Kudos
Kudos are wonderful to share! When you have an accomplishment, please send them to your Region Director so we can all share your joy! This page will be updated frequently, so return often.
News from 2008
- Nadine Fydryszewski (NJ) received an ASCLS Board of Directors Award for her service as chair of the Annual Meeting Steering Committee.
- Barbara Snyderman (PA) received an ASCLS Board of Directors Award for her 15 years of service as the Master Sargeant-at-Arms.
- Deborah A Josko (NJ) was awarded a foundation grant for $20,000 from UMDNJ. The title of her research proposal is A bioinformatics Approach to Identify and Test Analogs of Paraquat and Maneb Compounds Known to Cause Parkinson's Disease in an Animal Model.
- Don Lehman (DE) promoted to associate professor at the University of Delaware
- Mary Ann McLane (DE) promoted to full professor at the University of Delaware
- Connie Laubenthal (VA) who was featured in an article in the June 2008 AACC publication, Clinical Laboratory News, dealing with the state of proficiency testing
- Ben Sharp (DE) graduated with an MBA in Health Care Administration (with honors) from Wilmington University in December 2007. Ben is currently a Laboratory Information Systems Analyst at Beebe Medical Center in DE, and he is a member of the Beta Sigma Delta honors society for Business and Administration.
- Stephanie DiRosato, Katie Hartman and Marianne Meshreki, University of Delaware students and ASCLS members, won ASCP Honors awards.
- Ashley Johnson
(MD) 2008 graduate of Villa Julie College, MD
received a Siemens (Dade-Behring) Scholarship. - Ashley LeFrois (VA) was accepted as a member of the 2009 ASCLS Leadership Academy class.
- Vivi-Anne Griffey (MD) and the faculty at Villa Julie College in Maryland received initial accreditation for its Medical Technology Program for 5 years. There were no marginal or non-compliances with any of the Standards. They will graduate their second class this May.
- Sharon Strauss (PA) received a $1000 educational grant from Pfizer to support a speaker for the ASCLS-PA annual spring meeting.
- Mary Beth Miele (PA) received a $1500 educational grant from Novo Nordisk to support a speaker for the ASCLS-PA annual spring meeting.
- Frankie Harris-Lyne (VA) completed her Master of Science in Occupational Technical Studies from Old Dominion University in December 2007.
- Michele Lachance (PA) passed an examination for Certified Histocompatibility Technologist by the American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ABHI).
- Jean Chappell (WV) awarded a grant ($220,000) to assist in the development of an A.A.S Biotechnology program at Marshall Community and Technical College (MCTC). The is a Technical Program grant from the WV Community and Technical College System. Along with a Verizon grant awarded in January, the total is $282,000 for Biotechnology at MCTC.
- Scott Aikey (PA), ASCLS President-elect in 2007-08, has successfully completed the process for EPIC software's "Hospital Services Departments" certification. He is the first person at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to complete this rigorous exam.
- Karen Broman (VA), Glenn Flodstrom (VA), & Mary Ann McLane (DE), members of the ASCLS Consumer Webpage group for chemistry
- Jean Buchenhorst (PA) & Mary Beth Miele (PA), members of the ASCLS Consumer Webpage group for microbiology
- Betty Ciesla (MD) & Margaret Reinhart (PA), members of the ASCLS Consumer Webpage group for hematology
- Dee Fike (WV), member of the ASCLS Consumer Webpage group for immunology