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Southern California Local Section Awards

Herbert O. Carne Service Award of the ADLM Southern California Local Section

This award was established in the mid-1980s and Herbert O. Carne was the only individual who received it. After his passing in 1990, it was renamed in his memory. The Herbert O. Carne Service Award is given to a member of the the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) Southern California Local Section for services performed in behalf of our local section for a long and extended period of time to advance the profession in the educational, training, organizational and/or legislative areas.

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Albert L. Nichols Innovation Award in Laboratory Medicine

This award was established in 2000 from the endowment funds donated by the Albert and Tricia Nichols Foundation. The purpose of the award is to recognize a person or persons or organizations for having implemented strategic innovation in clinical laboratory medicine that will have long-term impact on improvement in patient diagnosis and/or treatment.

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Chaney Award

Dr. Albert L. Chaney is generally recognized as the father of the the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) Southern California Section. Dr. Chaney was a pioneer in the application of chemical methods to the diagnosis of human diseases. After his death in 1970, our Section established the Chaney Award in his memory. The award is given periodically to an individual who closely emulates Dr. Chaney’s career contributions in research, education and chemical technology.