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