Mission/Vision

The Mission of this Society is:

to promote research and the exchange of ideas and research results that reveal the causes, improve the diagnosis and treatment, and prevent the occurrence of abnormal development and birth defects;

to communicate that information to physicians, public health officials, concerned health advocacy and lay groups and other interested parties that promote the elimination of birth defects when possible and amelioration of them when they occur;

and to provide education and training on the causes, mechanisms, treatment and prevention of birth defects.

 

History of the Teratology Society

The Teratology Society is a multidisciplinary scientific society founded in 1960, the members of which study the causes and biological processes leading to abnormal development and birth defects at the fundamental and clinical level, and appropriate measures for prevention. The Society has taken positions on several topics and provides an annual meeting where attendees gain insight about important issues in birth defects research and education.

President's Message

Welcome to the Teratology Society’s newly revised website!  I hope you are as excited and pleased as I am with the redesign and re-launch of our site.  This is one tangible and vitally important product of the Society’s 5-year Strategic Plan, and represents many months of hard work by the Website Committee, initiated under the leadership of Ed Carney, Amar Singh and now Tony DeLise and their creative team.  As the site evolves, your input into content is encouraged, and your comments and suggestions on the functionality and navigation through the site are welcomed.  We hope that you will see this “new and improved” site as an important resource for information on the causes and prevention of birth defects, as well as the varied activities of the Society and its members.

We plan to use the site as a primary means of communication to Society members and to the public.  Announcements about new or upcoming activities or opportunities will be highlighted.

The site will also provide a conduit for communication within and between committees and Council, among students, and with our sister societies – OTIS and NBTS.  For example, the Public Affairs Committee comments recently submitted to the FDA on the proposed rule for a revision of the pregnancy label are available here for review [TS_PAC_response_to_Docket_FDA-2006-N-0515.pdf 180kB].  In addition, highlights of the exciting 49th annual meeting program in Puerto Rico are accessible at http://teratology.org/am.asp.

I encourage you to visit this website often, and to utilize its many facets.  I also invite you to play an active role in developing and expanding the value of this resource both to facilitate conducting Society business as well as to further our mission through more effective communication with the public. 

Christina D. Chambers, Ph.D.
Teratology Society President