Boehringer Ingelheim Chief Veterinary Officer Rod Christmas will lead the NABR Board of Directors WASHINGTON , Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Rod Christmas , DVM, MS, DACT, as chairman of the NABR Board of Directors. Dr.
Christmas is the Chief Veterinary Officer for Boehringer Ingelheim. In this role he is responsible for the company's global animal welfare program. Dr.
Christmas also serves as the Institutional Official for Boehringer Ingelheim. He has more than two decades of experience in laboratory animal health. NABR's president, Matthew R.
Bailey , said: "I am proud to welcome Rod as chairman of NABR's board of directors. I have had the privilege of working with Rod in his previous role as a NABR board member, and I was impressed by his unwavering dedication to animal health and biomedical research. His insights as a professional and executive coach are also invaluable, particularly in his new role as board chairman.
I look forward to working with Rod and the rest of the NABR board to define our short- and long- term strategic organizational goals to serve the lab animal research community." Dr. Christmas said: "I am truly honored to accept the position of chairman for NABR's board of directors.
As the only national nonprofit organization solely dedicated to sound public policy for the essential use of laboratory animals in biomedical research, NABR plays a key role in ensu.