Yusheng Zhu, PhD, DABCC, FACSc, FAACC.
Dr. Zhu is a Professor of Pathology& Laboratory Medicine and Pharmacology, Medical Director of Clinical Chemistryand Automated Testing Laboratory,Co-Director of Pathology Core Reference Laboratory,Medical Co-Director of Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Program, Director of Postdoctoral Clinical Chemistry Fellowship Training Program, and Chair of Laboratory Utilization Committeeat the Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine.
Dr. Zhu is board certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (ABCC) in Clinical Chemistry, Toxicological Chemistry, and Molecular Diagnostics and a Fellow of AACCAcademy.
Currently, he is the President of the Association of Clinical Scientists (ACS), President of AACC Academy, Chair of AACC Academy Council, Member of AACC Board of Directors, and Past Chair of AACC Mass Spectrometry & Separation Science Division. Yusheng is on the Editorial Boards of three medical journals.
Dr. Zhu also served as the President of NACCCAin2012, President of the Commission on Accreditation in Clinical Chemistry (ComACC) in 2015,Chair of AACC Southeast Section in 2015, Chair of Clinical Translational Science Division (2015-2016), Secretary of Proteomics & Metabolomics Division (2013-2015) of AACC, treasurer of AACC Mass Spectrometry & Separation Science Division (2014-2017), and Vice President of ABCC (2019-2021).
Dr. Zhu has trained 7 post-doctoral clinical chemistry fellows and numerous pathology residents. Dr. Zhu has received research grants from NIH, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, in vitro diagnostics industries, Department of Health of Pennsylvania. He is interested in clinical and translational research in clinical chemistry, toxicology, hemoglobinopathy, pharmacogenetics,imaging mass spectrometry, and clinical application of mass spectrometry. Yusheng has been conducting multiple clinical trials of devices for which data are presented to the FDA under 510(k). He has been invited to give 69 presentations at national and international conferences. Yusheng has over 147 publications including peer-reviewed papers, editorials, book chapters, and abstracts. Dr. Zhu has received over 40 awards from several organizations including “Clinical Scientist of the Year” from ACS in 2023.