Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) St. Lezin is a Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Assistant Chief Laboratory Medicine and Director of Transfusion Service at the University of California San Francisco. Her research and clinical interests include clinical transfusion medicine, health and quality of life outcomes in red cell transfusion recipients, laboratory management and quality improvement in the clinical laboratory, and genetics of complex cardiovascular traits. Dr. St. Lezin has been the recipient of multiple awards including: Sudikow Award for Quality Improvement, UCSF/Mt. Zion Medical Center 1998; Laboratory Medicine Faculty Teaching Award 2016; and UCSF Center for Faculty Educators Certificate in Clinical Teaching 2018.