Advocacy for our Laboratorians
Our primary goal is to advocate for our profession and our patients. We do this by representing the interests of the clinical laboratory and affiliated professions and members of the Society in all government and other forums that affect these interests and being involved in national and state legislation and promoting licensure for all medical laboratory professionals.
Educate
We want to provide educational opportunities to students, future students, non-laboratory professionals and patients.
Educational Events:
- Spring Symposium
- Joint Annual Meeting
We encourage our members to share their education and expertise by presenting at these and other professional meetings! Some of our accomplishments include:
Textbook: Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Techniques, and Correlations (8th Edition by members Michael Bishop and Carleen Van Siclen)
Textbook: Proficiency Examination Review Handbook, 10th Edition (Hematology & Hemostasis by Carleen Van Siclen).
Presentation: Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel Laws and Rules (for the 2022 FSCLS Spring Symposium), Carleen Van Siclen.
Presentation: City Lights and Country Nights: The Built Environment's Role in Access to Laboratory Services and Health (for the 2022 FSCLS Spring Symposium and the 2022 ASCLS Joint Annual Meeting), Kyle Riding
Presentation: Oh, the places you will go: Infections of Leisure (for the 2022 FSCLS Spring Symposium), Aaron Odegard
Presentation: Mindfulness and the Medical Laboratory (for the 2023 FSCLS Spring Symposium), Kyle Riding
Presentation: Epigenetics: Diagnostic Methods in the Clinical Laboratory (for the 2023 FSCLS Spring Symposium), Maridaliz Rodriguez-Rosado
Presentation: Old Friends & New: Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens in the Microbiology Laboratory (for the 2023 FSCLS Spring Symposium and the 2023 ASCLS Joint Annual Meeting), Maridaliz Rodriguez-Rosado & Emilia Marrero-Greene
Presentation: Diversity Panel on Respect (for the 2022 ASCLS Joint Annual Meeting), Ogechi Ohaeto & Emilia Marrero-Greene
Awards
Below is a list of previous National, Regional, and State award winners. Congratulations! We are very proud of our FSCLS All-Stars!
Scholarship Winners:
- 2024: Destiny Presley and Laura Gibson
- 2023: Evalis Wong (1st) and David Ecker (2nd)
Joint Annual Meeting Awards:
- 2024: Mark De Luna, Alpha Mu Tau Eleanor Parchman Memorial Scholarship and Katherine Guise, Alpha Mu Tau Dorothy Morrison Memorial Scholarship
- 2023: Katherine Guise, Rodak Scholarship (E&R), Undergraduate Poster Award
Ascending Professionals Leadership
- 2025: Ogechi Ohaeto
- 2024: Emily Woten
- 2023: Ogechi Ohaeto
Developing Professionals Leadership
- 2025: Katherine Guise
- 2024: Katherine (Katie) Guise
Voices Under 40
2024: Ogechi Ohaeto- 2023: Kyle Riding
- 2021: Aaron Odegard
- 2020: Jenny Ford
Member of the Year
Omicron Sigma
- 2025: Heather McNasby, Maridaliz Rodriguez-Rosado, Emilia Marrero-Greene, Ogechi Ohaeto
- 2024: Maridaliz Rodriguez-Rosado, Mark De Luna, Halcyon St. Hill, Ed Peterson
- Past winners on the state, regional and national levels: Ogechi Ohaeto, Mark De Luna, Emilia Marrero-Greene, Tripat Kaur, Carleen Van Siclen, Halcyon St. Hill, Jasmine Kendrick
Keys to the Future
- 2025: Sarah Ann VanKirk Shredder, Federico Quezada
- 2024: Katherine Guise, Emily Woten, Federico Quezada
- 2023: Katherine Hall, Ed Peterson, Heather McNasby
- 2022: Maridaliz Rodriguez-Rosado
- 2021: Jasmine Kendrick
- 2020: Ogechi Ohaeto, Aaron Odegard, Emilia Marrero-Greene
- 2019: Mark De Luna
- 2016: Tripat Kaur
ASCLS Membership Milestone
- 2025: Michael Bishop, Lynn Ulmer, and Christine Griffin for 50 years of Membership