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Sensitive & Specific: The Testing Newsletter

Mara G. Aspinall, Liz Ruark

A Weekly Update on Diagnostics Testing News & Insights

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  • Mara G. Aspinall

    Mara is passionate about the importance of biomedical diagnostics. She is Partner at Illumina Ventures, Professor of Practice in Biomedical Diagnostics at Arizona State and Advisor to Rockefeller Foundation on COVID.

  • Liz Ruark

    Liz holds a DVM from Tufts University. Her science writing has appeared in publications that range from fourth-grade textbooks to general-interest magazines and NIH websites. She is mom to two kids, two dogs, one cat, and three gardens.

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