The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) announced today that Michael Bennett, PhD, has been elected president-elect beginning in January 2016, followed by successive terms as the association’s 68th president in 2017 and past president in 2018.

Dr. Bennett is professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and chief of laboratory medicine and director of clinical chemistry and the metabolic disease laboratory at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He also holds the Evelyn Willing Bromley Endowed Chair in Clinical Laboratories and Pathology. Dr. Bennett’s research includes investigation of inborn errors of energy metabolism and pediatric neurodegenerative diseases. AACC is a a global scientific society focused on clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, mass spectrometry, translational medicine, lab management, and other areas of progressing laboratory science.
Read the AACC press release.