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Job seekers beware: ARUP recruiters have seen a recent increase in fraudsters posing as ARUP employees and offering remote work to obtain personal financial information. If you receive a suspicious offer or want to verify a source, call ARUP. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/rhKK50Tfu8Z

“We are one infected pig away from bird flu becoming a big threat, but we are prepared to detect it.” Benjamin Bradley, MD, PhD, medical director of the ARUP Institute for Research and Innovation in Infectious Disease Genomic Technologies, High Consequence Pathogen Response, Virology, and Molecular Infectious Diseases, highlighted the differences between the avian influenza outbreak and the COVID-19 outbreak during a recent media briefing. Read more: https://bit.ly/3VQPRZh #BirdFlu #PublicHealth

ARUP’s mission is to continually advance patient care through research and innovation. Tracy George, MD, ARUP’s chief scientific officer and president of the Innovation Business Unit, will attend the Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis: Building Bridges of Support and Understanding for Patients and Family seminar next month to share her expertise in mast cell disorders. She’s passionate about researching and understanding rare diseases and serves on the medical advisory board for The Mast Cell Disease Society and is the secretary/treasurer for the American Initiative in Mast Cell Diseases. These two organizations are collaborating on the event. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/IftN50UuzSn

A BIG thank you to the ARUP employees who donated to the International Rescue Committee’s Light One Candle holiday giving initiative. You helped 15+ refugee families here in Utah. In all, we gave ~500 items, from socks to TVs, cookware, toiletries, and toys, and over $3,000 in gift cards. You’ve helped make the holidays brighter for more than 100 people now living in our community. #LightOneCandle #CommunitySupport #ThankYou

Meet Eric Allen, an ARUP employee and blood donor who has donated platelets 450 times! Growing up, Eric had an intense fear of blood. After looking for ways to overcome his fear, he decided to begin donating blood in 1989. Read his story: https://ow.ly/QOJF50UsMsO

Happening today! This webinar will go over methods for collecting and analyzing clinical lab data to improve laboratory efficiency, maintain high-quality testing, and support clinical and operational decisions. https://lnkd.in/e-iERBE2

The Park City Anatomic Pathology Update embraces a multidisciplinary approach. Hear from University of Utah and ARUP lecturers with expertise not only in GI pathology, but also in cytology, hematopathology, molecular pathology, and hepatology. Learn more: https://ow.ly/OQgL50Tfs6S

**Discover the Fall 2024 Edition of ARUP’s Magnify Magazine!** Dive into exclusive interviews with our leaders as they share insights on ARUP’s strategies to meet the FDA’s final rule on lab-developed tests. Plus, watch a heartwarming video about how ARUP supported a family through a rare disease diagnostic journey. Don't miss out on these stories and more! **Read and Watch Now:** https://bit.ly/4dWHT7b

Modified extended half-life factor VIII and factor IX replacement products for the treatment of hemophilia may lead to under- or overestimation of factor activity in clot-based (one-stage) assays using certain activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) reagents. New tables in the ARUP Consult Hemophilia - Factor VIII or IX Deficiency topic provide a quick guide to the effects of these products on factor VIII and IX activity. https://ow.ly/32kL50UljS0

In this #freeCE lecture, Alexis Dadelahi, PhD, provides an overview of common plasma cell dyscrasias and their clinical presentations. Various diagnostic methodologies for detecting, characterizing, and monitoring monoclonal gammopathies are also covered. https://ow.ly/9Zy650TWEkg