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Utah Business magazine has honored ARUP Laboratories with a 2023 Best Companies to Work For Award. ARUP has earned this award every year since 2018.

From left, Claire Adam of ARUP Laboratories, Jimmy McDonough of the Talent Ready Utah Center, and Michaela Hatch of Recursion discuss how returnships can help ensure that women won’t abandon careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.

ARUP Medical Laboratory Scientist Beah Manuel performs enzyme activity deficiency testing. Employer recommendations from employees like Manuel and others in Utah landed ARUP Laboratories a spot on Forbes Magazine’s most recent list of best employers by state.

ARUP Wellness Supervisor Danny James, MS, CSCS, demonstrates the bird dog exercise for a corrective exercise participant.

Kamisha Johnson-Davis, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC), ARUP medical director of Clinical Toxicology, and Richard Ferguson, MD, MBA, Black Physicians of Utah founder and president, initiated the planning for ARUP’s Summer Research Day and collaborated throughout the event.

Members of the Biochemical Genetics laboratory gather for a photo.

Left to right, Archana Agarwal, MD; Kristi Smock, MD; Tracy George, MD; and Peng Li, MD, PhD, are all hematopathologists and leaders at ARUP who are working to create a welcoming work environment for employees. Along with supportive policies and practices, professional development opportunities, and other benefits, these characteristics have earned ARUP a spot on the list of 100 Utah Companies Championing Women.

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. Jobseekers should be vigilant in spotting phishing and recruitment scams.

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.

Lauren Pearson, DO, MPH, is the first appointed chief medical officer of ARUP at University of Utah Health. Her new role will support ARUP’s commitment to continuous quality improvement for clinical laboratory services across the University of Utah Health system.