Graciela Ines Lopez Gamboa

Dr. Graciela Lopez is the current program director for the Molecular Diagnostic Sciences and Molecular Diagnostic Science programs. She started her career in 2006 as a physician in Bolivia, later moving to the US where she continued to work in the medical clinical setting for over 10 years. During this time she became interested both in clinical laboratory sciences as well as being part of academics, and in 2018 she graduated from the MSHS in Molecular Diagnostic Sciences program from George Washington University. The following year she began working with the Biomedical Laboratory Department (BLS) as adjunct faculty and since 2022 she has been a full-time faculty member. Nowadays, aside from her program director responsibilities, she teaches online courses in the different programs available through our department, plus she also teaches the in-person Molecular Diagnostics lab for our hybrid students.

Dr. Lopez is passionate about healthcare education and bringing awareness to healthcare careers, especially those within the clinical laboratory setting. She has been involved in developing the Medical Laboratory Technician/Phlebotomy Assistant pathway for the Governor’s Health Sciences Academy at Alexandria City High School and was the first instructor for that program.  She currently serves as the dual enrollment director for the program.  

Dr. Lopez is currently working on completing the Master Teacher Leadership program through GW University, with the goal to continue to improve the courses and programs she is involved with.  She also looks forward to working on academic and lab-based research alongside her BLS colleagues, as well as with the students that come through our programs.

Research

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