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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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We’re here for the Lithgow region, 365 days a year!

3rd May, 2025

Take a look behind the scenes at our pathology laboratory at Lithgow Hospital and meet some of the team caring for the local community. Matthew O’N...

Are you anxious about needles and getting a pathology test?

14th April, 2025

Firstly, know you're not alone. We know it isn’t the most fun job on your to-do list. Estimates show that as many as 2 in 3 children and 1 in 4 adul...

Looking out for each other: our cyclone response

26th March, 2025

When Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall on Saturday 8 March 2025 as a category 1 cyclone, our people were prepared, ensuring vital blood supplies a...

Congratulations to our newest pathology graduates!

6th March, 2025

More than a dozen of NSW Health Pathology’s trainee pathologists have graduated at the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) conferenc...

Meet trainee clinical scientist, Fakhria Kakar

5th March, 2025

Fakhria Kakar, or Hila as she’s better known, is a hospital scientist and trainee clinical scientist at NSW Health Pathology’s Immunopathology Lab...

Australia Day honours for Forensic Biology and DNA guru

26th January, 2025

NSW Health Pathology’s former Operations Director Criminalistics, Sharon Neville, has been recognised for her outstanding public service in this yea...

The contribution of NSW Health Pathology to medical research: the first 10 years

5th January, 2025

Leading researcher at NSW Health Pathology Prof Emmanuel Favaloro has published an article in the Australian Journal of Medical Science outlining the ...

Melanoma researcher Dr Rawson takes out Rising Star PhD Candidate Award

17th December, 2024

Congratulations to Dr Robert Rawson, winner of the 2024 Rising Star PhD Candidate Award which was announced at the recent NSW Premier’s Awards for O...

International Pathology Day 2024 – Investing in labs of the future with automation in chemical pathology

6th November, 2024

Today is International Pathology Day, a time to celebrate the invaluable contribution that our pathology and forensic and analytical sciences staff ma...