2026 SYCL Mentorship Award winner
Robert Fitzgerald, PhD, DABCC
Director of the Clinical Toxicology Laboratory
UC San Diego Health
The SYCL Mentorship Award is given annually to the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine member who goes above the call of duty in their support of SYCL and the development of young, early-career scientists.
Nominations
Nominations must be submitted here by March 19. The nominator may be asked to provide a letter outlining the nominee's contributions as a mentor before April 15. One or more optional letters of support may also be included.
Previous winners
2025 – Sean Campbell, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2024 – Joe M. El-Khoury, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2023 – Nichole Korpi-Steiner, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2022 – Octavia M. Peck Palmer, PhD, FADLM
2021 – Elizabeth L. Frank, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2020 – Alison Woodworth, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2019 – Judith Stone, PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC
2018 – Alan Wu, PhD, DABCC
2017 – Shannon Haymond, PhD, DABCC
2016 – Jim Nichols, PhD, DABCC, FACB
2015 – Carmen L. Wiley, PhD, DABCC
2014 – David G. Grenache, PhD, DABCC, FACB
2013 – Thomas Annesley, PhD, DABCC, FACB
2012 – Nader Rifai, PhD, DABCC, FACB
2011 – Ann Gronowski, PhD, DABCC, FACB