Dr. Louis Levasseur Award for Distinguished Service

André F. De Champlain a obtained his PhD in psychometrics and applied statistics at the University of Ottawa in 1992.

He began his career at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey, overseeing all psychometric work on the Graduate Management Admission Test and Graduate Record Examinations’ Subject Examinations. He then spent nearly 15 years at the National Board of Medical Examiners in the U.S., serving as lead research psychometrician for several United States Medical Licensing Examination programs.

In 2011, Dr. De Champlain joined the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) as director of the Psychometrics and Assessment Services unit. While at the MCC, he completed several studies with Canadian medical regulatory authorities, assessing how well performance on medical licensing examinations predicts outcomes. Later, his work focused on the impact of technology on physician assessment throughout training and practice.

Before retiring in 2025, Dr. De Champlain worked in the pharmaceutical industry, providing psychometric consultation for patient-reported outcomes and digital health measures in oncology trials. He also sat on pharmaceutical company committees defending clinical trial findings before regulatory bodies in the U.S. and Europe.

Alongside his applied work, Dr. De Champlain published extensively throughout his career on psychometric models in medical education—including secondary uses of MCC examination scores in educational and clinical outcomes, the impact of remote proctoring on high-stakes licensing exams, and fit-for-purpose clinical outcomes in oncology. Beyond his applied and published work, Dr. De Champlain also served as faculty for international assessment courses.