Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Medicine/

L’association canadienne de la médecine des animaux de laboratoire

Congratulations to our Previous

 Award Winners

Veterinary Student Award

2020-2021:

Courtney Walsh, MPH, DVM candidate 2022 

2019-2020:

Jessica D'Amico, AVC

2016-2017: 

Kaila Lawton, OVC

2015-2016: 

Lily Hu, OVC and Teigen Bond, AVC

2014-2015: 

Sabina Romanescu, OVC and Marie-Chantal Giroux, FMV

Veterinary Student Travel Award

2025:

Dr. Katya Douchant, PhD, DVM Candidate


2023:

Ayush Kumar, B.A., Hons.

2017: 

 Jessie Chisholm, AVC

2016: 

 Chelsea Schuster, UCVM;

 Jessie Chisholm, AVC and 

Sabina Romanescu, OVC

CALAM/ACMAL Award

2025:

Dr. Aurore Dodelet-Devillers, DVM

2022:

Dr. Lucie Cote, DVM, MBA

Charles River Canada Award

2021:

Dr. Richard Hodges, Cert. LAM 

2018: 

Dr. Denna Benn

2017: 

Dr. Craig Bihun

2016: 

Dr. Andrew Winterborn

2015: 

Dr. Badru Moloo

Nominations are currently Closed!!

CALAM/ACMAL Awards – Nominations Closed

The nomination period for the CALAM/ACMAL Award and Veterinary Student Travel Award has now closed.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit nominations and applications. We appreciate the support of our members in recognizing excellence within the laboratory animal medicine community.

Congratulations to our 2026 CALAM/ACMAL Award recipient, Richard Hodges, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the field of laboratory animal medicine and animal welfare.

Congratulations as well to our 2026 Veterinary Student Travel Award recipient, Jin Cho. This award supports veterinary students who have demonstrated an interest in laboratory animal medicine by assisting them in attending the annual CALAS Symposium and associated CALAM/ACMAL events.

We extend our sincere congratulations to this year's recipients and thank all applicants and nominators for their participation. We look forward to recognizing future nominees when the 2027 awards program opens.

If you have any questions, please contact membership@calam-acmal.org.



Congratulations to our 2024-2025 Award Winners!


CALAM/ACMAL Veterinary Student Travel Award 2025 winner Katya Douchant with Chereen Collymore, CALAM Director (Awards)


CALAM/ACMAL Award 2025 winner Aurore Dodelet-Devillers with Chereen Collymore, CALAM Director (Awards)

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