The award is named in honor of the late Academy member who contributed significantly to the development of the Academy of Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine and served as President in 1983-84. The award recognizes a current or past member of the Academy who has made noteworthy advances enhancing the mission and stature of the Academy. The nomination should include a letter of nomination, three letters of reference, and a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae.
Congratulations to This Year's Winner!
Yusheng Zhu, PhD, MS, DABCC (CC, TC, MB), FADLM, FACSc
Dr. Zhu is a Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Pharmacology, Medical Director of Clinical Chemistry and Automated Testing Laboratory, Co-Director of the Pathology Core Reference Laboratory, Medical Co-Director of the Point-of-Care Testing Program, Director of the Postdoctoral Clinical Chemistry Fellowship Training Program, and Chair of the Laboratory Utilization Committee at the Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine.
Yusheng is board certified by ABCC in Clinical Chemistry, Toxicological Chemistry, and Molecular Diagnostics.
He is the immediate Past President of the Academy of Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine and immediate Past President of the Association of Clinical Scientists. He served as the President of the North American Chinese Clinical Chemists Association (2012), President of the Commission on Accreditation in Clinical Chemistry (2015), Chair of the ADLM Southeast Section (2015), Chair of the ADLM Clinical Translational Science Division (2015-2016), Vice President of ABCC (2019-2021), and Chair of the ADLM Mass Spectrometry & Separation Sciences Division (2020-2022).
Previous Winners
2023 - James C. Ritchie, PhD
2022 - Roger L. Bertholf, PhD
2021 - Angela Ferguson, PhD
2020 - Donald Wiebe, PhD
2019 - David Koch, PhD
2018 - Loralie Langman, PhD
2017 - Roland Valdes, PhD
2016 - William Winter, MD
2015 - Michael J. Bennett, PhD
2014 - Stanley F. Lo, PhD