Timothy Collier is Associate Scientific Director for Lab Operations and R&D at Quest Diagnostics Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence in Cleveland, OH, where he oversees technical quality for multiple analytical platforms and leads R&D development of new assays to assess cardiometabolic disease risks. Prior to starting his role at Quest in 2013, Tim received his BS in chemistry and PhD in bioanalytical chemistry and biotechnology from North Carolina State University and was a post-doctoral research scholar in the division of molecular oncology and hematology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.