2022 Award Winners
Excellence in Standards Development Award This award is given to the volunteer(s) who make significant contributions in developing and/or managing one or more consensus standard, guideline, or other work product. Such an individual (or group) is dedicated and committed to CLSI consensus development, and an enthusiastic participant.
Russell J. Eilers Memorial Award CLSI’s highest award is the Russell J. Eilers Memorial Award. One award is given annually to a volunteer or group of volunteers selected by the CLSI President as having made exceptional contributions to CLSI’s success over extended periods of time.
Virginia R. Fajt, DVM, PhD, DACVCP Dr. Fajt led the multi-year effort to develop the CLSI document VET09, Understanding Susceptibility Test Data as a Component of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Veterinary Settings, 1st Edition. She then recruited a team of veterinarians, pharmacologists, epidemiologists, and microbiologists to contribute to the document. Dr. Fajt is a veterinarian and clinical pharmacologist who has been active in CLSI through the Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Subcommittee (VAST) as an observer, advisor, and previous voting member.
Paula Ladwig, MS, MT(ASCP) Ms. Ladwig’s has used her strong leadership and organizational skills to help manage the completion of evaluation protocol documents. In addition, she has expressed the need for mentorship for new evaluation protocol volunteers, and has stepped up as a mentor herself. Recently, on her recommendation, the Consensus Council approved expansion of this important committee to enable more efficient management of the document library.
Barbara L. Zimmer, PhD Dr. Zimmer has served as an appointed voting member and an appointed advisor to the CLSI AST Subcommittee representing industry, and has participated in many working groups. In addition, Dr. Zimmer was appointed by CLSI to serve as a delegate to the CEN/ISO/TC WG 212-4 for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and remained on this committee from 2004–2012. She participated in ISO 20776-1 and 20776-2 Working Groups, and also served as Chair of the Writing Group for Standardization of Mueller-Hinton Medium, ISO/CD 16782.
Nancy L. Anderson, MMSc, MT(ASCP) Nancy Anderson’s sustained and meaningful contributions to CLSI standards development span more than 20 years. Through her tenure at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), she has been a steady guiding advocate for the full breadth of laboratory best practices. Ms. Anderson has held positions at the CDC Division of Laboratory Systems, The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC), and inter-governmental agencies.
John V. Bergen Excellence Award The John V. Bergen Excellence Award is presented annually to an outstanding volunteer or group of volunteers in recognition of advances in CLSI organizational directives and objectives, through unique and significant contributions.
Barbara Zehnbauer, PhD, FACB, FACMG Dr. Barbara Zehnbauer’s clinical laboratory career spans over three decades, most notably in the field of molecular diagnostics testing, oncology, and human genetics and genomics. She has been active with CLSI for over 14 years, playing a significant role in the development of the organization’s molecular diagnostics documents through her involvement with the Expert Panel on Molecular Diagnostics, the former Consensus Committee on Molecular Methods, and various document development committees.
Excellence in Member Organization Leadership This award is presented to the member organization that offers exemplary support to CLSI and its mission to maintain leadership in the domain of document development.
University of Washington Medical Center Mayo Clinic Health System
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