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Teratology Society Newsletter Volume
8, Number 1 Table of Contents Teratology
Society activity heightens with the approach of the 1998 Annual Meeting,
June 20-25, 1998. Society members should begin thinking about their own
plans as San Diego promises to be a popular site for meeting attendees.
A Registration Package, which includes Registration, Housing, and Travel
Forms is enclosed with this newsletter. Don't forget to bring your May
issue of TERATOLOGY Ñ it has your Program in it!
Why Attend the 1998 Teratology Meeting? The Teratology Society Meeting provides the most comprehensive coverage of teratology abstracts, plus scientific sessions presenting "cutting-edge" research. The Meeting provides attendees with an opportunity to network with the leading scientists in the world. Low registration fees make the Meeting cost-effective, providing an opportunity to benefit from high-quality scientific sessions while gaining exposure to the latest advances in the science at an inexpensive price. The Teratology Exhibition offers one-stop shopping from suppliers where attendees gain first-hand knowledge about the products and services of participating exhibitors. The 38th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society has been carefully planned to respond to the many suggestions we have received about our Meeting content and structure. As our field broadens and evolves, so too must our meetings to provide the greatest educational value for our members. There will be a number of special features at the Meeting and we look forward to hearing your comments. State-of-the-Science Presentations We are very pleased with the symposia lineup for 1998. On Sunday afternoon, we will start our symposia lineup with the Public Affairs Committee Symposium. Carole Kimmel has organized a session entitled, The New Thalidomide Era: Dealing with the Risks. With the approval of thalidomide in the U.S. for the treatment of one of the manifestations of leprosy, the birth defects associated with this drug may begin to appear in this country. Off label use of thalidomide for a number of other conditions may broaden the availability of this drug for women of childbearing potential. Have we learned enough from past experience to prevent what could be a new epidemic of thalidomide-induced malformations? We will hear from representatives from Celegene, the company that will market thalidomide, the FDA, which is responsible for approving the marketing of the drug, and a representative of the Thalidomide Victims Association, in a session that will address the difficult, but unavoidable conflict between access to dangerous drugs and protection of the embryo. On Monday, the March of Dimes Symposium, organized by Rick Finnell, will be on Genetic Susceptibility to Teratogenesis. Talks will present clinical evidence for genetically-determined differences in human embryonic response to pregnancy exposures, strain differences in response in experimental animals, genetic analysis of neurobehavioral endpoints that may be disrupted by developmental exposures, and population-based data on susceptibility to birth defects. Tuesday's symposium, organized by Tom Knudsen, will be Genomics in Birth Defect Research: The Human Genome Project, which will result in sequencing of the human genome and will have a large number of applications in our field. The symposium will present an overview of the Genome Project and examples of specific applications to research in our field. On Thursday, we will have the excellent opportunity to hear the widely-acclaimed MTA presentation on Normal and Abnormal Genital Development during the Wiley-Liss Symposium. David Clarke is organizing the presentation, which will include a review of normal embryology and anatomy, the molecular basis of vertebrate sex determination, mechanisms of abnormal development, and clinical management of congenital abnormalities of the genitalia. Also on Thursday, there will be a session on Dungeons and Dragons: A Game for Teratologists of All Ages, sponsored by Quintiles. Discussion Sessions and Audience-Directed Reviews The exchange of ideas is a basic mechanism by which science moves forward. Although much of this exchange occurs in the hallways over cocktails, we will feature two sessions during which audience members will direct the discussion of important issues in our field. The legal case discussions on Monday afternoon will address the role teratologists play in court. Excerpts from actual courtroom testimony will be presented for critical review by audience members. There will be no lecture and no right or wrong answers, only the dispassionate review that would be expected for any scientific deliberation. On Wednesday afternoon, the audience will examine the effectiveness of teratology testing protocols, addressing questions of whether our current regimens are successful or whether it is time to consider the manner in which developmental toxicity is assessed experimentally. Again, the discussion will be led by session attendees, without a formal lecture and without constraints on where the discussion will lead. More Emphasis on Posters Posters will stay up from Monday afternoon through the Tuesday evening-attended Poster Session. Because of the elimination of most concurrent sessions, more of the work presented will be in the popular poster format. Members will be able to view posters Monday afternoon and evening, as well as during the attended session on Tuesday evening. Poster Discussion Workshops The morning after the attended Poster Session, selected posters will be the subject of discussion workshops. Moderators will be assigned to sessions focusing on specific areas of research. These sessions will be the only concurrent sessions in the program, permitting attendees to choose an area of teratology for more detailed attention. Optional Trip to the Wild Animal Park The San Diego Wild Animal Park is the greatest outdoor wildlife display in the world. You will have the opportunity to observe large herds of wild animals from the safety of a monorail and drink cocktails in the Mombasa Outdoor Pavilion while interacting with a number of small exotic animals and birds of prey. After dinner, Dr. Kurt Benirschke will present a talk entitled, Conservation in Paraguay: Saving the Nearly Extinct Chacon Giant Peccary. The cost ($53.00) includes a chartered bus trip to and from the park, entrance to the park, the monorail ride, and dinner. How You can Help with Meeting Costs? We have been successful in reducing the registration fee for the meeting without sacrificing the quality of the presentations. The cost reduction has been achieved through the elimination of a meal function, a reduction in the number of paid outside speakers, and judicious use of costly audiovisual services. The student fee has been cut the most, because getting students to the meetings is a priority for the Society. We will be able to achieve further cost reductions in the future by selecting non-resort meeting sites and perhaps by further reduction of meal functions at the meeting. There is, however, a way that you can help the Society RIGHT NOW. A substantial proportion of the hotel charges are based on room occupancy credited to the Teratology Society. If you are coming to the meeting, it is vitally important that your room reservations be credited to the Society. There are only two steps to getting the Society this credit: (1) Make sure you tell the reservation agent at the hotel that you are with the Teratology Society; (2) Make sure you call in your reservation before May 25, 1998. By reserving early, as a Teratology Society meeting attendee, you get a lower room rate and guaranteed room availability, plus your name will be entered in a drawing for a one-year FREE membership and a FREE copy of John Gerhart's book. Cells, Embryos, and Evolutions: Toward a Cellular and Developmental Understanding of Phenotypic Variation and Evolutionary Adaptability. Dr. Gerhart is the Warkany Lecturer for this year's Annual Meeting. Reserve early Ñ limited space available! Not sure if you will need to cancel? You can still benefit the Society by reserving a room. Your deposit is fully refundable, if you cancel in time. Ask the reservation agent at the hotel for the date by which you must cancel. Call today! The toll-free
number is: 1-800-344-2626.
As I write this message for the next newsletter, I am reminded that 1998 is already three weeks old (best wishes for a happy and productive New Year!) and that the Annual Meeting will be here before we know it. This issue of the newsletter contains registration materials for this year's meeting and I urge you to register early. This is particularly true for room registrations at the hotel; we only receive credit for rooms you occupy at the San Diego Princess if you register BEFORE May 25, 1998. Credits from last year's meeting amounted to a savings to the Society of over $12,000! This year's Annual Meeting is shaping up to be exciting and scientifically challenging, thanks to the efforts of Tony Scialli, Program Chair, his Program Committee, and the organizers of the various symposia planned for this meeting. In addition, I am pleased to announce that this year's Warkany lecturer will be Dr. John Gerhart. Dr. Gerhart is a professor of Molecular Biology and Cell Biology at the University of California at Berkeley, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a 1997 Recipient of the 17th Annual E. B. Wilson Award from the American Society of Cell Biology. His research has focused on a variety of issues central to the field of developmental biology, particularly relating to patterning, cell signaling and cell specification. More recently, Dr. Gerhart co-authored a book entitled: Cells, Embryos, and Evolution: Toward a Cellular and Developmental Understanding of Phenotypic Variation and Evolutionary Adaptability. This book represents an incredible synthesis of information and ideas from developmental biology, genetics, molecular biology, and evolutionary biology. The title of Dr. Gerhart's lecture is Signal Transduction Pathways in Development. In addition to providing outstanding science, this year's meeting will also provide opportunities for a variety of social functions in the San Diego area; one of these is a trip to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, hosted by Dr. Kurt Benirschke (see description of this event on page 4) - I encourage you to sign up for this event. On site at the San Diego Princess, will be a variety of activities including swimming, tennis, volleyball, sailing, bicycle riding, and golf. To assist you in planning your social calendar, Kathy Johnson and Steve Harris are organizing various additional activities. More on this later. At the Annual Business Meeting, we will also be discussing the pros and cons of several proposed changes to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Teratology Society (see proposed changes on page 3). One of these proposed changes concerns a name change for our Society; a change that will undoubtedly engender strong opinions on both sides of this issue (see article on page 6 of this newsletter). To air these opinions, I encourage all members to use the Bulletin Board Discussion Section on our Web site. Dr. Harold Kalter has posted his views on the proposed name change and now we need to hear from you. Hopefully, in this way, we can all come to the Annual Business Meeting well versed on this issue. You are encouraged to make frequent visits to the Web site to obtain updates related to our Society. Although we will continue to publish a quarterly newsletter, the Web site will be the primary site for information concerning all aspects of our Society. With the addition of discussion groups, the Web site will offer a quick and easy way for members to interact throughout the year. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Web Site Committee (David Wise, Chair; Sid Hunter and Michael Blackburn) for the outstanding job they have done in setting up, updating and maintaining an informative and interactive Web site. Again, I encourage you to visit soon and often. As you can see from this issue, the format of our newsletter is changing. This is the first edition put together by the award-winning team at Association Development Group (ADG), the company that has taken over the business functions of the Society as of January 1, 1998. Because we now have a professional group designing our newsletter, we have the ability to make changes in our newsletter format and content. I encourage you to communicate your ideas and suggestions to Robert Seegmiller, Newsletter Editor, on how we can make our newsletter even more user friendly. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to the staff at ADG. Although we are very early in our relationship, I have been most impressed with the professionalism I have witnessed at all levels of this company. It is my hope that, in the coming months, you too will experience the results of this professionalism. Welcome aboard ADG!
Council has approved three proposed changes to the Teratology Society Constitution and Bylaws for submission to the membership. The Bylaws require that any proposed changes be communicated to the membership no later than 60 days before the Annual Meeting. Those members not planning to attend the Business Meeting should express their written opinions to the Secretary not less than 15 days before the Annual Meeting. The Bylaws also require that a written copy of the proposals be given to the members attending the Annual Meeting. These amendments will be discussed at the Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday, June 23 at 3:30 p.m. A ballot will be mailed to voting members in July. If you would like further clarification of these proposed Bylaws changes, please contact Dr. David Beckman at (302) 651-6884; djbeck@voicenet.com. Codes: Strikeouts
= delete PROPOSED CHANGE NO. 1: Name of Society
CONSTITUTION
Article I Name and Objectives Section 1 This Society
shall be known as the (Replace "TERATOLOGY SOCIETY" with "Birth Defects Research Society" at each occurrence throughout the Constitution and Bylaws.) Reason for change: "Birth Defects Research Society" is intended to better represent the multidisciplinary nature of the Society than is connoted by "Teratology Society." PROPOSED CHANGE NO. 2: Mission statement
CONSTITUTION
Article I Name and Objectives Section 3
The Teratology Society is a multidisciplinary scientific Society, 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 mission of the Society is: 1) 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 developments and birth defects; 2) 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 3) to provide education and training on the causes, mechanisms, treatment and prevention of birth defects. Reason for change: The proposed mission statement more accurately reflects the nature and breadth of the mission of the Society than the original objectives statement. PROPOSED CHANGE NO. 3: Electing new members
CONSTITUTION
Article II Membership Sections 3 Regular
membership in the Society shall be open to persons who have demonstrated
substantive interest in its purposes. Substantive interest is defined
in the Bylaws, and a description is included on the application forms.
Applications for membership must be endorsed by two members of the Society.
Nominations are submitted to the Secretary and reviewed by the Membership
Committee for approval by Council. A list of applicants meeting
the requirements for membership Section 5 Associate
membership in the Society shall be open to persons who do not have
publications in the field of teratology or direct scientific involvement
in teratology. Such individuals may belong to other disciplines or professions
but demonstrate active participation in issues related to teratology in
line with the objectives of the Society. Active professional interest
in teratology is to be documented in two letters of support from regular
members. Associate Members may attend the Annual Business Meeting but
may not vote, hold an elected office or sponsor abstracts. Associate Members
may present abstracts. As part of their annual dues, Associate Members
shall receive a subscription to TERATOLOGY. Nominations are submitted
to the Secretary and reviewed by the Membership Committee
Article VI Standing Committees Section 3 Membership
Committee. The Membership Committee shall review new applications
for membership and applications for restoration of membership in the Society.
BYLAWS
Article I Members and Meetings of Members Section 3 Annual Business Meeting. The function of this portion of the Annual Meeting of the Society shall be: 1.	To install Officers and other members who hold elective office prescribed by the constitution; 2.	To fix the annual dues for the various types of memberships; 3.	To consider the annual financial statement presented by the Council and to arrange for such action to be taken thereon as may seem appropriate; 4.	To consider reports of the Council and Committees and motions relating to the adoption of such reports in whole or in part and to arrange for such action to be taken thereon as may seem appropriate; 5.	To instruct the Council concerning actions to be taken in the pursuit of the objectives of the Society; and 6.	To
consider such resolutions as can properly be considered by the Society
having regard for the objectives of the Society and the appropriate
period of notice required; 7.	
Article VI Dues Each member, as specified in the Constitution, shall pay to the Society annual dues of such an amount as recommended by Council and approved by the membership at the most recent Annual Business Meeting. Dues shall include the cost of the journal TERATOLOGY. Members who are in default of payment of dues do not receive the journal TERATOLOGY. Dues shall be one half of the annual amount for memberships beginning on July 1st and thereafter. Reason for changes: The proposed changes would encourage new membership and therefore participation in Society affairs at any time during the year. It would also permit membership drives throughout the year.
Sponsorship of activities at the Annual Meeting will contribute to the Society's ability to bring outstanding science events to attendees. As an Annual Meeting sponsor, your company will be recognized with a sponsor ribbon and signage at the sponsored event, as well as in the Teratology Society Newsletter and the Annual Meeting Program. Events to be sponsored include: the Welcoming Buffet, the President's Reception, the Past President's Luncheon, the Warkany Tea, the President's Circle Reception, the Wednesday Night Banquet Reception, the Banquet, the Wilson Lunch, and all continental breakfasts and refreshment breaks. If your organization is interested in being a sponsor, please contact Society Headquarters for a complete list of available opportunities.
The topics for the 1998 Teratology Society Education Course were chosen in response to a number of Teratology Society member suggestions and deal with two areas of interest that have not been addressed in any of the prior courses. The first session, on Saturday afternoon, will begin with an overview of the development and function of endocrine systems, with emphasis on organs other than those of the reproductive system. The teratology of individual organs such as the pituitary and thyroid will follow, with emphasis on developmental timing and the genetic and environmental factors that may affect the function of these organs. The role of glucocorticoids in teratology will then be described and the session will conclude with an overview of how chemical disruptors of environmental origin may alter the course of normal development and function. The second session, to be held on Sunday morning, will deal with the development and function of the immune system. The session will begin with a general overview of the immune system and the various organs involved in its development. The role of the visceral yolk sac in immune system development will be examined by following the course of hematopoiesis and the migration and differentiation of stem cells destined to become part of the immune system. Methods for the evaluation of immune system disorders in the developing organism will be discussed using examples of known teratologic agents. Abnormal formation of the thymus, resulting in a potentially impaired immune response, will be presented in the context of consequences of the DiGeorge sequence. An analysis of the effects of various environmental agents on the development of the immune system will also be presented, including some of their possible implications for the evaluation of clinical disorders. Additional
details of the course, including speakers and specific titles, will be
provided in the next newsletter (just prior to the meeting) and on the
Society's Web site. Please plan to attend and pass this information along
to all interested colleagues. For additional information, contact:
Once again, we will meet concurrently with the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society and the Organization of Teratology Information Services, sister organizations that add an important dimension to the Teratology Society. Four symposia have been planned for the NBTS meeting, one of which, the March of Dimes Symposium, will be held with the Teratology Society.
In addition to these events, the days will be filled with poster and platform sessions containing research reports by the membership on a broad range of related topics. For further information about the NBTS, visit their Web site at: mfresearch2.unmc.edu/nbtshome. The 1998
OTIS Meeting will be held from Saturday, June 20 through Monday, June
22. In addition to presentations of original abstracts, one half-day session
will focus on environmental teratogens. As last year, a joint Teratology/OTIS
Symposium will be held on Monday afternoon, June 22. For more information,
contact Ken Jones at: Tel: (619) 543-2040; or E-mail: klyons@ucsd.edu.
Submitted by Harold Kalter On September 23, 1937, from the White House, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced the formation of a "National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis," to carry on the fight against this dreaded disease. Roosevelt's interest in the disease was understandable, since he, himself, had been stricken by it at age 39 in September, 1921. The name of the organization set up to garner support for combating the disease was soon popularly abbreviated to The National Foundation, and the disease soon came to be known by the mouth-filling name poliomyelitis. Why should this history lesson interest members of the Teratology Society? Because it points out the fact that intelligent, well-informed people can understand arcane terminology and respond to it. As they did with billions of dimes to fight polio. Can it be that 60 years later the American public and its political representatives have turned stupid and cannot understand fancy words? I don't believe it. "The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves," as the Prince of Denmark said once. The fear of "extinction" Ñ the expression used by the Editor of our journal Ñ as FDR said of anxiety at another moment of panic, is less to be feared than fear itself. The problem faced by teratologists, the envisioned "threat" Ñ as it is put by the committee established to consider it Ñ primarily comes from the loss of research funding. To remedy the problem, the committee proposes, among several sensible but remote measures, that more sympathetic people sit on NIH study sections and the achievements of teratologists be made more visible in "political and legislative arenas." But may not some of the difficulty and a bit of the solution lie close to home? The Teratology Society has a voice, but it has not been used well. Why hasn't the scope of the nature of congenital malformations been emphasized repeatedly in editorials and invited review articles in Teratology? Why hasn't the dramatic fact that tens of thousands of children are born defective every year in the US, and that any hope of ever understanding the reasons for this occurrence lie in basic teratological research? Why haven't the great teratological conquests Ñ the elimination of malformations due to many major teratogens in the last 75 years Ñ been hailed in our Journal? Why haven't books concerned with abnormal development been reviewed in every issue? All such editorials, articles, reviews, especially if publicized properly, would draw attention to the significance of our discipline. The condescension that one sees in the editorials in our Journal may itself be part of the problem. For instance, recently there appeared the sentiment, "I wonder if they [that is, the parents of the children with congenital malformations] would know who we were if we told them we were teratologists." That is not an attitude conducive to parental support of our research, nor is the same attitude helpful to authors of articles. The Editor believes that a change of name would allow us to "be known and remembered without having to be defined." Arrogance and simplistic measures will not get us to our goals.
FY 1999 Budget The President submitted his FY99 budget request to Congress in the second week of February. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has revived the Departments and Agencies' requests for funding and has released its "passback" (OMB's revision of a Department's initial proposal for funding) to the Departments and Agencies and is recommending level funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH.) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can appeal the passback level with OMB, but NIH could find itself competing against other HHS programs, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other important health programs. Meanwhile, Congressional support for large funding for NIH increases. The Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee chairs, Rep. John Porter (R-IL) and Arlen Specter (R-PA), have indicated that they support efforts to double the nation's research budget over the next five years. Agent Orange and Birth Defects to be Focus of a Houston Study. The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the University of Texas Houston School of Public Health a $874,195 grant to determine whether exposure to an ingredient found in Agent Orange during the Vietnam War can be associated with neural tube defects in the veterans' children. FY 1998 Appropriations Recap National Institute for the Environment Bill Introduced Just prior to the Congressional recess, Congressmen Jim Saxton (R-NJ) and Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) introduced H.R. 2914, the Sound Science for the Environment Act. This bill, which is cosponsored by 39 members of Congress, would authorize the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a National Institute for the Environment. The purpose of the Institute would be to fund environmental research in order to provide a science base for public policy decisions. Rep. Saxton cites the current debates involving clean air, nonpoint source pollution, and global warming as issues that would benefit from "sound science." The bill would require that the Institute:
In a related note, the Independent Agencies Appropriations Committee Report includes a provision requiring that the NSF report back to the Committee by April 1, 1998, on how it would establish and operate a National Institute for the Environment and the potential cost of such an institute. Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education On November 13, 1997, the President signed into law the FY98 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill, which includes funding for research supported by the NIH. Conferees provided a $907 million or 7.1% increase for the National Institutes of Health. This will bring total NIH funding to $13.6 billion in FY98. The House bill had provided a 6% increase and the Senate had provided a 7.5% increase. For the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the conferees provided a total of $330 million, a 7.3% increase over the FY97 funding level. Global Tobacco Settlement In the last few days prior to adjournment, there were several bills introduced in the Senate that are based in whole or in part on the global tobacco settlement reached June 20 between the 40 Attorney Generals and plaintiff attorneys, and which proposes to provide funds to medical research. It is expected there will be an introduction of several companion bills in the House as well as additional tobacco settlement legislation introduced in both Houses as Congress attempts to reach a bipartisan compromise on the implementation of the settlement. National Fund for Health Research Introduced by Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Tom Harkin (D-IA), the purpose of this bill is to significantly expand the nation's investment in medical research. The bill provides that health plans set aside and transfer to the Treasury an amount equal to 1% of all health premiums received for the year. This set aside would be phased in over a four-year period. The set aside would generate sufficient funds to provide for a nearly 50% increase in funding for the NIH. Clinical Research Enhancement Act Introduce Just prior to adjournment, Congresswoman Lowey (D-NY) and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) introduced companion bills in the House and Senate to strengthen our clinical research infrastructure. However, the House did not take any action on the bill before adjourning. The purpose of the legislation is to provide additional support for and to expand clinical research programs. The bill's provisions follow the recommendations made by the NIH Panel on Clinical Research and the initiatives put forward by the Institute of Medicine two years ago in its study of clinical research careers. Senate action on the bill is uncertain.
Please welcome Nancy J. Dieter, who will serve as the new Executive Secretary for the Teratology Society as part of our new contract with Association Development Group (ADG), effective January 1, 1998. Nancy joined ADG, Inc. in February 1996. In addition to serving as Executive Secretary for the Teratology Society, Nancy is also the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Society of Toxicology, also managed by ADG. She previously served as the Executive Director for the Council of Commercial REALTORS® and Director of Member Services at the Washington Area Council of Real Estate Organizations. Nancy has experience as both a staff and volunteer member of associations and has served as a chapter, regional, and national officer of the National Property Management Association (NPMA). Prior to association management, Nancy was a Contract Property Manager and earned the distinguished Certified Professional Property Manager (CPPM) designation. Previous employers also include the Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS®; General Electric Aerospace Systems Division, and Bolt, Beranek & Newman (BBN Labs). Her primary areas of expertise in association management include membership services, publications, meeting planning, implementation of new services, and member retention and recruitment. Nancy's first love is music; she is a graduate of the New England Conservatory with a B.A. in Music Education. She recently participated in a concert tour to Jordan and Israel with the La Camerata Nouve Concert Choir and currently plays french horn in the Loudoun Concert Band. Assisting Nancy with the Society's management are Clarissa Russell Wilson, Director of Meeting Planning; Deborah O'Keefe, Director of Desktop Publishing; Veronica Fisher, Senior Association Accountant; and Annette Flannery, Membership Services.
Philip E.
Mirkes, Ph.D. Anthony R.
Scialli, M.D. George P.
Daston, Ph.D. José
F. Cordero, M.D. Elaine Z.
Francis, Ph.D. Robert E.
Seegmiller, Ph.D. William Slikker,
Jr., Ph.D. Barbara F.
Hales, Ph.D. Richard H.
Finnell, Ph.D.
Covance Laboratories, Inc., a leading contract research organization, has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Director of Toxicology. This position will be responsible for assisting the Director of Toxicology in the business development, financial, or scientific operation of the department. The incumbent will: manage and supervise a major program, Developmental Toxicology; provide leadership to other scientific and technical staff; provide training; mentorship and supervision to the development and performance of other staff scientists; supervise and/or maintain clients' interactions for study designs, management, analysis and interpretation, scientific and regulatory consultation or representation, and business development; and supervise the implementation of new scientific or technological innovations and product lines. Requirements include Ph.D./D.V.M. in Toxicology or related area with 10 years or more experience in: the conduct and evaluation of developmental toxicology preclinical studies; demonstrated experience in the management and/or supervision of scientific staff, excellent scientific skills and credentials; ability to maintain current regulatory awareness (domestic and foreign) in areas of product development; excellent communication and interpersonal skills; and strong computer and presentation skills: D.A.B.T. certification is desirable. Covance Laboratories, Inc., offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including educational assistance. For immediate consideration, send resume to: Covance Laboratories, Inc., 9200 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182-1699, Attn: SGE. E/AA/M/F/D/V. Covance Laboratories, Inc., promotes a drug-free work environment.
Ballots for the election of Council Officers were mailed in March to all Teratology Society voting members. Offices to be filled include Vice President-elect, Treasurer, and Councilor. Please return your ballot to Society Headquarters in the envelope mailed with the ballot by June 8, 1998. Be sure to sign and print your name on the return envelope to validate your vote. Unsigned envelopes cannot be counted. The results of the election will be announced at the Annual Business Meeting.
Dues Deadline was March 1 Did you remember
to renew your dues in time to avoid interruption of your journal? Please
note that subscriptions were automatically cancelled if we did not receive
your dues by March 1.If you did not receive your dues renewal form , please
call Annette Flannery at Teratology Society Headquarters:
Middle Atlantic Reproduction and Teratology Society (MARTA), East Millstone, New Jersey, April 1998. Contact: Howie Solomon, (610) 270-7278, E-mail: Howie_M_Solomon@SBPHRD.com. Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine (ATPM) Joint Annual Meeting, PREVENTION 98: Translating Science Into Action, Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA, April 2-5, 1998. Contact: Marcus R. Eng, (202) 466-2569, E-mail: mre@acpm.org. International Limb Development and Regeneration Conference, Sun Valley, ID, May 17-21, 1998. Contact: ISU Office of Continuing Education and Conferences, Campus Box 8062, 1065 South 8th Ave., Pocatello, ID 83209, (800) 753-4781, fax: (208) 236-4600, E-mail: furngail@isu.edu. Upcoming Awards Deadlines May 20, 1998 May 20, 1998
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