Allison B. Chambliss, PhD, DABCC, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology in the Department of Pathology at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. She is the Section Director of Clinical Chemistry and Point-of-Care Testing in the clinical laboratories of the Los Angeles County + USC (LAC+USC) Medical Center.

Dr. Chambliss holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech, a PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and she completed a ComACC-accredited Clinical Chemistry Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She is licensed by the State of California as a Clinical Chemist Laboratory Director and is board-certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry.

Dr. Chambliss has research interests in validating new diagnostics and biomarkers, procalcitonin and sepsis, and laboratory utilization initiatives. She is an active member of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) at the regional and national levels. She is an associate editor for the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine and a member of the College of American Pathologists Clinical Chemistry Committee. Dr. Chambliss teaches undergraduates, medical students, and Pathology residents at USC.