Immediate Past
President

Mark Hicar, M.D., Ph.D.
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Disease, Oishei Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor,
Dept of Pediatrics
Jacobs School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences

President

Patricia I. Diaz, DDS, MS, PhD
Professor, University at Buffalo
School of Dental Medicine
Department of Oral Biology

President Elect

Chelsie Armbruster, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, UB School of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Department of Microbiology and
Immunology

Councilor and ASM COMS Representative

Elaine Haase, Ph.D. ,MT(ASCP)
Research Professor
School of Dental Medicine
Department of Oral Biology

Alternate
Councilor

Ryan Hunter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept of Microbiology and
Immunology
Jacobs School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences

Secretary /
Treasurer

Lynn Connors, BS, MT(ASCP), CLT
Associate Clinical Professor
Dept of Biotechnical and
Clinical Laboratory Science
Jacobs School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences

Webmaster

Jean B. Myers, B.A. I (ASCP), CLT
Clinical Instructor
Department of Biotechnical
and Clinical Lab Sciences
Jacobs School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences