There is an open call for nominations for the following 5 IFCC Distinguished Awards for presentation at the IFCC Congress in May 2023, Rome, Italy. These awards for 2023 are listed below and a more detailed description of them, including the former honorees, can be found clicking on this link.

1. IFCC-Henry Wishinsky Award for Distinguished International Service since 1990 (IFCC Distinguished International Services Award 1981-1987) - sponsored by Siemens Healthineers.

2. IFCC Award for Distinguished Contributions in Education - sponsored by Abbott Laboratories.

3. IFCC-Robert Shaffer Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Development of Standards for Use in Laboratory Medicine - sponsored by NIST CLSI.

4. IFCC Distinguished Award for Contributions to the Cardiovascular Diagnostics - sponsored by HyTest.

5. IFCC Young Investigator Award.

Nominations are welcome from the President or National Representative of the nominees’ national society, which should be a member of the IFCC.
Each nomination should contain: 
1) a statement as to the reasons for nomination,
2) a full CV of the nominees including a bibliography, 
3) other letters of support (optional); 
4) copy of passport or ID card for the IFCC Young Investigator Award.

Documents should be sent to Silvia Colli-Lanzi of the IFCC Office (colli-lanzi@ifcc.org).

Please do not hesitate to write to Silvia Colli Lanzi or me if you have any queries.

Yours sincerely,

Prof. Maurizio Ferrari
Chair, IFCC Awards Committee

IFCC eNews: No 11 November 2022

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IN THIS ISSUE:

• EDITORIAL
  • Message from the eNews editor
• THE VOICE OF IFCC
  • Message from the IFCC President - October 2022
  • IFCC WG-MEP – To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools
  • The IFCC – Abbott VLP Program in the XV National Congress of the Colegio Nacional de Laboratoristas Clínicos de Panama (CONALAC)
• IFCC CELEBRATES 70th YEARS
  • Celebrating 70 years of advancing excellence in laboratory medicine for better healthcare worldwide
  • IFCC General Conference 2022 – Regional Representative report
  • Latin American Confederation of Clinical Biochemistry (COLABIOCLI) present at the IFCC General Conference
• IFCC: THE YOUNG SCIENTISTS
  • French Young Scientists: interactive pedagogical cases
• CONTRIBUTE TO IFCC eNews
  • Improving patient outcomes through strategic implementation of procalcitonin into clinical care
  • Unprecedented challenge met with rapid delevopment and deployment of novel best practices at Warwick Medical School and UHW NSH Trust
  • Professional Management Exchange Programme – my experience
• NEWS FROM REGIONAL FEDERATIONS AND MEMBER SOCIETIES 
  • Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQCML) and Gregorio Marañón Hospital: the 8th edition of the FESTEM Congress
  • Second edition of the Leadership Course for Young Clinical Laboratory Professionals in Latin America
  • The 1st Course on Quality management and good laboratory practices to strengthen the virological and genomic surveillance of COVID-19 in Latin America concluded with great success
  • Professor Hilda Tendisa Marima-Matarira appointed to the Board of Directors of Food and Nutrition Council (FNC)
• IFCC'S CALENDAR OF CONGRESSES, CONFERENCES
  • Calendar of IFCC Congresses/Conferences and Regional Federations' Congresses
  • Calendar of events with IFCC auspices

• Promote international co-operation between laboratories
• Facilitate the exchange of young laboratory scientists between IFCC Member societies
• Share high level scientific or management skills
• Introduce new or improved scientific or management skills to the applicant's laboratory

IFCC has developed two categories of professional exchange programme:

• Professional Scientific Exchange Programme (PSEP)

• Professional Management Exchange Programme (PMEP)

IFCC has developed a list of clinical laboratories willing to host visiting scientists for a period of 1-3 months.    However, applicants are free to select other hosting laboratories pending prior acceptance and approval by the host. IFCC has no role in making agreements between the Applicant and the hosting laboratory.

Click here to see the list of the IFCC PEP hosting Laboratories.

For further information and for the forms, click here to go to the PEP webpage

SECRETARY NOMINATIONS

TREASURER NOMINATIONS

The full details of each candidate’s nomination, including a personal statement, are available at following link: 

ELECTION PROCESS
The electronic ballot for the election of the SECRETARY and TREASURER positions will be held from January 1st to 31st, 2023.

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Thanks to the committment and efforts of Dr. Maria del Carmen Pasquel GENERAL COORDINATOR Dr. María Schroeder-Castagno Co-COORDINATOR, Dr. Maria del Patrocinio Chueca and Dr. Raul Girardi, EDITORIAL BOARD and to the many who contributed to this magazine.

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IFCC eNews: No 10 October 2022

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IN THIS ISSUE:

• EDITORIAL
  • Message from the eNews editor
• THE VOICE OF IFCC
  • Message from the IFCC President - October 2022
  • The IFCC is pleased to announce its new President-elect: prof Ozben
  • Call for nominations for the IFCC Regional Federation Representatives 2024
  • Call for Nominations for the Corporate Representative position within the IFCC EB 2024-2026
  • The IFCC-Abbott VLP Program in a 20th Congress of the Sociedad Chilena de Química Clínica
  • The IFCC C-MHBLM and m-technologies under the spotlights in Chicago, IL., USA
• IFCC CELEBRATES 70th YEARS
  • Interview with Prof. Rajiv Erasmus
• IFCC: the People
  • In Memoriam: Professor Jean-Paul Chapelle
• IFCC: the Young Scientists
  • IFCC PSEP Educational Visit to the Hormone Laboratory at Oslo University Hospital
• CONTRIBUTE TO IFCC eNews
  • Medcan - Preventing Cardiovascular Disease Through Proactive, Cost-Effective and Enhanced Identification of Cardiovascular Risk Using High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin
  • Elsevier: article submission process streamlined for Clinica Chimica Acta and related journals
  • The First IFCC-Mindray International Case Contest in Laboratory
• NEWS FROM REGIONAL FEDERATIONS AND MEMBER SOCIETIES 
  • Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQCML) unveils new Strategic Plan for improving patient health
  • Smart interconnected minds at the 16th BCLM 2022, Tallinn, Estonia
  • Dr Jean-Baptiste Woillard (FR) winner of the « 1^st IFCC-Gérard Siest Young Scientist Award for Distinguished Contributions in Pharmacogenetics»
  • News from EFLM task groups
• IFCC'S CALENDAR OF CONGRESSES, CONFERENCES
  • Calendar of IFCC Congresses/Conferences and Regional Federations' Congresses
  • Calendar of events with IFCC auspices

 Número Octubre 2022

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Prof. Tomris Ozben
(Turkish Biochemical Society - TBS)
received votes: 45 (58,44%)

Prof. Michael Neumaier
(German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine – DGKL)
received votes: 19 (24,68%)

Prof. Tahir Pillay
(South African Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine - SAACB)
received votes: 13 (16,88%)

Full details of the ballot may be found from the independent company that conducted the ballot:

https://secure.electionbuddy.com/results/6QQ8F9Q9YVZT

Accordingly to the results, we are glad to announce that the President-elect is Prof. Tomris Ozben, to continue her term as President until December, 2026. 

The IFCC congratulates all nominated members and the new President-elect.

Click here to read a short profile of Prof. Ozben

Find here a "Thank you message" from prof Ozben.