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There are several areas of pathology practice, related either to the methods used to test tissue samples or to the type of diseases being investigated.

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Can we build it? Yes we can! Transforming pathology services with nine new labs
13th November, 2025
Over the past 18 months, NSW Health Pathology has delivered nine new or refurbished laboratories across the state, with cutting-edge technology, faste...
Meet Caroline Mwaluko, making a difference in Bega and Cooma
4th November, 2025
Caroline is about to move from our Bega Laboratory and take a new job as the Laboratory Manager of our Cooma Laboratory in the Snowy Mountains region,...
Cutting edge – meet Senior Hospital Scientist Kajaal Prasad
4th November, 2025
Kajaal Prasad is a Senior Scientist in Dissection at our Nepean laboratory, playing a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. She...
Meet Hila Kakar, a Trainee Clinical Scientist working in immunopathology at Westmead ICPMR
4th November, 2025
Hila Kakar is a Scientist and a Trainee Clinical Scientist working in the Immunopathology lab at ICPMR, Westmead Hospital. Her curiosity as a child ha...
Meet George Artz, scientist at our Kempsey laboratory
4th November, 2025
George has had an extraordinary career in science and pathology that has taken him all over the world and across much of Australia. Now at the age of ...
Meet Michelle Earnshaw, phlebotomist at Belmont
3rd November, 2025
Michelle works at our collection centre located at Providence Medical Centre in Belmont. In January 2026, she will notch up 17 years of dedicated serv...
Meet Laura Pollard, Laboratory Manager at our Wyong Laboratory
2nd November, 2025
Laura is one busy person – a mum of two little girls, a Laboratory Manager, a house renovator, soccer coach and cheerleader of her people. She’s c...
Meet Jenny Newton, relief laboratory scientist based at Belmont
1st November, 2025
Jenny Newton is a laboratory scientist with more than 35 years of experience in pathology. This year, she moved into NSW Health Pathology’s Hunter R...
Meet Stacey Richards, Senior Scientist at our Forensic Toxicology Laboratory
1st November, 2025
Stacey has always been curious with a desire to know “why”, which led her to study chemistry, majoring in forensic science. She has worked in the ...
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NSW Health Pathology acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land across NSW whose cultures and customs have nurtured and continue to nurture this land. We would like to pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the state.

Aboriginal Workforce Development Closing the Gap

NSW Health Pathology acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land across NSW whose cultures and customs have nurtured and continue to nurture this land. We would like to pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the state.

Aboriginal Workforce Development Closing the Gap
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