This award recognizes a clinical laboratory scientist (CLS) professional who has made significant contributions to the CLS community, their respective institutions, and the laboratory medicine field. In addition, educational achievements including contributing to the CLS profession through mentoring, teaching, and guiding the professional development of early career clinical laboratory scientists will be considered. This award is available for non-PhD and non-MD candidates.
The awardee must be a CLS professional and a member of the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC). CLS professionals work as laboratory management and operational staff, including lab supervisors, managers, technologists, and educators in CLS programs.
Congratulations to the 2025 Winner
Michelle R. Campbell, MS, MLS(ASCP)CMMBCM,SCCM
Michelle Campbell is a certified Medical Laboratory Scientist, Technologist in Molecular Biology, and Specialist in Chemistry. She works as a Senior Developer in the Translational Research, Innovation, and Test Development Office in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Her experience centers on the development of LDTs, with a focus on immunoassays, molecular virology, and mass spectrometry. She currently performs test development in the Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology.
Michelle is also an Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, as well as adjunct faculty in the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her experience as an educator includes developing curricula and instructing undergraduate and graduate laboratory science students in Clinical Biochemistry, Biostatistics, and Method Evaluation.
She is an active volunteer with many local, national, and international laboratory-centered organizations, where she focuses her efforts on areas of public policy as well as the authoring of guidelines for the establishment and evaluation of analytical and clinical performance characteristics for IVDs.
How to submit a nomination
To nominate a colleague for this award or ask questions, please submit the following to Jordan Bradford at [email protected]:
- A letter containing an evaluation and appraisal of the nominee’s accomplishments related to the award.
- Two to three letters of support detailing the nominee’s accomplishments related to the award.
- The nominee’s resume/curriculum vitae.
Please note that this award is available for non-PhD and non-MD candidates.
Learn more about submitting a nomination and about other ADLM awards here.
The award selection process
The CLS Council will review all nominees and select the awardee based on the overall achievements of each candidate. Once the awardee is selected, the nomination packet will be sent to the Awards Committee for final approval. This process is recommended so that the nominees are evaluated by their peers and colleagues in the CLS community.
The awardee will then be recognized at the ADLM Annual Meeting and will receive the award from the ADLM president.
Previous winners
2024 - David Shiembob, MBA, C(ASCP)
2023 - Elia M. Mears MS, MT(ASCP)SM
2022 - Peggy Mann, MS, MT(ASCP), CPP
