This webinar uses three vignettes of infectious disease serologic assays in UPMC Clinical Laboratories to provide concrete ways we can improve testing with existing laboratory data (syphilis, Lyme disease, HIV). In this webinar we show methods to reviewing the data available to clinical laboratories and ways that we can approach our real-life limitations to improve our laboratory testing. Vignettes will include basic approaches to leveraging data for improving testing, and implementation of machine learning to personalize workflow for patient populations. While infectious disease serology is the application of these principles, the principles themselves apply to many areas of the laboratory.
Speaking on these findings, Dr. Sarah Wheeler, Medical Director of Clinical Chemistry at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, will help you:
- Identify the types of data available within the clinical laboratory for analysis
- Describe two ways existing data can be used to improve laboratory testing
- List strengths and weaknesses of current infectious disease serologic testing
Speaker
Sarah Wheeler, MD
Medical Director
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Dr. Sarah Wheeler is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Pathology, Medical Director of Clinical Chemistry at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Medical Director of the Automated Testing Laboratory at Mercy Hospital, and Associate Medical Director of Clinical Immunopathology at UPMC. Her research interests include application of artificial intelligence to laboratory medicine, infectious disease serology screening assays, development of rapid point of care diagnostics, and appropriate serology testing in children with immune dysregulation.
