Medical laboratory scientists are the medical detectives who strive to answer medical questions and solve medical mysteries. For students who major in medical laboratory science, they will learn to analyze blood, body fluids, cells, tissues, and other specimens to determine both the causes of diseases and their appropriate treatments.

Medical laboratory scientists are essential members of the healthcare team who play a central role in the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of disease with minimal direct patient interaction. Medical laboratory scientists perform and interpret laboratory testing.

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's curriculum focuses on the standard medical laboratory disciplines of clinical chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, microbiology, immunology, and blood banking.

The comprehensive program, one of the largest in the nation, is a university-based integrated clinical medical laboratory science program. The program is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, which makes students eligible for national certification from the American Society for Clinical Pathology.