College of Health Sciences Medical Laboratory Science
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.
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.
Medical Laboratory Science
