Collaboration Central

AACC values collaboration to advance science and clinical practice and to improve patient care, and sessions at the 68^th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo underscore why this is so productive.

AACC Annual Scientific Meeting presentations offered in conjunction with outside organizations and AACC divisions range from oral abstracts and AACC University courses to Brown Bags and Symposia. At least 12 like-minded organizations have partnered with AACC, while 10 AACC divisions developed AACC Annual Scientific Meeting educational content. AACC’s SYCL (Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians) also is hosting three programs.

Sessions cover diverse topics, such as the latest in troponin testing, immunotherapy in cancer, diabetic nephropathy, and pain management. These sessions and others will describe the latest evidence and best practices, presented by subject matter experts.  

Programs developed in conjunction with other organizations :

American Diabetes Association/Committee on Clinical Collaborations

• 33211 Diabetic Nephropathy: Where Are We Now?

August 2, 2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

American Society of Clinical Oncology/Clinical Society Collaborations Committee

• 32102 New Immunotherapies: The Beginning of the End of Cancer?

August 1, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Asia Pacific Federation of Clinical Biochemistry

• 34213 Addressing Pre- and Post-Analytical Issues in Developing Countries

August 3, 2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• 43110 Screening for Cancer: Recommendations and Controversies; 53210 Screening for Cancer: Recommendations and Controversies

August 2, 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.; 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Brown bag: $25 members and non-members

Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute; UK National External Quality Assessment Service

• 73215 Challenges and Clinical Impacts of Standardization of Immunoassays

August 2, 2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute; Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology Division

• 74105 Endogenous Antibody Interferences in the Chemistry Laboratory: Trouble From the Inside

August 3, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

College of American Pathologists

• 192007 Best Practices in Continuous Laboratory Compliance

July 31, 1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.

AACC University: $270 members, $290 non-members

• 33213 Antiplatelet Agents and Anticoagulants: Laboratory Monitoring

August 2, 2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Endocrine Society/Clinical Societies Collaboration Committee

• 32411 Measurement of Free Hormones in Blood: Technical and Clinical Challenges

August 1, 2:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.

National Cancer Institute; Clinical Translational Science, Mass Spectrometry and Separation Sciences, and Proteomics and Metabolomics divisions

• 33212 The Next Frontier in Precision Medicine - Targeted Peptide Diagnostic Mass Spectrometry Assays

August 2, 2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Training Residents in Genomics; Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians; Molecular Pathology and Personalized Medicine divisions

• 74215 The Genomic Testing Revolution: An Interactive Workshop With Case Examples

August 3, 2:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians

43120 Getting That New Job: A Guide to Applying, Interviewing, and Negotiating

August 2, 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.; 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Brown bag: $25 members and non-members

43127 Social Media 101 for Lab Professionals: Leveraging Digital Resources and Developing Your Online IQ

August 2, 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.; 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Brown bag: $25 members and non-members

Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians; Clinical Chemistry

62203 Meet The Experts: Clinical Chemistry’s Inspiring Minds… Live!

August 1, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.