The Academy of Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Distinguished Abstracts Awards. A group of Fellows selected these 19 abstracts for their scientific excellence from a pool of more than 821 abstracts accepted for ADLM 2025 (formerly the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo).
Winning abstracts will display the Academy blue ribbon during the ADLM 2025 poster sessions.
A-028 Yi Zhang, Shenzhen, China
Comparison of the Cardiac Troponin I-T-C complex and cTnI and cTnT in Distinguishing Myocardial Infraction at Presentation
A-256 Holly Ahern, Paradise Valley, AZ
Multiplexed serologic test with advanced machine learning classifier for single-tier diagnosis of Lyme disease
A-284 Haoqin Jiang, Shanghai, China
Accuracy of Cerebrospinal Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Integrated with Heparin Binding Protein as Powerful Biomarkers of Bacterial Meningitis
A-349 Yanchun Lin, Saint Louis, MO
False-Negative Immunoassay Drug Screens Uncovered with a Direct to Mass Spectrometry Approach in a Pediatric Population.
A-357 Lusia Sepiashvili, Toronto, Canada
Direct establishment of pediatric reference intervals for 16 electrolytes and metabolites on the Roche cobas® pro integrated system in the CALIPER cohort of healthy children
B-123 Jack Wu, Rochester, MN
Clinical Implication of Light Chain Fragmentation in Patients with Monoclonal Gammopathies
B-153 Hunter Miller, Louisville, KY
Automation of serum protein immunofixation electrophoresis interpretation with artificial intelligence (AI).
B-237 Adam Ptolemy, Boston, MA
A microsampled dried urine testing strategy for amino acid transport disorders
B- 238 Debora Ramadan-Boscolo, São Paulo, Brazil
Genotypic Frequency of the C677T and A1298C Variants of the MTHFR Gene in Patients with Infertility and Fetal Loss
B-252 Wenying Zhang, Cincinnati, OH
Functional Validation of Novel FAS Intronic and Splice Region VUS Through Minigene Assays
B-260 Melanie Dart, Madison, WI
A Novel Bioluminescent, Multi-Epitope Assay to Detect Alzheimer’s Disease-Specific Tau Consistent with Alzheimer’s Amyloidosis
B-261 J. Alan Erickson, Salt Lake City, UT
Performance Validation of a plasma-based Immunoassay for P-tau217
B-268 Guo Zhaopei, Fuzhou, China
Proteo-transcriptomics Analysis Reveals Novel Diagnostic Biomarkers for Liver Fibrosis
B-304 Jillian Neifeld, Chantilly, VA
Novel Psychoactive Substances Prevalence in Clinical Urine Specimens at Quest Diagnostics in 2024
B-317 David Schwope, Nashville, TN
Detection of bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl) sebacate (BTMPS) throughout the United States in healthcare patient urine samples
B-320 Ping Wang, Philadelphia, PA
A High Sensitivity Rapid Xylazine Dipstick for Clinical Urine Testing
B-335 Rachel DeHoog, Houston, TX
Analytical Validation of Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging for Classification of Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies
B-340 Lisa Ford, Durham, NC
Validation of a five-biomarker test in serum for detection of early-stage pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma