Management Sciences and Patient Safety Division Awards

The Management Sciences and Patient Safety Division offers four awards:

• Outstanding Contributions to Management Sciences and Patient Safety Award
• Lawrence J. Crolla, Ph.D. Management Sciences and Patient Safety Certificate Scholarship Award
• the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) MSPSD Abstract Award in Patient Safety
• the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) MSPSD Abstract Award in Laboratory Management

Outstanding Contributions to Management Sciences and Patient Safety Award

Recipients

2019: Steven Zibrat, MT (ASCP)
2018: Paula Santrach, MD, FADLM
2017: Marisa B. Marques, MD
2016: Lou Ann Wyer, MS, MT(ASCP), CQA ASQ
2015: Anand Dighe, MD, PhD
2014: Giuseppe Lippi, MD
2013: Charles D. Hawker, PhD, MBA, FACB
2012: Michael Laposata, M.D., Ph.D.
2011: Lawrence J. Crolla, Ph.D.
2010: James S. Hernandez, M.D., M.S.
2009: Mary Haven M.S.
2008: Michael L. Astion M.D., PhD
2007: Mario Plebani, M.D.
2006: Carl C. Garber, PhD
2005: James O. Westgard, PhD
2004: Leslie Burnett, PhD
2003: Ian Wilkinson, PhD
2002: Donald J. Cannon, PhD
2001: Christopher S. Frings, PhD

About the Award

The Management Sciences and Patient Safety Division (MSPSD) of ADLM established the annual Outstanding Contributions to Management Sciences Award in 2001 which was renamed in 2009 with the change in Division name to Outstanding Contributions to Management Sciences and Patient Safety Award. This award is intended to recognize the achievements of an individual who has made outstanding contributions in the field of management sciences or patient safety in the clinical laboratory/healthcare industry. This includes the training of professional clinical laboratory scientists; the teaching and integration of management sciences and patient safety at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and practicing level; meritorious scientific, education and research contributions; contributions through service to management sciences and patient safety with special emphasis on advancing the professional status of clinical laboratory scientists and the professional objectives of the Division.

The award consists of a suitably inscribed plaque or certificate and a cash award. The recipient will be recognized and provide the keynote presentation at the MSPSD Annual Leadership Symposium held on the Sunday immediately preceding the start of the ADLM Annual Scientific Meeting.

Eligibility

• Nominations may be submitted by any ADLM member or group of members such as division, local section, officer, or committee.
• In an effort to recognize the diversity of contribution to management sciences and patient safety, recipients need not be members of ADLM or the Division.
• Nominations must consist of a nomination letter containing an evaluation and appraisal of the nominee's accomplishments relative to the award, a curriculum vitae, a list of publications and any other relevant information.
• No more than 2 seconding letters of support from the nominee's colleagues may be included with the letter of nomination

Typically the call for nominations is made in the first quarter of the year with an announced deadline but nominations may be made at any time during the year. A nominating letter and supporting material should be sent to the current Chair of the Division.

Lawrence J. Crolla, Ph.D. Management Sciences and Patient Safety Certificate Scholarship Award

The MSPS Division has established a new scholarship award to provide an online certificate program registration to 3 winners each year. Winners can choose among the 3 certificate programs that have been co-developed by ADLM and the MSPS Division. The application process typically opens in March with a deadline in early June.

• 3 certificate program registrations awarded each year
• MSPS online certificate programs awarded include: Clinical Laboratory Leadership and Management, Statistical Methods for Clinical Laboratorians, and Patient Safety Essentials for Laboratory Professionals
• Timeline: March announcement, June application deadline, July winner selection, and recognition at ADLM Annual Scientific Meeting division event
• Qualifications: Must be an ADLM member to apply
• How to Apply: Click Here for the Application Form. The application deadline will be sent with the solicitation email.
• Selection process will be done by MSPSD-led committee. Awardees to be approved by MSPSD past Chair, Chair, and Chair-elect.

About Lawrence J. Crolla, Ph.D.

Lawrence J. Crolla, Ph.D., was a laboratory consultant for hospitals across the US and Asia, as Managing Director of Worldwide Healthcare Consulting, LLC. He was also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois and a scientific consultant for several hospitals in the Chicago area. Dr. Crolla also co-authored The CLIA ‘88 Implementation Guidelines, a manual of explanation and forms to aid laboratories in obtaining CLIA compliance. He also co-developed SUMIT, a cost accounting software program for micro-costing healthcare procedures and lectured extensively on laboratory cost accounting, capital budgeting, auto-verification and regulatory compliance. Dr. Crolla also received the American Association of Clinical Chemistry Outstanding Speaker Award 7 times with over 20 years of experience as a consultant and speaker in the healthcare field.

Management Sciences and Patient Safety Division Abstract Awards

The Management Sciences and Patient Safety Division offers two abstract awards: one for Outstanding Research in Management Science and one for Outstanding Research in Patient Safety. Winners receive a $250 grant. The award will be announced at the Division leadership symposium on Sunday prior to the ADLM Annual Scientific Meeting.

Eligibility

To compete for this award you must:

• Submit an abstract in the field of management science or patient safety.
• Be the presenting author of an accepted abstract for the upcoming ADLM Annual Scientific Meeting.