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  • 1.  Welcome to the Biomarker Testing Navigation (BTN) Online Community!

    Posted 10-21-2025 11:58
    Edited by Lynnette Pineault 10-30-2025 23:58

    We're thrilled to invite you to this brand-new hub for community members that are passionate about biomarker testing and precision medicine!

    Though we're just starting out, our vision is big: to build a supportive, informative, and engaging community where knowledge flows freely and no one navigates biomarker testing alone.

    What's Happening This Week? Introductions! Drop a quick reply in the BTN community Page:  Biomarker Testing Navigation Community - ASCP Community

    • Who you are
    • Your connection to biomarker testing
    • One thing you hope to gain (or give) in this community

    Looking Ahead: Every week through the end of the year, we'll feature a new moderated topic led by an author of the BTN Online Learning Course. Expect practical insights, myth-busting, Q&A, and real-talk discussions-all designed to empower your journey.

    We need YOU to make the BTN community thrive. Invite colleagues, share with support groups, and jump into the conversations. The more voices, the stronger we become.

    Let's get started-introduce yourself below! 

    - Lynnette Pineault Community Moderator BTN Online Learning Course Author



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    Lynnette Pineault, MBA, SCT (ASCP)
    Chair, Biomarker Testing Navigation Program
    Minneapolis, MN
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  • 2.  RE: Welcome to the Biomarker Testing Navigation (BTN) Online Community!

    Posted 10-22-2025 15:21

    Hello Everyone!

    I'm glad to be part of this group!  I want to use the Biomarker modules in the didactic portion of our program.  I have also used the Lab Management University from ASCP in our Clinical Laboratory Management classes, giving the students the ability to put that on their CVs as they search for jobs.

    I look forward to collaborative discussions.

    Thanks,

    Cherie



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    Cheryl (Cherie) Germain Pathologists' Assistant Program Director
    University of Jamestown-Phoenix
    Banning CA
    (724)812-2430
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  • 3.  RE: Welcome to the Biomarker Testing Navigation (BTN) Online Community!

    Posted 10-23-2025 10:26
    Hello,

    The Biomarker training program that ASCP developed is great!  I previously worked at Johns Hopkins for 13 years doing assay development for the clinical Molecular Diagnostics lab.  I think you have touched on all aspects of necessary consideration for careful biomarker detection.

    In my new role as an FAS, this "refresher" course has given me an organized format to discuss these considerations with the laboratories that I support.  

    Looking forward to continued dialogue with this community!
    Lisa Haley 

    Lisa Haley, M.S., ASCP-MB(CM) 

    Genomics Field Application Scientist-Central & Mountain States 

    Diagnostics and Genomics Group 

    Agilent Technologies, Inc. 

    T: +1 303-746-1143      www.agilent.com 

    lisa.haley@agilent.com 

     

     

     

     

     


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  • 4.  RE: Welcome to the Biomarker Testing Navigation (BTN) Online Community!

    Posted 10-30-2025 23:46

    Thank you so much for this great feedback, Lisa!  I am thrilled to hear that the course has been useful for you in your new role supporting laboratories that are performing biomarker testing.  Welcome to the group!



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    Lynnette Pineault, MBA, SCT (ASCP)
    Chair, Biomarker Testing Navigation Program
    Minneapolis, MN
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  • 5.  RE: Welcome to the Biomarker Testing Navigation (BTN) Online Community!

    Posted 10-23-2025 14:09

    I am interested in exploring biomarkers in the clinical laboratory and their role in advancing precision medicine. I look forward to our discussions.

    Payman Nasr, PhD ASCP
    310-243-3082


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    Payman Nasr, PhD, MLS ASCP
    Professor and Chair
    California State University, Dominguez Hills
    Carson, CA 90747
    310-243-3082
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  • 6.  RE: Welcome to the Biomarker Testing Navigation (BTN) Online Community!

    Posted 10-30-2025 23:41

    Thank you for sharing and joining the group, Payman!  



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    Lynnette Pineault, MBA, SCT (ASCP)
    Chair, Biomarker Testing Navigation Program
    Minneapolis, MN
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  • 7.  RE: Welcome to the Biomarker Testing Navigation (BTN) Online Community!

    Posted 10-30-2025 23:43

    Hi Cherie!  Thank you for joining the group, and also sharing this opportunity with your PA students!



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    Lynnette Pineault, MBA, SCT (ASCP)
    Chair, Biomarker Testing Navigation Program
    Minneapolis, MN
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  • 8.  RE: Welcome to the Biomarker Testing Navigation (BTN) Online Community!

    Posted 10-23-2025 09:48

    Thank you Lynnette for the invitation! I'm also glad to be a part of this group. The knowledge I gain will be used two-fold, as I'm the chair of the laboratory LOINC committee with a challenge to have current content in the terminology; secondly, my team is charged with assuring lab assays are used correctly in clinical document improvement (CDI) applications. Looking forward to the interactions!



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    Pamela Banning Industry Professional
    Estacada OR
    (503)481-2750
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  • 9.  RE: Welcome to the Biomarker Testing Navigation (BTN) Online Community!

    Posted 10-30-2025 23:51

    Hi Pamela, thank you for joining the group!  I hope you find this community helpful in supporting your LOINC committee charges!



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    Lynnette Pineault, MBA, SCT (ASCP)
    Chair, Biomarker Testing Navigation Program
    Minneapolis, MN
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