Lavern Bourne
Associate Teaching Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Contact information
Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Research Centre (ERC)
- Room 2027
North Oshawa
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5
905.721.8668 ext. 3612
Research topics
- accountability of professors in the Medical Laboratory Sector
- transfusion science (immunology)
Research and expertise
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Background and interests
Lavern Bourne has a Medical Laboratory Technology diploma from the University of Technology in Kingston, Jamaica and the Michener Institute for Applied Science in Toronto, Ontario, and Bachelor of Health Services Management degree from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. She is currently working towards completing a Master of Health Sciences in Community Health degree at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Her thesis is entitled Approaches to Accountability in the Medical Laboratory Sector.
Prior to joining the university, she worked in clinical practice as a registered medical laboratory technologist in Jamaica and Ontario. She currently teaches in the university's Medical Laboratory Science program.
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Courses taught
- Clinical Hematology I
- Clinical Hematology II
- Foundations in Microbiology and Immunology
- Microanatomy and Histotechnology
- Simulated Clinical Practicum
- Transfusion Science
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Education
- Medical Laboratory Technology diploma, University of Technology in Kingston, Jamaica
- Bachelor of Health Services Management, Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario