---
title: 'Episode 66: Barbara Day - Laboratory Medicine and Companion Diagnostics'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-66-barbara-day-laboratory-medicine-and-companion-diagnostics'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2021-06-28'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/93ngx6/Barbara_Day_-_6_27_21_817_PM9w632.mp3'
---

# Episode 66: Barbara Day - Laboratory Medicine and Companion Diagnostics

Today my guest is Barbara Day What we discuss with Barbara: How she started her lab career as a phlebotomist Expanding her lab role as a Medical Technologist Her lab management roles, as some of her responsibilities in these roles How she left the clinic...

## Summary

Today my guest is Barbara Day

What we discuss with Barbara:

- How she started her lab career as a phlebotomist

- Expanding her lab role as a Medical Technologist

- Her lab management roles, as some of her responsibilities in these roles

- How she left the clinical lab to become an Education Specialist in Companion Diagnostics

- How her lab experience helps her in her role in Companion Diagnostics

- What the future of Companion Diagnostics might be

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

[Companion Diagnostics](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companion_diagnostic)

[Molecular Pathology and Personalized Medicine: The Dawn of a New Era in Companion Diagnostics](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26784235/)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)