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Connecting the Science to the Patient

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Susan Leclair, Ph.D., CLS (NCA)

Susan Leclair, Ph.D., CLS (NCA), retired lab professor at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, discusses how moderating an online forum for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) has inspired her.

Susan Leclair, Ph.D., CLS (NCA), retired lab professor at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, discusses how moderating an online forum for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) has inspired her.

During her time as a professor, hearing about patients' lives, hopes and dreams helped her students to see that it was not only cells and data they were dealing with. Their work was connected to real people, just like them.

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