Advancing excellence in laboratory medicine for better healthcare worldwide
Task Force on Outcome Studies in Laboratory Medicine (TF-OSLM)
Membership
| Name | Position | Country | Term | Time in Office |
| Z. Zhao | Chair | US | 1st | 2021 10 - 2024 12 |
| M. A. Serdar | Member | TR | 1st | 2021 10 - 2024 12 |
| C. I. Suárez Sánchez | Member | CL | 1st | 2021 10 - 2024 12 |
| V. Gounden | Member | SA | 1st | 2021 10 - 2024 12 |
| E. Koldberg Amundsen | Member | NO | 1st | 2021 10 - 2024 12 |
| E. M. Simbaqueba Sánchez | Corp. Rep./IL-Werfen | US | 1st | 2021 10 - 2024 12 |
| J. A. Snyder | Corp. Rep./Siemens | US | 1st | 2021 10 - 2024 12 |
| C. Strain | Corp. Rep./Abbott | CA | 1st | 2021 10 - 2024 12 |
Scope & Mandate
- Identify existing peer reviewed, high quality publications that demonstrate the value of laboratory medicine in healthcare overall.
- Develop a funded research program for investigators in hospitals located around the world to conduct new retrospective and prospective research with outcomes that assess the value of laboratory medicine in healthcare overall. The taskforce could help centres in setting up studies to properly collect such data (common study protocols and formats) and publish their findings.
- Create a repository/database of publications that is accessible by members of IFCC.
- Working with CPD and the C-PR, the taskforce will develop publications, presentations, webinars and other communications materials to help IFCC members use this data to effectively promote the critical value of laboratory medicine in healthcare to key stakeholders.
- The Taskforce will closely coordinate with other IFCC groups involved in related activities, including CPD, C-VPLM, TF-CM and others, as required.
List of Corresponding Members, nominated by National Societies
| Name | Full and Affiliate Member Societies |
| K. Rodriguez-Capote | Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists (CSCC) |
| M. Banerjee | Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI) |
| M.M.Suchitra | Association of Medical Biochemists of India (AMBI) |
| M. Wakui | Japan Society of Clinical Chemistry (JSCC) |
| V. Pant | Nepalese Association for Clinical Chemistry (NACC) |
| R. I. Álvarez Carrasco | Asociación Médica Peruana de Patología Clínica (AMPPC) |
Chair's contacts
Zhen ZHAO, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Director, Central Lab and Clinical Chemistry Services
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
1300 York Avenue, F701, New York, NY 10065, USA
E-mail: zhz9010@med.cornell.edu