AIT provides toxicology laboratory services to compliance testing, forensics, clinical, and pharmaceutical clients nationwide
In 1990, Michael A. Evans, Ph.D. founded the American Institute of Toxicology (AIT Laboratories) with five employees and one goal: to provide superior analytical testing and research to professionals in the healthcare industry. Today, the company is a premier toxicology laboratory with an experienced and skilled staff of nearly 500 employees nationwide, including expert toxicologists, full-time scientists dedicated to production, research and development, and an informational technology department that isn’t afraid to push the envelope. AIT specializes in compliance testing, forensic toxicology testing, and clinical laboratory testing.
Housed in a 40,000 square-foot facility near the Indianapolis International Airport, the lab offers state-of-the-art analyses for healthcare, forensic, and pharmaceutical customers nationwide. Clientele includes leading reference laboratories, federal, state, and local law-enforcement agencies, corporations, government agencies, pharmaceutical firms, hospitals, physicians, medical examiners, attorneys, and courts of law.
Renowned not only in Indiana but also nationwide, AIT has been ranked as a top-ten life science company in central Indiana. AIT was the first private toxicology laboratory in North America to receive certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a federation of national-standards bodies concerned with consistent rules of technical specifications. AIT is also certified through the College of American Pathologists (CAP), Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and American Board of Forensic Toxicology (ABFT).
The company's list of accolades includes multiple honors. In 2011, AIT made Inc. magazine’s list of the top 5,000 fastest-growing, private companies in the nation for the fifth consecutive year, ranking 958 on the list and 67 in the health category nationwide. The company has been named one of the "Best Places to Work in Indiana" by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and was recognized as a Gold Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association. In 2009, AIT was named the "Small Business of the Year" by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and in 2008 was one of 50 Indiana companies to receive the inaugural “Indiana Companies to Watch” award. Dr. Evans also received the “Turnaround Award” at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards for the Midwest region.
AIT has also been recognized for its commitment to culture and diversity in the workplace, earning an Outstanding Employer nod from the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired and receiving a 2006 Employer Award from the Indianapolis Mayor's Office of Disability Affairs and the Mayor's Advisory Council on Disability.
On July 1, 2009, Dr. Evans transferred ownership of the company to his employees in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
AIT Laboratories' procedures comply with toxicology laboratory guidelines distributed by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology (ABFT), Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT), the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (IAFT).