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All MLS students attend the ULM Nursing and Health Sciences Career Fair. This career fair has potential employers who recruit future medical laboratory scientists.

Jennifer Nguyen prepares a red blood cell sample while testing patients' ABO antigens.

Thousands of samples are processed and analyzed on a daily basis in a clinical laboratory.

Year two students spend the last two semesters at a medical laboratory with one-on-one instruction from a medical laboratory scientist.

MLS Students have an opportunity in two courses to co-teach with MLS faculty.

Medical Laboratory Science students adopted several CASA children. They purchased an entire clothing outfit as well as toys on the child's wishlist.

Caroline Ragus screens a patient's petri dish for a possible pathogen.

Sydni Gregoire, Jade Ardoin, Xanthius Robinson and Ryan Brown performed venipunctures on approximately 300 patients at Citizens Medical Center's yearly health fair.

Courtney Boothe processing patient blood and urine samples on a chemistry analyzer.

Molds must be visualized microscopically once they are grown on culture media. This student is performing a lactophenol cotton blue stain to visualize the mold's microscopic structures.

Patricia Enriquez visualizes red blood cells during a crossmatch procedure

Abigail McCandlish prepares a peripheral blood smear to visualize the patient's red blood cell morphology, identify and characterize white blood cells.

Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) is defined as the branch of medicine concerned with the performance of laboratory determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. This profession combines the challenges and rewards of medicine and science.

Apply to the MLS Program!

The Medical Laboratory Science program administers the MLS program under the auspices of ULM's College of Health Sciences. The program is a minimum four-year curriculum, which includes a solid foundation in basic sciences, a broad background in medical laboratory science with several specialized courses, and sufficient non-science courses to provide the student with a well-rounded education.

News and Announcements


ULM Medical Laboratory Science teams place 1st and 2nd in student bowl at annual bi-state meeting

The University of Louisiana Monroe Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) program recently attended the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science of Louisiana and Mississippi 2023 Bi-State Annual Meeting from March 30 - April 1, 2023. Forty-three MLS students represent ULM at the conference. Read more...

 

Medical Laboratory Science student award winner, Read more...

Recent MLS graduate, Cheyenne Reyes, Read more...

Medical Laboratory Science faculty and students, Read more...

Medical Laboratory Science Team 1 - CHAMPIONS, Read more...

Maximum accreditation awarded to ULM MLS program, Read more...

Medical Laboratory Science brings Crucial Data to Healthcare, Read more...

Career and Job Opportunities


 

100% of ULM Medical Laboratory Science graduates are employed within 3 months of graduation.

 

 

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