The following program is subject to change.
Thursday, 28 May 2026
7:30 AM–5:00 PM | Registration Desk Open
7:30 AM–8:30 AM | Breakfast
8:30 AM–8:40 AM | Opening Remarks
Ronald Jackups, MD, PhD, and Eric Huang, MD, PhD
8:40 AM–10:10 AM | Scientific Session 1: Managing the Bleeder
Moderator: Suzanne Thibodeaux, MD, PhD
The Clot Thickens: Solving the Mystery of Perioperative Bleeding, Melissa Cushing, MD (Weill Cornell Medicine)
AI-driven Clinical Decision Support for Perioperative Transfusion, Sunny Lou, MD, PhD (WashU Medicine)
Coagulation Conundrums: Bleeding, Anticoagulants and Assays, Lindsay Bazydlo, PhD (University of Virginia)
10:10 AM–10:40 AM |Networking Beverage Break
10:40 AM–12:00 PM | Scientific Session 2: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Laboratory Medicine
Moderator: Mark Zaydman, MD, PhD
Evaluating Agentic AI for Routine Data Analytics Tasks in Pathology, Nicholas Spies, MD (University of Utah)
Detecting the Drift: Leveraging Patient Data to Monitor Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, Rebekah Dumm, PhD (WashU Medicine)
Improving Test Utilization with Real-World Data and Causal Inference, Lee Schroeder, MD, PhD (University of Michigan)
From Research to Real-World: Implementation of AI/ML-Enabled Devices, Thomas JS Durant, MD (Yale School of Medicine)
12:00 PM–1:00 PM | Networking Lunch
ACLPS Executive Council Lunch (restricted)
New Member Lunch (open to all new/newer members)
1:00 PM–2:30 PM | Scientific Session 3: Clinical Laboratories at the Front Lines of Public Health
Moderator: Melanie Yarbrough, PhD
Drug Checking as a Translational Laboratory Platform for Public Health, Clinical Care, and Community Engagement, Sarah Riley, PhD (Saint Louis University)
Incorporation of Local Bacterial WGS Into the Investigation of MSSA Transmission in a NBICU, David Peaper, MD, PhD (Yale School of Medicine)
HCV Test and Treat - The Hospital as a Central Public Health Access Point, Laura Marks, MD, PhD (WashU Medicine)
2:30 PM–3:00 PM | Networking Refreshment Break
3:00 PM–3:40 PM | Young Investigator Grant Recipient Presentations
Moderator: Amit Gokhale, MD (Education Committee Chair)
Immunoglobulin Light Chain Fragmentation: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications, Jack Wu, PhD (Mayo Clinic)
Leukemic Stem Cells in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: High-Parameter Profiling for Measurable Residual Disease Detection, Mariam (Mera) Youssef, MD (NYU Langone Health)
3:40 PM–4:20 PM | Junior Faculty Abstract Award Presentations
Moderator: Christopher Farnsworth, PhD
Pre-Transplant T Cell Receptor Network Topology Predicts Kidney Allograft Outcome Independent of HLA Mismatch, Nicholas Borcherding, MD, PhD (WashU Medicine)
The Antigen Specificity of T Cells in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Mark Lee, MD, PhD (Yale School of Medicine)
5:00 PM–7:00 PM | Poster Session & Welcome Reception
Gateway East & Terrace, Rooftop - 18th Floor (cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres)
Friday, 29 May 2026
7:30 AM–5:00 PM | Registration Desk Open
7:30 AM–8:30 AM | Breakfast
Women’s Networking Breakfast
8:30 AM–10:00 AM | Young Investigator Abstract Presentation Breakouts A
10:00 AM–10:30 AM | Networking Beverage Break
10:30 AM–12:00 PM | Young Investigator Abstract Presentation Breakouts B
12:00 PM–1:30 PM | Lunch and ACLPS Annual Business Meeting
1:30 PM–2:30 PM | Scientific Session 4: Personalized Laboratory Medicine
Moderator: Cara Lunn Shirai, PhD
The Impact of Personalized Medicine in the Flow Cytometry Laboratory; Antigen Directed Targeted Therapy as Both Cloak and Dagger, Sindhu Cherian, MD (University of Washington)
Clinical Utility of Whole-genome Sequencing for Acute Leukemia, Drew Hughes, MD, PhD (WashU Medicine)
2:30 PM–3:00 PM | Networking Refreshment Break
3:00 PM–4:00 PM | Scientific Session 5: Emerging Laboratory Biomarkers of Disease
Moderator: Bijal Parikh, MD, PhD
Blood Based Biomarkers for the Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease, Suzanne Schindler, MD, PhD (WashU Medicine)
Freely Circulating: cfDNA in Pregnancy, Cancer, and Beyond,
Tina Lockwood, PhD (University of Washington)
4:00 PM–5:00 PM | Ernest Cotlove Lecture & Award
Moderators: Ronald Jackups, MD, PhD, and Christopher Farnsworth, PhD (WashU Medicine)
Rooted in the Lab: Cultivating Solutions from Clinical Laboratory Problems, Ann Gronowski, PhD (WashU Medicine)
5:30 PM–10:00 PM | Social Hour and Awards Banquet at the City Museum
5:30–6:00 PM | Buses depart to City Museum
6:00–7:00 PM | Cocktails
7:00–8:30 PM | Dinner and Awards Program
8:30–10:00 PM | Buses return to meeting venue
Athleisure wear is encouraged!
Saturday, 30 MAY 2026
7:30 AM–11:00 AM | Registration Desk Open
7:30 AM–8:30 AM | Breakfast
ACLPS Executive Council Breakfast (By invitation only)
8:30 AM–9:30 AM | Ellis Benson Lecture & Award
Moderator: Jonathan Genzen, MD, PhD (Nominating and Awards Committee Chair)
Why I Love My Job, Alexander Greninger, MD, PhD (University of Washington)
9:30 AM–10:45 AM | Scientific Session 6: Things We Do For No Reason: Cases in Laboratory Stewardship
Moderator: Christopher Farnsworth, PhD
What Does Laboratory Stewardship Mean, and Why Does It Matter? Robert Mahoney, MD (WashU Medicine)
Twenty Years Later, Ionized Calcium Testing is Still a Bad Idea, Except When It’s a Good Idea, Geoffrey Baird, MD, PhD (University of Washington)
Just Because We Can Doesn’t Mean We Should, Robin Chamberland, PhD (Saint Louis University)
Low Value Labs in High Acuity Care: The Case Against Reflex SPEP, T. Scott Isbell, PhD (Saint Louis University)
A 100x Objective Review: Examining the Use of Manual Microscopy in the Modern Hematology Lab, Cara Lunn Shirai, PhD (WashU Medicine)
10:45 AM–11:00 AM | Closing Remarks & Farewell: Explore Saint Louis!
Ronald Jackups, MD, PhD (ACLPS 2026 Local Host)