Celebrating Black Voices in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Fostering an inclusive and diverse laboratory environment is essential for delivering top-notch patient care. For 2024, we are sharing insight from Black leaders in pathology and laboratory medicine, and looking at how we can better serve Black and Brown patient populations. Learn more below.

Check out interviews from our celebration of Black History Month in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Q & A with Dana Powell Baker, President of The Society of Black Pathologists

DanaPowellBaker Given that Black pathologists and laboratory professionals are still significantly less represented than their white peers in these professions, the need for the Society of Black Pathologists has never been greater. Critical Values spoke with its current president, Dana Powell Baker, EdD, MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)^CM, about SBP’s vision for the future and her goals as the first non-MD President of the SBP.

A Red Blood Cell Alloantibody Exchange Aims to Protect Vulnerable Populations

ASCP and other key organizations in the blood bank community have formed a working group to create an RBC Alloantibody Exchange that would help individuals with sickle cell disease—which predominantly affects Black and African American patients—and other patients who frequently receive blood transfusions. Read on to learn more about this award-winning effort.

Fostering a Diverse Laboratory Workforce

Diversity and equity in patient care starts with the laboratory. At ASCP 2023, members of the Society of Black Pathologists held a panel on recruiting pathologists and laboratory professionals from diverse and underrepresented groups. Here, they share some of their insights.

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