Awareness Month resources

August - Immunization Awareness Month

Online articles

• B-060 Measurement of Infliximab Clearance using a Bayesian Forecasting Tool and Impact of Albumin and Immunization Status During Maintenance Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Markedly Increased Vitamin B12 Concentrations Attributable to IgG–IgM–Vitamin B12 Immune Complexes
• Lessons Learned From ADLM's COVID Immunity Study Could Improve Research on Future Pandemics
• Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases(CDC)

July - Disability Pride Month

Online articles

• CAP Encourages Laboratories to Meet Accessibility Standards (cap.org)
• Creating Accessible Clinical Laboratory Spaces (clinicallab.com)
• Disabilities and Hematology: Opportunities for Enrichment (The Hematologist)
• Disabilities in the medical laboratory workplace (MLO Online)
• Designing Accessible Laboratory Spaces for People with Disabilities (hsph.harvard.edu)
• Embracing the Neurodiverse Lab (labmanager.com)
• Eyes Have It: Tips on Good Eye Habits for Pathologists (cap.org)
• Improving lab accessibility for people with disabilities (healthcare-in-europe)
• Neurodiversity in the Clinical Laboratory Setting (ASCLS)
• What Laboratories Can Do to Make Space for People with Disabilities (NIH)

Online courses

• Accommodations for Disabilities: Valuing All People in Pathology Equally (USCAP eLearning)
• Guidelines for Laboratory Design Health and Safety Considerations (hsph.harvard.edu)

Podcasts

• Disabled Scientists are Often Excluded from the Lab (npr.org)

June - Pride Month

Online articles

• Common Hormone Therapies Used to Care for Transgender Patients Influence Laboratory Results (The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine)
• The Clinical Laboratory and Informatics Challenges of Transgender Patient Care (myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News)
• Gender Inclusion: An Essential Preanalytical process(myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News)
• HIV Testing Reclassification: A Step Towards Equity myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News)
• How Better Research Can Improve Care for Transgender, Gender-Diverse, and Nonbinary People myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News)

Podcasts

• Reference Intervals for Clinical Chemistry Analytes for Transgender Men and Women on Stable Hormone Therapy (JALMTALK - myadlm.org)

May - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Online articles

• Asian American scientists who imagines a healthier world by Michael Laff (ShareAmerica.gov)
• Beyong Covid-19: Asian American in Medical Science (Comparative American Studies at Oberlin)
• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: 5 changemakers in medicine (MultiCare Vitals)

Video

• The First American-Born Chinese Woman Doctor (pbs.org)
• Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Pioneers in Medicine & Science (American Neurological Association)

April - Medical Laboratory Professionals week: Celebrate diversity in the lab

Online articles

• Applying a DEI-HE Lens to Your Laboratory (myadlm.org - The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine)
• Special Issue on Health Disparaties(myadlm.org - The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine)
• The Toll of Preconceived Notions (myadlm.org - The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine)

Video

• Awareness and application: DEI and health equity basics for laboratory professionals (ADLM webinar)< />
• Stronger Together: Eliminating Racial Healthcare Inequities by Mitigating Systemic Racism (ADLM YouTube)
• Choosing Equity in Healthcare: An Organizational Transformation (ADLM YouTube)

Podcasts

• The Story of Taking Action For Health Equity (ADLM Laborastories)
• The Story of Health Equity (ADLM Laborastories)
• Championing DEI in Lab Medicine (ADLM Laborastories)

March - Women's History Month

Online articles

• Q&A with Octavia Peck Palmer, ADLM past-president, for Black History Month (myadlm.org)
• Women in Laboratory Medicine: A Q&A on Diversity and Inclusion(myadlm.org - Clinical Chemistry)
• A Biosensing Breakthrough Aimed at Women's Health(myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News)
• A Call to Action From Women's Cardiovascular Health Pioneer(myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News)

Video

• Women in Laboratory Medicine: A Panel Discussion on Diversity and Inclusion (ADLM YouTube)
• 14001 Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Epidemiology, Awareness, Access, and Delivery of Equitable Health Care (ADLM Youtube)

March - Gender Equality Month

Online articles

• Gender Inclusion: An Essential Preanalytical process (myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News)
• How Better Research Can Improve Care for Transgender, Gender-Diverse, and Nonbinary People (myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News)
• A Call for Action to Implement Gender-Inclusive Laboratory Medicine by Carlo Ledesma, The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ascls.org)

Podcasts

• The Story of Health Equity (ADLM Spotify)
• The DEI Story (ADLM Spotify)

February - Black History Month

Several ADLM resources highlight the historic inequalities that have impacted Black patients and their health—and how lab medicine professionals can lead the way to change healthcare for the better, so people everywhere get the care they need.

Online articles

• Q&A with Octavia Peck Palmer, ADLM past-president, for Black History Month (myadlm.org)
• The Past, Present, and Future of Race in Medicine (myadlm.org)
• Race, medicine, and health care in the United States: a historical survey. - PMC (nih.gov)

Video

• Stronger Together: Eliminating Racial Healthcare Inequities by Mitigating Systemic Racism Choosing Equity in Healthcare (ADLM Youtube)

Guidance documents

• ADLM/NKF Guidance Document on Improving Equity in Chronic Kidney Disease Care (myadlm.org)

Podcasts

• The Story of Health Equity (ADLM Spotify)
• The DEI Story (ADLM Spotify)

January - Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

Guidance documents

• AACC Guidance Document on Cervical Cancer Detection: Screening, Surveillance, and Diagnosis (myadlm.org)

Online articles

• Setting the Standard for Patient-Focused Cervical Cancer Testing (myadlm.org)
• What should you know about cervical cancer testing? (myadlm.org)

Podcasts

• AACC Guidance Document on Cervical Cancer Detection: Screening, Surveillance, and Diagnosis (JALM Talk)

January - MLK Day

Several ADLM resources highlight advancing health equity.

Video

• DEI and Population Health Video Series (ADLM YouTube)
• Stronger Together: Eliminating Racial Healthcare Inequities by Mitigating Systemic Racism Choosing Equity in Healthcare (ADLM Youtube)
• How the Academy of Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine advance health equity (ADLM YouTube)
• How Lab Medicine is Leading Toward a Future of Equitable Healthcare (ADLM YouTube)

Guidance documents

• ADLM/NKF Guidance Document on Improving Equity in Chronic Kidney Disease Care (myadlm.org)

Online articles

• The Past, Present, and Future of Race in Medicine (myadlm.org)
• Race, medicine, and health care in the United States: a historical survey. - PMC (nih.gov)

Podcasts

• The Story of Health Equity (ADLM Spotify)
• The DEI Story (ADLM Spotify) 

December 1 - World AIDS Day

Online articles

• HIV drug resistance surveillance and guidelines in low and middle-income countries. | myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News
• HIV Testing Reclassification: A Step Towards Equity A lower regulatory hurdle opens the door to new possibilities for boosting access to testing. | myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News
• Ending the HIV epidemic: What does "undetectable equals untransmittable" mean to the clinical laboratory? | myadlm.org - Scientific Shorts
• Personalizing HIV Testing through Machine Learning | myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News
• Real-World Clinical Performance Evaluation of a Fourth-Generation HIV Antigen/Antibody Differentiation Test | myadlm.org - Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine

Resources

• CDC World Aids Day Information and Resources | cdc.gov
• CDC’s Let’s Stop HIV Together (Together) campaign is the national campaign of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Together is an evidence-based campaign created in English and Spanish. It aims to empower communities, partners, and health care providers to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV testing, prevention, and treatment. | cdc.gov
• Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy | cdc.gov
• NCHHSTP AtlasPlus is an interactive tool that gives users the ability to create customized tables, maps, and charts using nearly 20 years of CDC's surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, STD, and TB. | hiv.gov

November - Transgender Awareness Month

Online articles

• Breaking Research That Could Greatly Improve Transgender Healthcare Published in AACC's The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
  "Laboratory Monitoring in Transgender People | myadlm.org - Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine)
• Laboratory Monitoring in Transgender People Quality care depends on understanding interactions among hormones and pharmacotherapies | myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News
• How Better Research Can Improve Care for Transgender, Gender-Diverse, and Nonbinary People | myadlm.org - Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
• Reference Intervals for Clinical Chemistry Analytes for Transgender Men and Women on Stable Hormone Therapy | myadlm.org - Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
• Improving Chronic Kidney Disease Care for All How laboratories should consider transgender and nonbinary populations when updating and reporting renal function estimates. | myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News
• The What, Why, and How of Gender Cultural Competency Clinical laboratories should explore the latest resources in training for phlebotomy staff to take the lead in providing equitable care for all of their patients. | myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News
• Gender Inclusion: An Essential Preanalytical process Creating an inclusive environment for every patient is part of high-quality care. | myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News
• AACC/NKF Guidance Document on Improving Equity in Chronic Kidney Disease Care | myadlm.org - Academy Guidance Document

October - Global Diversity Awareness Month

Online article

• A Global Perspective on Clinical Laboratory Leadership and Management During a Pandemic | myadlm.org - Clinical Laboratory News)

Program

• Global Lab Quality Initiative | myadlm.org - Global Affairs

Resource

• DEI Lens | myadlm.org

Video

• Becoming an Ally & Advocate: A Panel Discussion for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Lab Medicine | ADLM's YouTube

September - National Hispanic Heritage Month

Online articles

• A Scientific Leader's View on Hispanic Heritage Month | COSWD (nih.gov
• Celebrating 10 Hispanic pioneers in medicine | AAMC
• National Hispanic Heritage Month - Medical Humanities - LSHSL at Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library - Howard University