Dr Gregory S Makowski is a board-certified clinical chemist and fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. Following receipt of his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut Storrs, he pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington that culminated in joint appointments in the School of Medicine and the Department of Laboratory Medicine at John Dempsey Hospital. He has numerous clinical and basic science publications and serves on various scientific and editorial boards. He is actively engaged in the training of Pathology residents and fellows in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Hartford Hospital. He currently serves as Vice President Clinical Laboratory Services Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut.

• 1. Metabolic Syndrome and Menopause – Pathophysiology, Clinical and Diagnostic SignificanceAnna Stefanska, Katarzyna Bergmann and Grazyna Sypniewska2. Homocysteine in Chronic Kidney DiseaseElena A. Ostrakhovitch and Siamak Tabibzadeh 3. Lung Cancer Biomarkers Hoseok I and Je-Yoel Cho4. SEPT9: A Specific Circulating Biomarker for Colorectal CancerLele Song and Yuemin Li5. Glycated Serum Albumin and AGE ReceptorsStefan Vetter6. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocabons: Part I, ExposureOkechukwu Clinton Ifegwu and Chimezie Anyakora

Dr Gregory S Makowski is a board-certified clinical chemist and fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. Following receipt of his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut Storrs, he pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington that culminated in joint appointments in the School of Medicine and the Department of Laboratory Medicine at John Dempsey Hospital. He has numerous clinical and basic science publications and serves on various scientific and editorial boards. He is actively engaged in the training of Pathology residents and fellows in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Hartford Hospital. He currently serves as Vice President Clinical Laboratory Services Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut.

• 1. Metabolic Syndrome and Menopause – Pathophysiology, Clinical and Diagnostic SignificanceAnna Stefanska, Katarzyna Bergmann and Grazyna Sypniewska2. Homocysteine in Chronic Kidney DiseaseElena A. Ostrakhovitch and Siamak Tabibzadeh 3. Lung Cancer Biomarkers Hoseok I and Je-Yoel Cho4. SEPT9: A Specific Circulating Biomarker for Colorectal CancerLele Song and Yuemin Li5. Glycated Serum Albumin and AGE ReceptorsStefan Vetter6. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocabons: Part I, ExposureOkechukwu Clinton Ifegwu and Chimezie Anyakora

Dr Gregory S Makowski is a board-certified clinical chemist and fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. Following receipt of his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut Storrs, he pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington that culminated in joint appointments in the School of Medicine and the Department of Laboratory Medicine at John Dempsey Hospital. He has numerous clinical and basic science publications and serves on various scientific and editorial boards. He is actively engaged in the training of Pathology residents and fellows in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Hartford Hospital. He currently serves as Vice President Clinical Laboratory Services Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut.

• 1. Metabolic Syndrome and Menopause – Pathophysiology, Clinical and Diagnostic SignificanceAnna Stefanska, Katarzyna Bergmann and Grazyna Sypniewska2. Homocysteine in Chronic Kidney DiseaseElena A. Ostrakhovitch and Siamak Tabibzadeh 3. Lung Cancer Biomarkers Hoseok I and Je-Yoel Cho4. SEPT9: A Specific Circulating Biomarker for Colorectal CancerLele Song and Yuemin Li5. Glycated Serum Albumin and AGE ReceptorsStefan Vetter6. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocabons: Part I, ExposureOkechukwu Clinton Ifegwu and Chimezie Anyakora