In collaboration with The University of Kansas Health System, and other metro area clinical affiliates, students benefit from the opportunity to interact with a large number of health care professionals and leading researchers in real-world environments.
Research By Our Faculty
Faculty in the KU Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences are currently engaged in a variety of research projects that impact clinical research, as well as interprofessional education and clinical practice.
Kasey Edwardson, M.P.H., MLS(ASCP)CM
Edwardson’s research interests are in the association between health and academic outcomes in higher education, and in the societal, institutional and individual factors related to student outcomes.
Renee Hodgkins, Ph.D., MLS(ASCP)
Hodgkins’s research is focused on interprofessional education and the downstream impact to healthcare and interprofessional practice. Additionally, she has ongoing research on the development of the doctoral degree program in clinical laboratory science, and its impact to patient care and patient outcomes.
Robin Maser, Ph.D.
The focus of Maser's research is the atypical G protein-coupled receptor function of polycystin-1 in the pathogenetic mechanism and potential treatment of polycystic kidney disease.
Yan Zheng, Ph.D., M.S., MLS(ASCP)cm
Zheng’s research focuses on improving patient safety through the evaluation and advancement of clinical laboratory practices, with particular emphasis on transfusion medicine and blood banking. Her work examines how blood collection practices, transfusion management, and blood utilization affect patient outcomes. Zheng investigates transfusion safety through laboratory oversight and quality improvement, focusing on donor screening, blood product tracking, adherence to transfusion guidelines, and quality indicators throughout the transfusion process.
Hao Zhu, Ph.D.
Zhu Laboratory research focuses on the study of Ncb5or, or NADH-cytochrome b5 oxidoreductase, a novel redox enzyme associated with pathogenesis of lean diabetes.