The Outstanding Contributions to Education in Clinical Chemistry Award recognizes an individual who has devoted a substantial portion of their professional career to advancing the practice and profession of clinical chemistry through education. Recipients of this award have demonstrated significant, innovative, and/or cumulatively outstanding impact on education in clinical laboratory science. Their contributions extend beyond the local level and are marked by broad recognition for excellence in education, often influencing learners and professionals nationally and internationally. Honorees may be recognized for excellence in teaching, directing educational programs, mentoring, authorship, and invited speaking, and for their ability to engage and educate multiple audiences across career stages and disciplines. Through these efforts, awardees have played a meaningful role in shaping the education and professional development of the clinical chemistry community.
Congratulations to the 2026 winner
Veronica Luzzi, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
Dr. Veronica Luzzi is an accomplished clinical chemist and consultant who remains deeply engaged in the advancement of laboratory medicine through professional practice, strategic advisory, and extensive volunteer leadership. She currently serves on the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) Latin American Subcommittee for the Global Affairs Core Committee and contributes her expertise to the College of American Pathologists (CAP). As a consultant in laboratory medicine, Dr. Luzzi leverages her extensive background to advise on clinical operations and regulatory strategy. Simultaneously, she is expanding her technical repertoire into data science, with a specific focus on the intersection of machine learning and clinical diagnostics to improve predictive disease modeling using laboratory data.
Previously, Dr. Luzzi served as section chief and medical director for clinical trials and research at TriCore Research Institute and was an associate clinical professor at the University of New Mexico. Her prior experience includes pivotal roles at Providence Health & Services in Oregon, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and Washington University in Saint Louis, where she modernized toxicology departments, contributed to ISO 15189 certification efforts, developed pathology residency curricula, and helped centralize a clinical trials laboratory.
Dr. Luzzi earned her Ph.D. in Bbology from the University of California, Irvine, followed by postdoctoral training in clinical chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry and a Fellow of the ADLM Academy. Today, she balances her professional practice with a commitment to mentoring the next generation of laboratory scientists and pioneering the use of data-driven insights in the clinical laboratory.
Previous Winners
2025 - David Anderson, PhD
2024 - James H. Nichols, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2023 - Gary L. Horowitz, MD
2022 - David S. Hage, PhD
2021 - Elizabeth L. Frank, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
2020 - Roger Bertholf, PhD
2019 - William A. Clarke, PhD
2018 - Thomas Annesley, PhD
2017 - Eleftherios P. Diamandis, MD, PhD
2016 - Ann M. Gronowski, PhD
2015 - Nader Rifai, PhD
2014 - Michael L. Astion, PhD
2013 - David E. Bruns, MD
2012 - David B. Sacks, MD
2011 - Edward R. Ashwood, MD
2010 - Amitava Dasgupta, PhD
2009 - Michael Laposata, MD
2008 - William E. Winter, MD
2007 - Craig A. Lehmann, PhD
2006 - Catherine A. Hammett-Stabler, PhD
2005 - Robert H. Christenson, PhD
2004 - Larry Broussard, PhD
2003 - Paul Wolf, MD
2002 - Alan Wu, PhD
2001 - Lawrence M. Silverman, PhD
2000 - Mitchell Scott, PhD
1999 - D. Robert Dufour, MD
1998 - Christopher P. Price, PhD
1997 - Christopher S. Frings, PhD
1996 - Oren Zinder, PhD
1995 - Peter Jatlow, MD
1994 - Jiro J. Kaneko, DVM, PhD
1993 - Richard B. Passey, PhD
1992 - Herbert A. Fritsche, PhD
1991 - Marge A. Brewster, PhD
1990 - H. Peter Lehmann, PhD
1989 - Jack H. Ladenson, PhD
1988 - Julius Kerkay, PhD
1987 - John Al Lott, PhD
1986 - Edward C. Knoblock
1985 - Richard H. Gadsden, Sr., PhD
1984 - Allan G. Gornall, PhD
1983 - Edward W. Bermes, PhD
1982 - Harry F. Weisberg, MD
1981 - F. William Sunderman, Sr., MD, PhD
1980 - Roger J. Thibert, PhD
1979 - Paige K. Besch, PhD
1978 - Hanns-Dieter Gruemer, MD
1977 - Hugh J. McDonald, DSc
1976 - Norbet W. Tietz, PhD
1975 - Max E. Chilcote, PhD
1974 - Morton K. Schwartz, PhD
1973 - Joseph I Routh, PhD
1972 - Martin Rubin, PhD
1971 - Alex Kaplan, PhD
