Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) elects new leaders to serve terms starting in August 2025

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC) is pleased to announce that Stanley F. Lo, PhD, DABCC, FADLM, has been elected to serve on the ADLM board of directors as president-elect starting in August 2025. Following this, he will serve successive terms as the association's president from August 2026-July 2027 and as past president from August 2027-July 2028. In addition, the ADLM membership elected a new treasurer and two new directors to the association's board. They will take office in August 2025 along with the incoming president of the Academy of Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine and the incoming chair of the ADLM Clinical Laboratory Scientists Council, both of whom will also serve on the board.

"I am honored that ADLM's membership has chosen me to serve as president-elect of the association," said Dr. Lo. "This is an exciting time for the organization and for the field. As advances in areas such as data science continue to transform laboratory medicine, it's more important than ever that lab professionals have the resources they need to stay current on the latest research and best practices in the field. I look forward to working with ADLM's board, staff, and membership to offer essential content and opportunities for collaboration so that our members can continue to do what they do best: provide clinicians with vital insights so that patients get the care they need."

Dr. Lo is a professor of pathology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and associate director of the clinical laboratories at Children's Wisconsin. An ADLM member since 1994, he has served the association in numerous local and national capacities, including as president of the Academy of Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine and as chair of the ADLM Pediatric & Maternal-Fetal Division. He has also held positions on ADLM's Division Program Implementation Task Force, which recently updated ADLM's scientific divisions portfolio; ADLM's Branding Transition Task Force, which played an integral role in ADLM's recent name change; the 2004, 2009, and 2017 organizing committees for the ADLM Annual Meeting; the ADLM Nominating Committee; ADLM Awards Committee; and ADLM Education Core Committee.

ADLM TREASURER

Frederick Strathmann, MS, MBA, PhD, DABCC, will serve as ADLM treasurer from August 2025 to July 2028. He is senior vice president of global business at MOBILion Systems, a company focused on next-generation ion mobility technologies. Prior to taking this position at MOBILion, he held a broad range of leadership roles in the field of laboratory medicine, spanning academic, clinical, and industry settings. He has served in numerous roles within ADLM and is the current chair of the ADLM Innovation & Technology Division and of the ADLM Penn-Del Local Section.

ADLM BOARD MEMBERS

Nam Tran, PhD, MS, MAS, HCLD (ABB), CLS, MLS (ASCP)^CM, FADLM, and Melanie Yarbrough, PhD, will serve as members of ADLM's board of directors from August 2025-July 2028. Zhen Zhao, PhD, DABCC, FADLM, will also serve on the board from August 2025-July 2026 as president of the Academy of Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine, the association's home for distinguished laboratory experts who shape science in the field. Additionally, Michelle Steiner, MS, MLS (ASCP)^CM, CHT (ACHI), will serve on the board from August 2025-July 2026 as chair of the Clinical Laboratory Scientists Council, which guides ADLM's activities and programs to address the professional needs of ADLM's clinical laboratory scientist members.

Dr. Tran is a professor and senior director of clinical pathology at University of California (UC) - Davis Health. He directs the UC Davis biorepository, which is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), and he also co-founded and directs the UC Davis Center for Diagnostic Innovation, which operates a CAP-accredited lab supporting novel diagnostics and industry research. A longtime ADLM member, Dr. Tran chairs the association's Point-of-Care Testing Division and serves on the editorial board of ADLM's The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine.

Dr. Yarbrough is an associate professor in pathology and immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and section head of clinical microbiology in the university's division of laboratory and genomic medicine. She is also a medical director of the clinical microbiology laboratory at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. She currently serves as an associate editor of ADLM's The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine and as a member of the association's Education Core Committee.

ADLM NOMINATING COMMITTEE

ADLM's membership has also elected Steven Cotten, PhD, DABCC; Mark Marzinke, PhD, DABCC, FADLM; and Maria Willrich, PhD, to serve from August 2025-July 2028 on the association's nominating committee. The ADLM nominating committee carries out the important task of ensuring that the association's leadership comprises a diverse and highly talented group of individuals who represent the full breadth of ADLM's membership.

Dr. Cotten is an associate professor in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Marzinke is a professor of pathology and medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, the director of main chemistry within the Johns Hopkins Hospital core laboratories, and the director of the clinical pharmacology analytical laboratory within the division of clinical pharmacology. Additionally, he is co-principal investigator of the HIV Prevention Trials Network Laboratory Center and director of the clinical laboratory core for the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research.

Dr. Willrich is an associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota and serves as co-director of the protein and antibody immunology laboratories at Mayo's clinical mass spectrometry laboratory. She is also the program director for the post-doctoral clinical chemistry fellowship program in the department of laboratory medicine and pathology at Mayo Clinic.

About the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM)
Dedicated to achieving better health for all through laboratory medicine, ADLM (formerly AACC) unites more than 70,000 clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists, and business leaders from 110 countries around the world. Our community is at the forefront of laboratory medicine's diverse subdisciplines, including clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, mass spectrometry, clinical microbiology, and data science, and is comprised of individuals holding the spectrum of lab-related professional degrees, certifications, and credentials. Since 1948, ADLM has championed the advancement of laboratory medicine by fostering scientific collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the development of innovative solutions that enhance health outcomes. For more information, visit www.myadlm.org.

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