In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, is joined by William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories. They discuss Dr. Pritt’s recent trip to Uganda where she taught a global health course as part of a Mayo Clinic-sponsored initiative to help expand knowledge around the world in global health and tropical medicine.

Their discussion includes:

• Dr. Pritt’s experience in Uganda teaching diverse, hands-on laboratory skills to international healthcare professionals.
• Benefits of increasing knowledge of global health and practicing medicine in a resource-limited tropical setting.
• How access to diagnostics is driving disparities of care within the United States and across the world.