---
title: 'Episode 75: Olibrian Mallari - Medical Laboratory Science in The Philippines'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-75-olibrian-mallari-medical-laboratory-science-in-the-philippines'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2021-08-30'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9du9cf/Olibrian_Mallari_-_8_29_21_500_PMambhu.mp3'
---

# Episode 75: Olibrian Mallari - Medical Laboratory Science in The Philippines

Today my guest is Medical Laboratory Scientist Olibrian Mallari What we discuss with Olibrian: How a last minute decision steered him to the Medical Laboratory Science field His experience working with the Philippine Red Cross How he got involved with te...

## Summary

Today my guest is Medical Laboratory Scientist Olibrian Mallari

What we discuss with Olibrian:

- How a last minute decision steered him to the Medical Laboratory Science field

- His experience working with the Philippine Red Cross

- How he got involved with teaching

- His additional training in virology and HIV testing

- How he became a National Health Laboratory Network Assessor

- How educational programs adapted their teaching methods during the early part of the pandemic

- How thoughts on the visibility of the Medical Laboratory Science field in the Philippines

- How he promotes the field using Facebook and Instagram

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)

Olibrian on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/OlibrianMallariRMTASCP)

Slides and Lenses on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/slides_and_lenses/)

[Philippine Red Cross](https://redcross.org.ph)

People of Pathology Podcast:

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

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