Newsletter of the
Toxicologic and Exploratory Pathology
Specialty Section of the SOT
Volume 4, Issue 2 November 2003
*****In this issue******
President’s Corner ..............................................1
Presidents corner, by Bruce McCullough TEPSS Student Travel Award ...........................1
Dear TEPSS Members:
Membership in TEPSS.......................................2
TEPSS 2004 Annual meeting & reception ..........
I hope this newsletter finds you enjoying your families, Program for SOT 2005 in New Orleans ..............
comfortable with your current assignments and eager for Summary of Summer 2003 officer’s telecon .......
another new year of toxicologic pathology and its many Upcoming meetings .............................................
ramifications (recall it is November!). Each week it Volunteer opportunities .......................................
seems I am reminded of the tremendous importance of Officers 2003-2004 ..............................................
my personal network of valuable professional
relationships. The TEPSS was established to provide
opportunities for expanding and strengthening of these TEPSS Student Travel Awards
elements of our professional lives. The point I wish to by Tom Monticello
make in this brief message is that networks and
relationships only exist with mutual participation. At Our specialty section will once again
first you may have thought that I would be telling you sponsor one award this year for a
what you would gain from being active in TEPSS. No, I graduate student's travel to the annual
SOT meeting in Baltimore, MD March 21-25, 2004. To be
want you to consider the converse, because networks are considered for a TEPSS student travel award, nominees
not linear. The inputs come from all directions and must be the senior author of an abstract accepted for
frequently not from the individual with whom you had presentation at the annual SOT meeting, dealing with basic
first contact. Networks are effective because people, like or applied research on the pathogenesis of a toxic response.
you, put energy into them. Interestingly, energy inputted Preference will be given to candidates whose professional
isn’t lost from the network; rather the energy is goals include the incorporation of pathology into their
magnified by the network and others outside sense the professional activities. A letter of recommendation from an
benefits and are drawn in seeking to appreciate the academic advisor who is an SOT member should
apparent rewards. If these new members do not accompany the application as well as a current CV of the
contribute energy to the network eventually the network student. Abstracts will be judged based on clarity of
presentation and scientific merit. Deadline for submission of
will falter. Let’s not allow this to happen to TEPSS. We nominations for this award is January 10, 2004. Please see
have roughly doubled in size in the past couple of years the SOT website (Information / Awards and Fellowships/
to more than 85 members. I regard this as an impressive Specialty Section Awards) for details or contact
expansion for the idea and energy of a single person. The thomas.monticello@aventis.com.
TEPSS needs your energy and in response TEPSS will
contribute to the success of the Society of Toxicology
and eventually the network will find its way back to you ****************************
magnified many fold. As always, the SOT annual Toxicologic & Exploratory Pathology Specialty Section
meeting is the premier international forum for Annual Meeting and Reception
toxicology issues and an exciting and stimulating will be on
program is planned. So, come and participate. Rewards Wednesday, March 24 at 6PM.
will follow.
Please attend and support your specialty section
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Our membership drive was successful, but don't Program for the 2005 SOT meeting
stop now. by Doug Wolf by Brian Short, TEPSS Pres-Elect, 2005 Program
I want to thank everyone who renewed their membership in Chairperson
the Toxicologic and Exploratory Pathology Specialty Section
(TEPSS) or joined this past year. We have been successful in It seems far away, but now is the time for everyone in the
our membership drive activities growing from just over 60 Toxicologic and Experimental Pathology Specialty section
members at the 2003 meeting to now over 80 members. This to start planning for the 2005 SOT meeting in New Orleans,
is a great step forward and an excellent growth rate. The LA. The primary objective of TEPSS is to “…sponsor
challenge now is to not only maintain our current membership scientific and educational programs including symposia,
but to continue this growth trend. Remember the goal of workshops, and continuing education courses that advance
TEPSS is to inform the toxicology community of the value the science of toxicology through the tools of the
and importance of pathology assessment. The TEPSS does this toxicologic and experimental pathologists” (Bylaws
by supporting continuing education courses, workshops, and plagiarism!). This year we nearly doubled our membership,
symposia that highlight pathology endpoints in toxicity which should mean we double the number of ideas and
assessment. Your paid membership is vital for us to achieve proposals! I will be establishing a program committee, so
these goals and we thank you for your continued support. please let me know if you would like to help (before I draft
you). The deadline for submitting ideas for presentations
Please remember at the upcoming SOT renewal to check the
for the 2005 SOT meeting is less than 6 months away (April
box next to TEPSS in the on-line form before submitting your
2004). We must begin preparing well before the deadline
payment. For those of you who have an administrative
for a successful proposal submission. These sessions are
assistant perform these functions, please remember to tell
usually most successful if they are cosponsored with other
them to include TEPSS in the SOT renewal. Remember
specialty subsections, but it is not mandatory. In addition to
specialty sections are the core of SOT as it is the source of
your ideas for programs, I know all of you have interests
influence on meeting programming and the main route into
and expertise that would be of value to share at SOT
SOT committees and elected positions. In order to maximize
meetings. I also invite you to visit the TEPSS membership
our influence as a specialty section we need as broad a support
roster and other specialty memberships in the SOT website
as possible. My charge to you all this year is to invite one of
directory for other potential speakers. The SOT meeting is
your colleagues to join our specialty section and invite a
our opportunity to make an impact on the education and
second colleague to attend our specialty section meeting at the
scientific direction of a wide population of society members
upcoming SOT meeting in Baltimore where I look forward to
and make everyone aware of the critical and diverse role of
seeing all of you.
our specialty. Please contact me with your ideas for topics
and speakers at Short_brian@allergan.com.
Program for 2004 SOT Meeting
Please plan to attend / support a number of TEPSS sponsored
Summary of TEPSS Officers Teleconference,
or cosponsored events in the upcoming 2004 SOT meeting in
Baltimore. We are co-sponsoring one continuing education
course on Adrenal Gland Toxicity & Carcinogensis. There
will also be a symposia on Toxicogenomics in Preclinical
Drug Development and three workshops dealing with
Agricultural Chemical Safety, Biomarker Development and September 26, 2003. The teleconference began at 2:34 pm
Immune Modulation. There has been a great deal of time with Jeff Everitt, George Foley, Bruce McCullough, Tom
planning and preparing for these presentations. Organizing
Monticello, Brian Short, and Doug Wolf attending.
and presenting topics of interest to SOT members is one of our
Budget: In a post-meeting note, George Foley reported the
specialty sections biggest impact and contribution to a current balance of the specialty section with monies
successful meeting. Thanks to all the members who derived from membership renewal and the fund drive is
contributed their time and talent in getting these programs $6,043 as of July 2003. Based on the new method of fund
submitted and accepted. distribution, continued membership support will provide
sufficient funds to accomplish our goals of student
TEPSS Reception: Are we ready for automated support and reception speakers.
tissue examinations?? The potential use of electronic Committee reports:
imaging technologies to examine tissue sections is receiving Membership: There was a discussion on status of the
increased attention. A portion of our annual meeting will be membership drive. Currently (as of September 26, 2003)
devoted to discussion/debate of the pros and cons associated there are 86 TEPSS members. It was discussed about
with such an approach. With a shortage of qualified following up on the membership drive list and each
toxicologic pathologists, senior management will likely officer contact non-members on the list and suggest they
embrace whatever techniques to increase capacity for join TEPSS. Timing of the letters and contact would be in
histopathological examinations. Should we be supporting or the October-November timeframe.
resisting such proposals. Come join in the discussion and Communications: There was a discussion about timing
ensure that your views are heard. We will not agree and content of the fall newsletter. Articles will be due by
necessarily, but we will listen, at least for little while. October 24 with newsletter distribution by October 31.
Fortunately, this is a debate, which can take place while Fundraisers: The Fund drive was planned as a one-time
drinking beer, which should improve open exchange of views. event so it was agreed to not continue at this time.
Looking forward to seeing your happy faces at the debate.
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Student Awards: Tom discussed the student travel awards. committee. Volunteers will be sought individually and
He has already received one application. After discussion it through the newsletter.
was agreed that Tom would seek two to three TEPSS Nomination committee: Three positions will be open in the
members to evaluate the student abstracts. There was also a upcoming election: President-elect, Secretary/Treasurer,
discussion about previous efforts employed to generate Councilor. Jeff, Bruce, Brian and Tom will solicit
sufficient abstracts for the competition. potential candidates with the aim of getting two
SOT 2004: The format of the annual meeting was discussed candidates per office for the election.
along with potential topics and speakers. Bruce and Tom
will consider topics for a brief (15-20 minute) presentation No further business was presented and the teleconference
during the TEPSS reception. was adjourned at 3:20 pm.
Program 2005: Brian is in the early stages of soliciting
program committee members for the 2005 program George L. Foley, Secretary/Treasurer TEPSS
UPCOMING MEETINGS OF INTEREST
PhRMA/FDA Workshop: Risk Detection, Management and 43rd Annual SOT, March 21-25, 2004, Baltimore, MD.
Communications: Quantitative Perspectives, Nov 5-6, http://www.toxicology.org
2003. Bethesda, MD
23rd Annual STP, June 14-17, 2004, Salt Lake City, UT.
ACVP Annual Meeting, November 15-19, 2003, Banff, http://eshow2000.com/STP/index.cfm
Alberta, Canada, http://www.acvp.org/meeting/
2nd Drug Discovery and Development Summit: Novel
Predictive Toxicology, by Cambridge Health Instit., concepts and Technologies to Accelerate Drug
November 17-18, 2003, Boston, MA. chi@healthtech.com Development; December 1-5, 2003, Honolulu, HI,
www.drugdiscoverytoday.com.
Joint JSTP-IFSTP Congress, February 15-18, 2004, Kobe,
Japan. http://www.pac.ne.jp/jstp-ifstp/
Upcoming volunteer opportunities:
SOT 2005 Program Committee
Timeframe: Aug 03-Apr 2004 develop programs (CE, Symposia, Workshops) for annual meeting. Brian Short, chair
Short_Brian@Allergan.com
Student travel award committee
Timeframe: Nov 2003-Jan 2004 review applications, abstracts and supporting letters, Tom Monticello, chair
Thomas.Monticello@aventis.com
SOT volunteer opportunity information is available at the Forms & Applications section under Member Services
menu option at www.toxicology.org.
Please feel free to contact your officers of the section with any questions, comments or suggestions. Your suggestions for
programs and membership are especially welcome and encouraged. The section exists to serve its members by providing
CE courses, workshops and symposium as well as supporting student travel.
Office Name Term e-mail Committee/Task
President Bruce McCullough 2003-4 bruce.mccullough@aventis.com 2004 Program
President elect Brian Short 2003-4 Short_Brian@Allergan.com 2005 Program
Sec-Treas George Foley 2002-4 george.foley@pfizer.com Newsletters
Councilor Tom Monticello 2003-5 Thomas.Monticello@aventis.com Student Awards
Councilor Doug Wolf 2002-4 Wolf.doug@epa.gov Membership
Councilor/ Past Pres Jeff Everitt 2003-4 jye40103@gsk.com Sage advice
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