ODU Medical Technology/Medical Laboratory Science Program

Commonwealth Transfusion Foundation Expands Support for ODU’s Medical Laboratory Science Students Most patients will never meet the scientists who test their blood, type their cells or spot the infection that explains their fever. But every diagnosis depends on them. Across Virginia and nationwide, too few students know this career exists until it’s almost too late to choose it. That delay con...

Meet Emily Raines, the team lead clinical laboratory scientist at North Battlefield VA Clinic! 🧪

She’s standing next to one of the most important tools in the lab — the chemistry analyzer!
This high-tech instrument reads, measures, and performs efficient testing to help your healthcare team understand what’s going on inside your body. The results from testing are used by doctors to assess many things including heart health, kidney function, liver function, and even hormones, to name a few. From basic chemistry tests, like glucose and electrolytes, to more specific testing like prostatic specific antigen (PSA) and pregnancy tests, this chemistry department is the highest volume area of the lab.

When your doctor sends you for lab work, most of those tests are run on this machine, to show a full picture of your health.