Interview with Dr. David Grenache, president of the. A.A.C.C.
Channel: Infobioquimica
Date: 2020-06-29

David G. Grenache, PhD, MT(ASCP), D(ABCC), FAACC
Dr. Grenache is the chief scientific officer for TriCore Reference Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In that role, he leads the TriCore Research Institute and works cooperatively to develop and implement TriCore's scientific research strategy.
He is also the medical director of the chemistry, immunology, and esoteric analytic chemistry labs, a clinical professor of pathology at the University of New Mexico, and president-elect of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Dr. Grenache earned his PhD in biomedical sciences from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and completed postdoctoral training in clinical chemistry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. His research interests are centered on leveraging longitudinal laboratory data to gain insights into population health and the diagnostic tests used to manage the pregnant patient.

Veronica I Luzzi, MS, PhD, DABCC, FACB, 
Is the Providence Health and Services Regional Laboratory Medical Director in Portland, Oregon. In addition to this role, she is also the Director of Quality, Point of Care, and Test Development. Previously, she was the Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Henry Ford Hospital, and Adjunct Professor of Pathology at Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan. She received her PhD in Biology and Physiology and Biophysics from the University of California, Irvine and completed her training in Clinical Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Luzzi has worked in different areas of clinical testing and has published her work in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the Journal of Analytical Chemistry, the Journal of Molecular Pathology, and the Journal of Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Luzzi has been actively involved in AACC in several roles, including delegate and chair-elect for the Michigan section, and member of the nominating committee. Currently, she is a member of the Core Education Committee of the AACC, and chair-elect of the AACC Pacific Northwest Section. In addition, she has served in the American Board of Clinical Chemistry as the Chair of exams, and continuing education director.