---
title: 'Episode 85: Zoe Brooks - Medical Laboratory Science, Quality Control, and AWEsome Numbers Inc'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-85-zoe-brooks-medical-laboratory-science-quality-control-and-awesome-numbers-inc'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2021-11-08'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3amx4r/Zoe_Brooks_-_11_7_21_721_PM8fmae.mp3'
---

# Episode 85: Zoe Brooks - Medical Laboratory Science, Quality Control, and AWEsome Numbers Inc

Today my guest is Advanced Registered Technologist Zoe Brooks What we discuss with Zoe: How she became interested in the Medical Laboratory field How QC became of interest and how she developed it as technical coordinator of six remote Ontario labs His e...

## Summary

Today my guest is Advanced Registered Technologist Zoe Brooks

What we discuss with Zoe:

- How she became interested in the Medical Laboratory field

- How QC became of interest and how she developed it as technical coordinator of six remote Ontario labs

- His early use of computers for monitoring quality control

- Meeting and working with Dr James Westgard

- Her thoughts on the use of six sigma in the medical lab

- Creating the Mathematically Optimized Risk Evaluation system

- AWEsome Numbers Inc and the CatalystQC software

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)

[Join the LabVine Team](mailto:hanine@labvinelearning.com)

Zoe Brooks on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/zoecbrooks)

AWEsome Numbers [Website](https://awesome-numbers.com)

AWEsome Numbers on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/AWESOMENUMBERS/)

Zoe on [Lab OPEX Live](https://youtu.be/l-7pMYJ3NTc)

People of Pathology Podcast:

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

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