April 21-27 is medical laboratory professionals week, so for the next few episodes we're going to be featuring scientists trained in Medical Laboratory Science. Rachel, our co-host also works in this field training undergraduates who are planning to work in the medical lab. This week we spoke with Shawn Moloney who is the Newborn Screening Operations Coordinator at Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. We're talking to her about why newborn screening is so important and what it can tell us.