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ARUP Senior Clinical Product Manager Lisa Skodack Jones, pictured here in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains, began her career at ARUP as an Infectious Diseases quality specialist in 1990. Now, she plays an essential role in Business Development.

Recent recruitment fraud attacks have hit those seeking jobs at ARUP Laboratories and other local companies. Job seekers should be vigilant in spotting phishing and recruitment scams.

Stewart and Becky Tribe, shown here with their 2-year-old son Woodward and their 5-year-old daughter Linden, say their family benefitted greatly from newborn screening that led to their son’s early GAMT deficiency diagnosis. Woody, as he is called, has taken supplements since his birth that have prevented cognitive impairments he might have developed if the disorder had not been detected in infancy.

(Left to right) ARUP employee Toni Pollock presents a check to International Rescue Committee Regional Director Patrick Poulin and Development Officer Jesse Sheets with fellow ARUP employee Danita Kuehnl.

Allison Carey, MD, PhD, pictured in her lab at the University of Utah, developed a molecular barcoding approach to identify genetic variants that make some strains of Mycobacterium avium more resistant to antibiotics.

ARUP Consult^®, a free source of laboratory testing information for clinicians, released several new and updated resources in January.

Erik Forsman draws on his seven years of experience as a healthcare data consultant to share the foundations of a holistic, in-house data analytic system in a new Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine (JALM) article.

Nathan Boggs, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine at the Uniformed Services University who is engaged in systemic mastocytosis (SM) translational research, helped Mark Withers, MD, obtain a definitive diagnosis of SM after 20-plus years. Tracy George, MD, ARUP Laboratories president and chief scientific officer, has led the effort to develop highly sensitive tests at ARUP that aid in the diagnosis of SM and has played a key role in clinical trials for emerging treatments.

Cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and COVID-19 in children, older adults, and other vulnerable populations are on the rise and warrant laboratory testing to inform treatment.

Tony Smith, BS(HCM), MLT(ASCP), senior healthcare consultant at ARUP Laboratories, is the author of a newly published article in Clinical Laboratory News that offers guidelines for creating strong governance structures to ensure sustainability of laboratory stewardship programs.

Medical laboratory professionals such as this pair at work at ARUP are in high demand. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that nearly 26,000 more of these highly trained specialists will be needed each year through 2030.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its blood donation guidelines to remove a former ban related to concern about variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) transmission.