TEAMWORK: HOW TO MAKE YOUR GREATEST CONTRIBUTION

Janelle M. Chiasera, PhD, Region III Director The Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a recommendation to move healthcare institutions toward becoming high reliability organizations (HROs). An HRO is defined as an organization whose clients can count on the organization to perform as it has advertised. The industries first to embrace the HRO concepts were those…

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Kristy Andrus, MLT(ASCP)CM My journey to become a licensed, certified MLT has surely been a long and rewarding one. I have been interested in the medical profession since I was a child. The difficulties and challenges I would have to overcome as a deaf person to be given a welcoming chance became ever clearer as…

2018 ASCLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARDS

Each year, the ASCLS Board of Directors honors those individuals who have made a significant contribution to ASCLS this past year. The following members were recognized with plaques: Karen Chandler, 2018 Co-Chair for CLEC in Houston Brandy Greenhill, 2018 Co-Chair for CLEC in Houston Nicholas Moore, 2018 Host Liaison for the Annual Meeting in Chicago…

ASCLS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Lifetime Achievement Award honors a member who has made remarkable contributions to ASCLS and the laboratory field, and who, by outstanding example, has inspired others. Nominees for the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award were: Judy Davis, Tennessee; Kathleen Finnegan, New York; Paula Garrott, Illinois; and Linda Goossen, Michigan. The Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2018…

ASCLS MEMBER RECOGNITION AWARDS

Promotion of the Profession Committee Award winners Leon Headley, 50-year member Constituent Society Members of the Year Chicago was the site of the 86th Annual ASCLS Awards Ceremony, made possible by volunteer support of the Awards Committee, awards judges, ASCLS staff, and Ed Neren from NerenPossible Services. Paula Garrott, 2002-03 ASCLS President, presided as mistress…

SCHOLARSHIP, GRANTS, AND TRAVEL AWARDS

Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity provided $45,000 in scholarships to the following students: AMTF Graduate Scholarship: Whitney Strosnider, Virginia Dorothy Morrison Scholarship: Ryan Barry, New York Eleanor Parchman Scholarship: Morgan Fisher, Virginia Ida & May Reilly Undergraduate Scholarship: Mariah Alanis, Oregon James Holley Scholarship: Amber Carlson, Kansas Martha Winstead Scholarship: Marie Reichert, Arkansas Roma E. Brown…