William B. Coleman



ASIP Meeting at a Glance
Online EB2003 Abstract Search

In April 2003, the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology will be held in conjunction with Experimental Biology 2003 in San Diego, CA.  The ASIP Program Committee has worked diligently to assemble the ASIP program for EB2003, which will feature current topics in disease pathogenesis, including both mechanistic and translational aspects of pathology research.  Many of the programmatic themes and topics for EB2003 were developed from ideas put forth by the membership of the ASIP.  In addition, the ASIP Program Committee has and will continue to work in coordination with the Program Committee of NAVBO (a guest society at EB2003) to develop excellent programming on topics related to cardiovascular biology and pathology.  The ASIP program includes several major symposia, workshops, educational sessions, award lectures, and other special sessions, that feature nationally and internationally recognized investigators and speakers.  Scientific session topics include lung injury and repair, liver cancer, cell cycle, cell adhesion, cell signaling, environmental toxicology, and multi-lineage stem cells.  The educational sessions cover basic aspects of pathobiology (inflammation, cell injury, cell death, neoplasia, growth and development) in a format that designed for students and new investigators, but that provides useful information to established investigators as well.  Various aspects of professional growth and advancement will be discussed in career development workshops that specifically address the needs of MD/PhD, PhD, and other trainees.  Additional sessions will be programmed from abstract submissions to the ASIP topic categories.  These categories cover a wide variety of topics related to pathogenesis research.  Special initiatives for abstract-driven sessions at EB2003 will include neuropathology, immunopathology, and subjects related to translational research and molecular pathology.  Overall, the ASIP Program Committee has assembled a strong scientific and educational program for EB2003.  We anticipate that our program will continue to develop and strengthen as we incorporate minisymposia, poster, and poster discussion sessions from submitted abstracts.  We look forward to receiving your abstract submissions and to seeing you in San Diego.