Race and Ethnicity through a Lab Medicine Lens
Speaker:
Christina Pierre, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Contact Hours:
1.0
Date:
August 31, 2026 - July 31, 2028
Description:
This session describes the socioeconomic origins of race and review areas of laboratory medicine where racial or ethnic groupings are utilized and discusses the implications of use on providing equitable healthcare.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the socioeconomic origins of race.
- Identify limitations of using race-based classifications to describe biological differences.
- Assess the utility of race and ethnicity in different areas of lab medicine.