Roberta Martindale

Roberta Martindale serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology within the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta. She actively teaches courses including Human Histology and Histotechnology (MLSCI 250) and Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Management (MLSCI 410) for Winter Term 2026.

Her expertise spans Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, Histology, Histotechnology, and Clinical Laboratory Management. The histology course provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of cellular structures and organ systems through microscopic tissue recognition, while the laboratory management course addresses healthcare funding allocation, ethical frameworks, and operational priorities in diagnostic laboratories.

Basing her work at the Dianne and Irving Kipnes Health Research Institute in Edmonton, Alberta, Professor Martindale contributes to Medical Laboratory Science education through structured curriculum development and hands-on laboratory instruction, maintaining continuous teaching engagement since at least Fall 2002 across multiple academic terms.