Portrait of Wilbur Lam
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Medical & Dental

Wilbur Lam

Home-use point-of-care hemoglobin diagnostic test

United StatesEvidence: high confidenceChecked July 2026

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Who is Wilbur Lam?

Wilbur Lam is an inventor associated with United States. Their documented work in medical & dental includes Home-use point-of-care hemoglobin diagnostic test, the contribution at the center of this evidence-backed profile.

This record is limited to Home-use point-of-care hemoglobin diagnostic tests. It is retained only as a physical technology/process rather than a field-only biography.

Known forHome-use point-of-care hemoglobin diagnostic test
FieldMedical & Dental
Associated withUnited States
Evidence reviewed3 sources
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What did Wilbur Lam invent?

NAI 2023 Fellow; product boundary independently constrained for this physical-technology screen.

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What did Wilbur Lam accomplish?

Emory identifies Lam as co-founder of diagnostic companies from his laboratory and states that one received FDA clearance for a home-use anemia diagnostic test; the source also documents more than 1.4 million uses of the associated smartphone screening application and his current Emory appointment.

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What is known about Wilbur Lam today?

The official 2023 NAI Fellows Book, published May 2024, names Wilbur Lam as a Fellow; NAI rules state that deceased nominees are ineligible. The linked institutional profile is preserved for current identity verification.