UPCOMING EVENTS

Low Level Troponin Results: Clinical Applications and Analytical Challenges - 2008

November 06, 2008

Dietary and Nutritional Considerations in Animal Models of Drug Discovery and Development

November 07, 2008

Laboratory Medicine: Into the Future

November 13, 2008

Reimbursement Update 2009

November 18, 2008

Laboratory Measurements in Chronic Kidney Disease

November 19, 2008

PSA Update: Implementing New Screening Guidelines, Meeting Analytical Challenges

December 03, 2008

Hemoglobin A1c: New Uses for Today and Possibilities for Tomorrow

December 09, 2008

41st Annual Oak Ridge Conference - 2009

April 16, 2009

The Van Slyke Foundation is AACC’s philanthropic program, dedicated to encouraging and supporting deserving clinical laboratory scientists and students around the world through a variety of grants, awards, scholarships and other programs designed to share the latest and best in clinical laboratory science and technology and improve health care worldwide.

November 2008 Mentor of the Month: William E. Evans, Pharm.D.
	November’s SYCL Mentor of the Month is Dr. William Evans, PharmD, Director and Chief Executive Officer of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Dr. Evans is a pioneer in the area of pharmacogenomics (especially anticancer agents in children) and, in 2007, was the recipient of the prestigious AACC Lectureship Award. Please take a moment and ask Dr. Evans a question.

Selected New Titles are Now Available Through the AACC Store
	AACC Press has released four new press titles through its online store that many customers will find of interest. Included in the new titles are Diagnostic Techniques in Genetics and DNA from A to Z & Back Again. Please visit the AACC Press site to see the other titles that are available for purchase.

2009 AACC Awards Nominations

Every year, AACC presents several awards to clinical chemists and other clinical scientists who work in the field of clinical laboratory science. Please take a moment to nominate a colleague(s) for any of AACC’s 2009 major awards. The deadline to nominate a candidate is December 31, 2008.

Risk Management for Clinical Labs
	Though lab directors manage risks in their labs every day, CLSI is working on guidelines that will formalize risk management and possibly open up a new way to meet CLIA QC requirements.

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HEALTHCARE NEWS

Rainfall linked to autism

Scientists in the U.S. say there appears to be a link between high levels of rainfall and the prevalence of autism - they say children living in high annual rainfall areas appear more likely to develop autism, which raises again the possibility of an environmental trigger for the disorder.

Better educated women more likely to divorce

According to new research from the Australian National University (ANU), marriages where the woman is better educated than the man are more likely to end in divorce.

New drug tricks the body into burning off fat

French scientists have found a drug they say tricks the body into burning off fat - and it even works on a high-fat diet.

Heart attack survivors at highest risk of dying in the month after leaving hospital

According to researchers in the U.S. survivors of heart attacks face the greatest risk of dying from sudden cardiac death during the first month after leaving the hospital.

JOURNAL HIGHLIGHTS

A Personalized Approach to Cancer Treatment

Quantification of Low-abundance Proteins by LC-MS/MS

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