TOGGLE HIGH CONTRAST TOGGLE FONT SIZE MENU NEWS “Striving to Find That Answer”: At BioReference and GeneDx, Lab Professionals Put Their Hearts Into All That They Do ALCA Blog and Video Delivering answers for patients isn’t just a job, it’s a calling. For Katie Aoyama, the Assistant Director of the Technology, Transfer and Validation Department at GeneDx, a subsidiary of BioReference Laboratories, Inc. and OPKO Health Company, each day offers an opportunity to rethink what it means to put patients first and continuously innovate. “If a doctor thinks a patient may have a specific disorder or general developmental delay and they don’t know what’s going on, that’s when we get the sample and investigate,” says Katie. “Every sample is a patient, every sample is someone’s child—we’re striving to find that answer.” This unwavering commitment to patients motivates the lab professionals who are working behind the scenes, performing highly accurate and reliable testing. Katie believes this career path chose her – not the other way around. Striving to pursue a science-focused career, she first joined GeneDx as an entry-level technician in the copy number department. From there, Katie steadily worked her way up to supervisor, growing along with the company. “At the point that I started, we were doing about sixteen samples a day, and now it’s hundreds and hundreds of samples, so I got to grow with the company—do high-throughput processing, build in automation,” says Katie. “It was a perfect situation where I got to learn all the skills for the department that I’m now leading.” The key to keeping things running smoothly in the lab? Teamwork. Collaboration is essential, and allows for improvements and innovation year-round. Through this one-team mindset, Katie and her colleagues are able to achieve new accomplishments in their pursuit for answers. “I work really closely with the R&D department and upper management to think about what’s new, what’s coming, how can we improve things for the patient, how can we make it cheaper and faster – so we’re always looking forward and planning for what we can do to make it better,” says Katie. The past year was undoubtedly a challenging one for lab professionals, yet Katie and her team were able to continue to go above and beyond for the patients that rely on them. Watch the video below to learn more about the critical contributions that lab professionals like Katie provide each and every day. Click here for full post on ALCA Blog and Video This entry was posted in News and tagged bioreference, genedx, laboratory professionals. June is Men’s Health Month First US trial cruise returns to PortMiami after testing COVID safety protocols Meet Scarlet an innovative, flexible, mobile alternative to traditional patient service centers. SCARLET Choose Reliability BioReference is a participating provider in the UnitedHealthcare Preferred Laboratory Network. LEARN MORE We take patient care seriously. We offer generous self-pay discounts and other patient support services. PATIENT SUPPORT Connectivity is important. We utilize BioPortal to make ordering tests and viewing results quick, simple and secure. CONNECTIVITY The value of laboratory data analytics is immeasurable. We use laboratory data to help healthcare providers better track patient health. LAB ANALYTICS VISIT OUR OTHER SITES 4Kscore® GeneDx GenPath Oncology GenPath Women’s Health Laboratorio Buena Salud my·labology Scarlet Health™ CAREERS Visit our careers website for a listing of current openings here. PRIVACY HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices HIPAA Incident STAY CONNECTED If you have questions or comments, let us know. CONTACT US Join our newsletter and read our blog to get the latest updates. SIGN UP BLOG Employee Login Copyright 2021 © BioReference Laboratories Important Cookies Information – This message will only appear once. BioReference and OPKO websites use cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. For more details about cookies and their use, please see our Privacy Policy CLOSE