Laurie Gillard, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB(ASCP)

Laurie Gillard, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB(ASCP), began her medical laboratory clinical work as a generalist and later focused on blood banking and regulatory issues in the clinical laboratory. Her academic experience began while attending the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 2001 as a graduate student. While at UIC, she worked with the Medical Laboratory Sciences program as a teaching assistant and later began instructing online immunohematology courses in the Specialist in Blood Bank Certificate program.  As a result of her experiences, she has developed a great interest in teaching and mentoring students pursuing careers in the clinical laboratory and, specifically, transfusion medicine. Gillard joined Rush as the director of the Specialist in Blood Bank Certificate program in 2014 and continues to instruct and provide guidance to individuals interested in blood banking and the clinical laboratory.