Awards, Honors, Membership in Honorary Societies:

• Full Fellow of the Association of Clinical Scientists
• ASCLS Gloria F. “Mike” Gilbert Memorial Trustee Award, July 2011
• ASCLS-GA Contribution to the Profession, 2011
• Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity 2010
• ASCLS- Region III Director 2009-2012
• ASCLS-GA Member of the Year 2006-2007
• Omicron Sigma, ASCLS, 2006, 2008, 2010
• Brockmeier Award Faculty Teaching Award, 2005
• Contribution to the Profession, GSCLS, 2003
• Alpha Eta Allied Health Honor Society, 2003
• Excellence in Research and Scholarship, AASU, 2002
• Omicron Sigma, GSCLS, 2002, 2004
• Key to The Future, GSCLS, 2002
• The National’s Dean List, 2000
• Community Service Award, United Blood Services, 1999
• Sigma Xi, 1995

Extramural Professional Activities:

• Advisory Committee on International Standards Establishment (ISE), 2017 – Present.
• External Examiner, Medical Laboratory Science Program, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates, 2017.
• Editorial Board, Archives of Clinical and Biomedical Research, 2016 – present
• National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS) Global Taskforce, 2015 – Present
• Critical Values Development Board, American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), 2015 – Present
• National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS), Accreditation volunteer
• Advisory Committee, First Middle Eastern Conference on Interprofessional Education: New Frontiers in Healthcare, Doha, Qatar, December 5-7, 2015
• Medical Laboratory Qualification Program (MLQP) Examination Pilot, Tbilisi, Georgia, February 16 – 18, 2015
• American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) International Commission, 2014 – Present
• Hamad Medical Corporation – Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Joint Institutional Review Board (J-IRB), 2014
• Qatar’s National Cancer Strategy, 2013 – Present
• Genomic Assessment of Qatar, 2013 – Present
• Founding Qatar ASCP Advisory Board, 2013 – Present
• Founding Board Member, International Council for the Life Sciences, Qatar Chapter, 2013 – Present
• Education Committee Chair, Academic Health System, Doha, Qatar, 2012 – Present
• Consulting Editor, Clinical Laboratory Science, American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, 2012 – Present
• American Society for Clinical Pathology Global Outreach Consultant, 2011 – Present
• Editorial Advisory Board, Advance for Medical Laboratory Professionals, 2010 – Present
• Blog Contributor: From Classroom to Bench. Advance for Medical Laboratory Professionals, 2010 – 2012
• American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, Board of Directors, 2009-2012.
• National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science, Online Learning Task Force, 2010 – 2012
• Workshop for Laboratory Professionals. American Society for Clinical Pathology. Atlanta, GA, 2011
• ASCLS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2011
• 2011 Clinical Laboratory Educator’s Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
• ASCLS RIII Triennial Meeting, Savannah, GA, 2010.
• ASCLS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 2010.
• The 14th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning, Orlando, FL, 2010
• Legislative Symposium, ASCLS, March 2009, 2010, 2011
• American Society for Clinical Pathology, Information Technology Committee, 2007-2010.
• National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science, Human Resources Workgroup, 2007-2008.
• Medical Devices Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration, 2006-09.
• Diagnosis and Staging Workgroup for the Georgia Cancer Coalition, 2006.
• Chair of CLEC 2008 Steering Committee.
• President. American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science-Georgia. 2005-2006
• ASAHP Leadership Development Program, Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions. 2006.
• President-Elect. American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science-Georgia. 2004-2005
• Leaders Among Us. Armstrong Atlantic State University. Spring 2004.
• Conference Program Committee. Clinical laboratory Management Association.
• Educational Resources Committee member. Clinical laboratory Management Association.
• Committee on Educational Affairs of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.
• Scientific Assembly member. American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.