Congratulations, 2025 Scholars!

ADLM 2025 Scholars

  • Sheridan Allen, University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Priscilla Cerino, University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Brooke Eller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Natalie McDuffie, Howard University
  • Linh Nguyen Ngoc Nhat, University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Jackeline Olivas-Marin, University of Delaware
  • Alisha Parekh, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Awuraa Sakyi Opoku, Howard University
  • Scarlet Sheets, Mercer Community College
  • Ryleigh Wilson, University of Delaware

ADLM 2025 Scholars Program agenda

McCormick Place Convention, Chicago, IL, USA Monday, July 28 - Wednesday, July 30

Day One – Tuesday, July 29

11:30 am – 12:15 pm: Meet and Greet

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm: Career Panel and Luncheon

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm: Explore the expo floor, check out the scavenger hunt, or visit with exhibitors, and attend poster presentations

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Recommended scientific session visits

  • 33224 You did what now? Addressing questionable laboratory practices
  • 33225 The compliance detective: Finding errors before they become issues
  • 33226 The dilemma of bad testing: Is something better than nothing?

5:00 – 6:30 pm: (optional event) CLS Happy Hour – network with clinical laboratory scientists 

Day Two – Wednesday, July 30

9:30 am - 10:15 am: ADLM Lounge breakfast with mentors in the expo hall

10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Recommended scientific session visits

  • 34102 Improving laboratory analysis and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) quality to optimize diabetes therapy
  • 34104 JALM hot topics: Diagnostic stewardship in action! Adding laboratory medicine value and improving healthcare
  • 34106 Breaking down silos: Transfusion medicine, microbiology, and hematopathology intersections with clinical chemistry

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch in the expo hall

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm: Poster presentations

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Recommended scientific session visits

  • 34221 Analytical approaches to preanalytical errors
  • 34223 Lab adventures: Mastering diagnostics through real-life cases
  • 34226 Let’s talk about STIs, baby: Considerations for STI diagnoses and pharmacologic changes during pregnancy
  • 34228 Forensic toxicology case files: Uncovering the laboratory’s crucial role in investigations, patient care, and public health

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Lab Feud on the expo floor

Departure at 5:00 pm

Thank you to the ADLM 2025 Scholar mentors and panelists

  • Nadia Ayala-Lopez, PhD, MLS (ASCP), DABCC, NRCC, FADLM - Mentor
  • LaShanta Brice, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)CMSH(ASCP)CM - Mentor
  • Claudia Escobar, MT (ASCP), BS - Panelist
  • Mark Girton, MD - Mentor
  • Angie Glomb, MBA, MLS (ASCP), BS - Moderator for Career Panel
  • Paula Ladwig, MS, MLS(ASCP), BS - Mentor and Panelist
  • David Maciak, MLS, MHA, BS - Panelist
  • Imir Metushi, PhD, DABCC - Mentor
  • Alejandro Molinelli, PhD, MS, BS, NRCC, FADLM - Panelist
  • Caroline Nottingham, PhD DABCC - Mentor
  • Pratistha Ranjitkar, PhD - Mentor
  • Jingcai Wang, MD, PhD, NRCC, ASCP, FADLM - Mentor and Panelist