Dr. Mike Allard is the recipient of the Canadian Association of Pathologists/Association Canadienne des Pathologistes (CAP/ACP) William Boyd Lectureship Award, given at the annual meeting in Toronto on July 13. 2014. The Award was established in 1981 in honour of Dr. William Boyd, a great Canadian pathologist and the first Head of the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The Award recognizes the contribution to Laboratory Medicine of a senior member of the CAP/ACP. Dr. Allard is pictured with Dr. Dominique Trudel, recipient of CAP/ACP Junior Scientist Award Lecture.