IVAM Virtual Meeting
WebEx May 22, 2020
Opening RemarksKelly Coleman, President, IVAM
Agenda
Ø Year in Review
Ø Treasurer’s Report
Ø SOT Meeting Proposals
Ø Recognitions
Ø Upcoming Meetings
Year in Review
Kelly Coleman, President, IVAM
Outgoing IVAM officers• Pam Spencer, President
• Kelly Coleman, Vice President
• Kathryn Page, Counselor
• Jill Merrill, Secretary/Treasurer
• Leah M. Norona, Postdoctoral Representative
• Belkys González, Student Representative
Incoming IVAM officers
PRESIDENTDr. Kelly Coleman, Medtronic
VICE PRESIDENTDr. Sean Gehen, Corteva Agriscience
VICE PRESIDENT-ELECTDr. Kathryn Page, Clorox
Incoming IVAM officersSECRETARY/TREASURER
Dr. Helena Hogberg, CAAT, Johns Hopkins
COUNCILORDr. Samantha Faber, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
POSTDOCTORAL REPRESENTATIVEDr. Megan Culbreth, EPA NCCT
GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVEAmanda Dhaneshwar, B.S., M.S., St. John’s University
IVAM Webinars• 2019 Student Research Award Winners
Piecing Together the Puzzle: Identifying the Role Oxidative Stress and the Alveolar Epithelium Play in Air Pollution Induced Cardiovascular DiseasePresented by Eva Vitucci
Functional Comparison of HepaRG Cells and Primary Human Hepatocytes in Monolayer and Spheroid Culture as Repeated Exposure Models for HepatotoxicityPresented by Jinpeng Li
• NAMs Case Study: Industry/Government PartnershipsMonique Perron, ScDActing Branch Chief, Risk Assessment Branch IVUS EPA, OPP, HED
Douglas C. Wolf, DVM, PhD, FIATP, ATSSenior Syngenta Fellow, Product Safety
Revised Bylaws
• In 2019 the IVAM Executive Committee voted to:
• Eliminate the Vice Postdoctoral Representative position.
• Extend the Postdoctoral Representative term to two years.
• Changes need to be approved by IVAM members
• Then approved by SOT’s Council
IVAM Membership 2020
Treasurer’s Report
Helena Hogberg, Secretary/Treasurer IVAM
Treasurer’s Report
o Net assets beginning of year: $10,522
o Income: $1,000
o Expenses (awards & plaques): $589
o Net assets end of year: $10,933
SOT Meeting Proposals 2020-2021
Sean Gehen, Vice President, IVAM
2020 Annual Meeting – Session Proposals31 sessions requesting endorsement
(29 were endorsed)
• 13 Symposia
• 13 Workshops• 4 CE Courses
• 1 Informational
2021 Annual Meeting – Session Proposals
Now – June 12 August Open Mid-September
60th Annual Meeting and ToxExpoMarch 14-18, 2021 | Orlando, Florida
• SOT Deadline: June 12, 2020
• To ensure IVAM review for potential feedback, please submit proposals to IVAM no later than May 29, 2020
• Specialty Section Communication and Collaboration Group for Cross Cutting Issues
• Continuing Education Course Submissions
IVAM will not accept proposals after May 29th!
2021 Annual Meeting – Session Proposals
RecognitionsKelly Coleman, President, IVAM
SOT Awards
Industry – Sponsored Awards
Graduate Student Award
Sarah D. Burnett, Texas A&M University
“An In Vitro Human Population Model for Screening Environmental Chemicals for the Cardiotoxicity Hazard”
Advisor: Dr. Ivan Rusyn
Postdoctoral AwardDr. Phillip W. Clapp, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
“An Inexpensive Open-Source In Vitro Exposure System for Uniform Sedimentation of Liquid Aerosols Generated by New and Emerging Tobacco Products”
Advisor: Dr. Ilona Jaspers
• 600 ePosters Online
• 15 More Online CE Courses and Lectures
• Through June 26, 2020
• https://www.toxicology.org/events/am/AM2020/program.asp
*AM04 CE ONLINE: Introduction to Open-Access Computational Toxicology Tools Chairs: Agnes Karmaus & Nicole Kleinsteuer (226 attendees) (4/3/20)
For more information visit: https://www.ascctox.org/qsar2021
For more information visit: https://www.ascctox.org/annualmeeting
The conference theme will address the US EPA goal to eliminate reliance on mammalian tests to make regulatory decisions by 2035, and the various considerations—science and policy—related to meeting this goal.
Confirmed Plenary speakers:
• Tara Barton-McLaren, Health Canada• Richard Keigwin, US EPA• Sue Marty, Dow Chemical• Adrian Roth, Roche
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