectively tell your story, connect with legislators, and join colleagues from six lab organizations in shaping the future of the profession.

The Early Bird discount ends Monday, Sept 29. Sign up today!

22/09/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Oregon's 2025 student winners of ASCLS National Scholarships!

✨Jessica Doan, Alpha Mu Tau Undergrad (pictured)
✨Nicole Nixon, Ruth M. French Memorial
✨Mistee Church, Alpha Mu Tau Undergrad
✨Avery Harman, Bernadette "Bunny" F. Rodak Memorial MLS

Well done to all of our students! 👏

09/09/2025

How do you stay informed on issues and advancements in science? What publications do you read?

Join the conversation on ASCLS Connect.

02/09/2025

Congratulations to ASCLS-OR's 2025 Constituent Society Member of the Year, our Treasurer Tiffany Mach! 🥳
Tiffany, we so appreciate all of the time you've given and work you've done volunteering for ASCLS Oregon! ❤ Thank you!

29/08/2025

25/08/2025

News and upcoming events by ASCLS!

New today: The August issue of ASCLS Society News Now

➡ ASCLS Urges Congress to Reauthorize HRSA Title VII and Title VIII Programs
➡ New CE Courses Available on ASCLS Labucate
➡ Free Webinar on Polycystic O***y Syndrome for Laboratory Professionals
➡ Inaugural Women of Laboratory Science Summit
➡ And more!

Read all about it: https://ascls.org/society-news-now-august-2025/

22/08/2025

ASCLS-OR was honored to win the 1st Place Community Engagement award at the 2025 ASCLS Awards Ceremony! 🥇 Thank you for the honor and acknowledgement of the time and effort our volunteers have put into our various communications to our community, such as the Centrifuge newsletters and social media (like Facebook)!

Pictured: Several members of our communications teams: Jessie VanBlaricum, Laura Sage, Katrina McKinder, and Susan Runyan (with ASCLS 2024-2025 President Pat Tille).