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Hello and welcome to the Feb- ruary 2011 issue of PATHways. We haven’t had an issue of PATHways come out in a while, but plan on getting back to our regular biannual sched- ule. Once again, we have an issue jam-packed with interest- ing information. Dr. Anoop Kavirayani from The Jackson Laboratory contributed a very nice article discussing mentor- ing from the mentees perspective. We have a nice biosketch detailing the duties of Dr. Stephanie Corn, a clinical pathologist for IDEXX Laboratories. An overview of the student ACVP chapter at The Ohio State University is given by Gabrielle Pastenkos. Dr. Gaurav Tyagi from Roche Pharmaceuticals shares an interesting case report of an ab- dominal mass in a Cyno- molgus Macaque. We also include a compre- hensive listing of up- coming veterinary pa- thology related events, general announcements of interest, and a pictoral synopsis of the 2010 STP Annual Symposium Student Outing. Please be sure to check our pages 11 and 12 for some groups of interest on Facebook, and Welcome to PATHways! Volume 3, Issue 1 February, 2011 A J OINT N EWSLETTER OF THE A MERICAN C OLLEGE OF V ETERINARY P ATHOLOGISTS AND THE S OCIETY OF T OXICOLOGIC P ATHOLOGY PATHways A newsletter for Students of Veterinary Pathology Inside this issue: Mentoring: A Former Mentees Reflections 2-3 A Day in the Life Of…… Dr. Stephanie Corn 4 Focus on Our Future… The Ohio State Univer- sity CVM Student ACVP Chapter 5-6 Case Report: The Case of the Mass-Laden Macaque 7-10 Announcements and Contact Information 11 Additional Items of Interest 12 Upcoming Events 14 Fun at the STP Meeting! 15 A Litte Humor... 13 We’re on the Web! www.toxpath.org www.acvp.org If you would like to receive an electronic copy of PATHways, please send your e-mail address to Sarah Tannehill- Gregg Page 12 for important information on awards that are available, as well as information on how to find a roomate, to help defray the cost of attending the 2011 STP Annual Symposium. Have fun reading the newsletter, and please don’t hesitate to let me know if you can think of a way to improve it, or if you have a contribution to make. I would love to include stu- dent contributions in the future! Your editor, Sarah Tannehill-Gregg Did you know the STP website has an section dedicated solely to students? You can find infor- mation about membership, stu- dent opportunities and the NIH Loan Repayment Program. The STP is interested in hear- ing from students about how the student section of the website could be improved. Please check out the website by going to: http://www.toxpath.org and se- lecting “For Students” Please send any comments to Sue Pitsch at STP Headquar- ters ([email protected]) with “Student Website Feedback” as the subject.

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Hello and welcome to the Feb-

ruary 2011 issue of PATHways.

We haven’t had an issue of

PATHways come out in a

while, but plan on getting back

to our regular biannual sched-

ule. Once again, we have an

issue jam-packed with interest-

ing information. Dr. Anoop

Kavirayani from The Jackson

Laboratory contributed a very

nice article discussing mentor-

ing from the mentees perspective. We have

a nice biosketch detailing the duties of Dr.

Stephanie Corn, a clinical pathologist for

IDEXX Laboratories. An overview of the

student ACVP chapter at The Ohio State

University is given by

Gabrielle Pastenkos. Dr.

Gaurav Tyagi from

Roche Pharmaceuticals

shares an interesting

case report of an ab-

dominal mass in a Cyno-

molgus Macaque. We

also include a compre-

hensive listing of up-

coming veterinary pa-

thology related events,

general announcements of interest, and a

pictoral synopsis of the 2010 STP Annual

Symposium Student Outing. Please be sure

to check our pages 11 and 12 for some

groups of interest on Facebook, and

Welcome to PATHways!

Volume 3, Issue 1

February, 2011

A J O I N T N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E A M E R I C A N C O L L E G E O F V E T E R I N A R Y P A T H O L O G I S T S A N D T H E S O C I E T Y O F T O X I C O L O G I C P A T H O L O G Y

PAT H ways A n e w s l e t t e r f o r S t u d e n t s o f

V e t e r i n a r y P a t h o l o g y

Inside this issue: Mentoring: A Former Mentees Reflections 2-3

A Day in the Life Of…… Dr. Stephanie Corn 4

Focus on Our Future… The Ohio State Univer-sity CVM Student ACVP Chapter

5-6

Case Report: The Case of the Mass-Laden Macaque

7-10

Announcements and Contact Information 11

Additional Items of Interest 12

Upcoming Events 14

Fun at the STP Meeting! 15

A Litte Humor... 13

We’re on the Web!

www.toxpath.org

www.acvp.org

If you would like to receive an electronic copy of PATHways, please send your e-mail address to Sarah Tannehill-

Gregg

Page 12 for important information

on awards that are available, as well

as information on how to find a

roomate, to help defray the cost of

attending the 2011 STP Annual

Symposium.

Have fun reading the newsletter, and

please don’t hesitate to let me know

if you can think of a way to improve

it, or if you have a contribution to

make. I would love to include stu-

dent contributions in the future!

Your editor, Sarah Tannehill-Gregg

Did you know the STP website

has an section dedicated solely

to students? You can find infor-

mation about membership, stu-

dent opportunities and the NIH

Loan Repayment Program.

The STP is interested in hear-

ing from students about how the

student section of the website

could be improved.

Please check out the website

by going to:

http://www.toxpath.org and se-

lecting “For Students”

Please send any comments to

Sue Pitsch at STP Headquar-

ters ([email protected]) with

“Student Website Feedback” as

the subject.

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Mentoring: A former mentee’s reflections Contributed by Dr. Anoop Kavirayani, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine

longer staples, but vital supplements. Instruction in

Pathology as it happens becomes the staple.

Mentees can make the most of “instruction in Pathol-

ogy as it happens” by realizing that Pathologists vary

in their styles of practice and instruction. They will

find great diversity in mentoring styles and outputs

and it is only natural that different styles and outputs

will suit mentees of different aspirations and mind-

sets. As illustrated in the opening quote, the primary

focus should then be on the dynamic flow of knowl-

edge and sustained enrichment of skill sets. Re-

sources and logistics permitting, mentees should try

to develop mentoring relationships with multiple

mentors in different capacities. In addition to primary

mentors, namely the Pathology faculty to whom the

mentees are assigned for the duration of the residency

program, it would be productive to have secondary

and tertiary mentors.

The teacher is the prior form, the taught is the poste-

rior form, learning is the intermediate form and

knowledge is the connection. Thus one should medi-

tate upon knowledge. (The Upanishads)

Mentoring can be thought of as an augmentation of

the learning process that results in the enrichment of a

mentee’s knowledge in that discipline or pursuit. The

mentee and mentor are integral components of such a

mentoring equation that consists of dynamic imparta-

tion and imbibition of skill sets necessary for success

in professional practice.

In more specific terms, the Oxford Dictionary of Hu-

man Resource Management (© Oxford University

Press, 2010) defines mentoring as “the process,

whereby a senior employee takes an active role in

developing a junior colleague. Typically, this occurs

at managerial level or amongst professions. The men-

tor provides advice on how the mentee can develop

his or her skills, competencies, knowledge, and ex-

perience in order to progress along a successful ca-

reer path. As well as giving advice, the mentor might

also prove useful in providing contacts that help the

mentee to engage in the process of networking.”

This definition seems to readily apply to Pathology

training programs in which practicing Pathologists

and Pathology educators facilitate in various ways,

the favorable metamorphosis of students to Patholo-

gists through the critical stage of residency.

With the above perspective, it seems appropriate to

reflect on the mentee side of the equation as applica-

ble to Pathology mentoring. Once students transform

to residents, they typically become units of a smaller,

much more interconnected training group in which

timed lectures and tailored laboratory sessions are no

S w a n , W y o m i n g J a m e s P . B l a i r h t t p : / / p h o t o g r a p h y . n a t i o n a l g e o g r a p h i c . c o m

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Mentoring: A former mentee’s reflections, Cont. Secondary mentors would be visiting faculty or fac-

ulty at a collaborating institution with whom the men-

tees could interact periodically and primary mentors

could facilitate such interactions. When feasible,

mentees could also interact with tertiary mentors who

would be members of organizations such as the

American College of Veterinary Pathology, Ameri-

can Society of Investigative Pathology and Society of

Toxicologic Pathology. Such interactions would typi-

cally be remote (electronic / telephonic) and should

ensure that conflicts of interest are avoided. Annual

and regional meetings could serve as venues of peri-

odic follow-up on tertiary mentoring interactions.

Through all these possibilities, mentees could pru-

dently take it upon themselves to find the “intuition-

instruction equilibrium,” and assimilate and integrate

as much as they can of the various styles and skill

sets in line with their aspirations and long-term goals.

I’ll now conclude my reflections and suggestions as a

former mentee with the hope of transforming myself

into a mentor. With a final note of gratitude to those

who have mentored me in Pathology I wish all Pa-

thology mentees-to-be the very best in finding pro-

ductive “knowledge connections.”

“The capacity to

blunder slightly is the

real marvel of DNA.

Without this special

attribute, we would

still be anaerobic

bacteria and there

would be no music”

- Lewis Thomas

(American physician, author

of “The Lives of Cells: Notes

of a Biology Watcher”)

C o r m o r a n t J o s h E x e l l h t t p : / /p h o t o g r a p h y . n a t i o n a l g e o g r a p h i c . c o m

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A day in the Life of…...

I do consults with Veterinarians about results

from cytology, hematology, or flow cytometry sam-

ples that I have evaluated as well as any other labo-

ratory results that they need help interpreting.

Our laboratory shares the building with a small

animal specialty clinic (MedVet Medical and Cancer

Center for Pets), and I train surgery, internal medi-

cine, and oncology residents in pathology.

I participate in tumor rounds with the specialists

from MedVet. I also attend clinical pathology semi-

nar with the clinical pathologists and clinical pathol-

ogy residents at The Ohio State University.

I train a clinical pathology resident that is in a

dual program with IDEXX and The Ohio State

University.

What do you like most about veterinary pa-

thology? Making a diagnosis in a tough case. It’s

very rewarding to be able to give the submitting Vet-

erinarian a specific diagnosis that can guide treat-

ment. My favorite cases are infectious diseases that

mimic neoplasia. It can be very hard to differentiate

between these based on the clinical presentation

alone, and the treatment and prognosis are com-

pletely different.

Advice for students in-

terested in veterinary pa-

thology as a career?

Learn about as many species

as you can, and spend Vet

school learning how to be a

well-rounded Veterinarian.

You can wait to specialize

until your residency.

Who is your current employer?

I am a clinical pathologist at IDEXX Laboratories,

Inc. in Worthington, OH.

Where did you do your training?

1992 – 1996, BS, Zoology, The Ohio State Univer-sity

1996 – 2000, DVM, The Ohio State University 2002 – 2005, Clinical Pathology Residency , The

Ohio State University 2005 – Diplomate, American College of Veterinary

Pathologists

What are some of your day-to-day duties?

I spend most of my time examining fine needle aspi-

rate slides from a variety of lesions. Most of these are

skin or subcutaneous masses and peripheral lymph

nodes, but I also see many ultrasound-guided aspirates

of internal organs or masses. Most of the samples are

from dogs and cats, but I also get samples from horses,

ruminants, llamas/alpacas, exotics, and zoo animals.

I evaluate fluid samples from the abdominal, pleural,

or pericardial space, as well as cerebrospinal fluid and

joint fluid.

I review abnormal blood smears flagged by techni-

cians that perform the initial evaluation of CBC slides in

the lab. These patients may be diagnosed with leukemia,

blood parasites, or a specific etiology for their anemia

(e.g. Heinz body anemia).

I interpret results of immunophenotyping by flow

cytometry for dogs and cats with lymphocytosis in the

peripheral blood. This can help differentiate between

reactive lymphocytosis and lymphoid leukemia (chronic

or acute). Lymph node samples from dogs diagnosed

with lymphoma on cytology are also examined to differ-

entiate between B-cell and T-cell lymphoma, which has

prognostic value.

Stephanie C. Corn, BS, DVM, Diplomate ACVP (Clinical Pathology)

Stephanie and Kira

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Focus on our Future…. Showcasing our Veterinary Schools and Pathology Programs

tion to pathologic diagnosis of disease. These infor-

mal meetings are an excellent forum for general dis-

cussions about the profession. Formal lunch lectures

are regular events, often hosted jointly with other

clubs with the intention of demonstrating the inter-

face of pathology and clinical medicine. Dr. Donald

H. Schlafer, from Cornell College of Medicine, re-

cently visited as a lecturer, at an event co-sponsored

by the Pathology and Theriogeneology clubs. Dr.

Schlafer gave an engaging lecture on placental abnor-

malities. The club is looking forward to a lecture by

the College’s own Dr. Christopher Premanandan on

ruminant abortion, co-hosted by the Food Animal

Club. Dr. Premanandan’s food animal pathology lec-

tures are popular events.

Our professors and residents take an active role in

directing students with specific interests in clinical

and anatomic pathology towards shaping and achiev-

ing their professional goals. A recent lecture featured

Dr. Krista La Perle ,Director of the Comparative Pa-

thology and Mouse Phenotyping Shared Resource,

discussing her professional history. Dr. Premanandan

led several wetlabs that showed students how to se-

lect tissues from the necropsy floor for slide prepara-

tion. Students chose tissues, cut samples, fixed them

and sent them for slide preparation, and participated

in a slide review.

The Ohio State University College

of Veterinary Medicine: Student

Chapter of the ACVP

Contributed by Gabrielle Pastenkos

The Ohio State University College of Veterinary

Medicine’s chapter of the ACVP was founded in

2000. The club has a small core of dedicated mem-

bers and maintains contact with a large portion of the

student body through its listserv. Current officers are

Dillon Muth (President), Gabrielle Pastenkos (Vice

President) and Amy Gagat (Treasurer). Dr. Paul D.

Stromberg is faculty advisor, and Drs. Kristin Lewis

and Sarah Chaney are the 2010-2011 resident men-

tors. The club does not charge dues for membership

and welcomes all students to its events. Our goal is

that the majority of OSU veterinary students experi-

ence the interface of pathology and clinical medicine.

Most events are made possible by the generosity of

our residents and professors, who freely share their

time and expertise. Funds come from participation in

monthly Hills food sales in addition to grants from

the University.

The OSU SCACVP strives to provide experiential

opportunities to students who are looking forward to

clinical practice as well as to those planning on a ca-

reer in pathology. Weekly slide readings with our

residents keep pace with the first year histology cur-

riculum, and club members run reviews before first

year exams. Members of the pre-veterinary club join

us for a wetlab where they get a hands-on introduc-

G o s s L a b o r a t o r y

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Focus on our Future…. Showcasing our Veterinary Schools and Pathology Programs, Cont.

with slide cases, gross photos are displayed on a pro-

jector screen, and club members make themselves

available to prospective students to answer questions

both about the pathology field and veterinary school

life in general.

The combination of outstanding pathology faculty, an

excellent resident training program, and strong stu-

dent interest facilitates exposure to a wide variety of

practical pathology experiences for OSU students.

The club makes a yearly presentation at the College’s

open house program. The microscope lab is set up

with slide cases, gross photos are displayed on a pro-

jector screen, and club members make themselves

available to prospective students to answer questions

both about the pathology field and veterinary school

life in general.

The club’s members take active roles in College re-

search. Over the past two years, three members have

participated in the College’s Summer Veterinary

Scholar Research Program (supported both by an

NIH T35 grant and the Morris Animal Foundation)

and attended the Merck-Merial NIH National Veteri-

nary Scholars Symposium to present their research.

Dillon Muth’s project developed regulatory dendritic

cells with the pregnancy estrogen Estriol. Gabrielle

Pastenkos performed sequencing and phylogenetic

analysis of three major surface antigens of

Neorickettsia risticii. Bonnie Harrington’s project

differentiated biologically high grade mast cell tu-

mors from their biologically low grade counterparts

based on molecular biology. Fourth year member

Lauren Mattei received the OSU CVM 2010 Ad-

vances in Veterinary Medicine day basic research

travel award for her poster, "Innate Immunity to Oral

Salmonella Infection in Absence of IL-17." Club

members attend the annual ACVP conference with

financial assistance from the ACVP. At this year’s

conference, Dillon Muth will be presenting a poster

titled, “Synovial Cell Sarcoma in a Marmoset”.

The club makes a yearly presentation at the College’s

open house program. The microscope lab is set up

V e t e r i n a r y M e d i c a l A c a d e m i c B u i l d i n g

R e s e a r c h P o s t e r s o n D i s p l a y

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Case Report The case of the Mass-Laden Macaque

Special thanks to Dr. Gaurav Tyagi, Senior Principal Scientist, Roche Pharmaceuticals, for contributing this case.

The presentation…………….

Signalment: 10 year old, female, naive, cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis).

History: On routine external examination, a mass was palpated in the caudal abdomen. Examination of a fine needle aspirate from the mass was non-specific and contained erythrocytes, hemosiderin-filled macrophages, and rare neutrophils. The animal was euthanized and necropsied. Clinical pathology (hematology, coagulation, routine clinical chemistry) identified a slightly decreased hematocrit (31%).

Necropsy: The urogenital tract and colon/rectum were consolidated into a mottled, firm, irregular, approximately 4 x 4 x 5 cm mass that contained many blood filled cysts.

Gross appearance of endometriosis in a human. The rectum is adherent to the left uterosacral ligament and the

back of the cervix with endometriosis. (http://www.gynaecology.spotmysite.com/page/649/)

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Case Report The case of the mass-Laden Macaque

Subgross Appearance…………….

5000µm

Uterus

* *

*

*

The perimetrial surface of the uterus was covered by variably sized cystic masses (*). Some of the cysts were filled with ex-travasated erythrocytes.

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Case Report The case of the mass-Laden Macaque

Microscopic Appearance…………….

200µm

At higher magnification, the wall of the cysts was composed of ectopic endometrial tissue with epi-thelium, glands, and stroma.

Histopathology: The outer surface of the uterus, ovary, broad ligament and colon were distorted and covered by many small coalescing cystic masses. The cysts were variably filled with erythrocytes, few neutrophils, macrophages and cellular debris and were lined by a single layer of well-differentiated glandular epithelium, morphologi-cally consistent with endometrium. This epithelial layer was supported by spindle-shaped endometrial stromal cells which merged into the adjoining smooth muscle or connective tissue. There were multiple interspersed areas of fibrosis expanded by chronic inflammation containing macrophages (some of them containing hemosiderin), lymphocytes and plasma cells.

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Case Report The case of the mass-Laden Macaque

And the answer is…………….

Microscopic diagnosis: Chronic endometriosis with adhesions

Comments:

Endometriosis is the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue, outside the uterus (Fanton et al., 1986). Endometriosis is a common disorder of sexually ma-ture female macaques with a reported incidence of up to 30% in some colo-nies (Zondervan et al., 2004). Reported clinical signs in macaques with en-dometriosis are non-specific and include body weight loss, anorexia, consti-pation, decreased fertility and anemia. The masses in the abdominal and pel-vic cavity can occasionally be palpated externally or by digital rectal exami-nation. Grossly, endometriosis is often observed as mottled, tan, cystic masses in the pelvic and abdominal cavity over the surface of uterus, urinary bladder, distal colon and ovaries. Histologically, these masses are composed of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma with hemorrhage. This ectopic en-dometrial tissue undergoes cyclical changes in response to estrogen and pro-gesterone, however the endometriotic lesions have been reported to have de-fective hormonal regulation (Sternfeld et al., 1988)

Though an exact mechanism for the development of endometriosis is not known, it has been proposed that retrograde menstruation through the fallo-pian tubes causes the spread of endometrial tissue to the pelvic and perito-neal cavity (metastatic theory). Another hypothesis is that ectopic endo-metrium arises directly from the mesothelium of pelvis or abdomen (metaplastic theory). Risk factors for endometriosis reportedly include ge-netic predisposition, hysterectomy, whole body irradiation and exposure to toxins (Cline et al., 2008, Zondervan et al., 2004). Endometriosis is an im-portant clinical condition of women and can cause infertility, pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea among other complications. Non human primates have been used as a model to investigate human endometriosis.

References available on page 13.

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P a t h o l o g y

1821 Michael Faraday Drive Suite 300

Reston, VA 20190

Phone: 703-438-7508 Fax: 703-438-3113

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 608-443-2466 Fax: 608-442-2474

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A m e r i c a n C o l l e g e o f V e t e r i n a r y

P a t h o l o g i s t s

2810 Crossroads Drive Suite 3800

Madison, Wisconsin 53718

STP Career Outreach Committee

Student Interactions Subcommittee

Chair: Sarah Tannehill-Gregg ([email protected])

Newsletter Group:

Sarah Tannehill-Gregg*

([email protected])

Lyn Wancket

([email protected])

Chris Palgrave

([email protected])

Alok Sharma

([email protected])

Susan Van Tongeren

([email protected])

ACVP Recruiting Committee

Student Chapter Subcommittee

Chair: Brett Saladino ([email protected])

Newsletter Group:

Krista La Perle

([email protected])

Stephanie Corn*

([email protected])

Amanda Fales-Williams ([email protected])

Newsletter Committee Members Feel free to contact committee members with questions or for advice

References for Case Report

Check out the ACVP Student Chapters group on Facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=123879597644310

This is a great site for student chapters to:

Exchange ideas about meeting topics

Get ideas for fundraising

Look for housing for externships

Find roommates for meetings

Cline, J.M., Wood, C.E., Vidal, J.D., Tarara, R.P., Buse, E., Wein-bauer, G.F., de Rijk, E. & van Esch, E. (2008). Selected Back-ground Findings and Interpretation of Common Lesions in the Fe-male Reproductive System in Macaques. Toxicol Pathol, 36, 142-164.

Fanton, J.W., Hubbard, G.B. & Wood, D.H. (1986). Endometriosis: clinical and pathologic findings in 70 rhesus monkeys. American journal of veterinary research, 47, 1537-1541.

Sternfeld, M.D., West, N.B. & Brenner, R.M. (1988). Immunocyto-chemistry of the estrogen receptor in spontaneous endometriosis in rhesus macaques. Fertility and sterility, 49, 342-348.

Zondervan, K.T., Weeks, D.E., Colman, R., Cardon, L.R., Hadfield, R., Schleffler, J., Trainor, A.G., Coe, C.L., Kemnitz, J.W. & Ken-nedy, S.H. (2004). Familial aggregation of endometriosis in a large pedigree of rhesus macaques. Human reproduction (Oxford, Eng-land), 19, 448-455.

* Contributed to this newsletter

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Additional Items of Interest…...

STP Student Travel Awards Student Travel Awards are available to Graduate Students for participation in the Annual Symposium of the Society of

Toxicologic Pathology. Each of the students who are chosen will receive a $1000 stipend to defray travel and lodging

costs associated with attending the convention, complimentary meeting registration, and complimentary student mem-

bership (for the following year). Recipients will be honored at an Awards Ceremony prior to the Annual Business

Meeting on Wednesday.

Submit an abstract on-line by April 1, 2011, (should be limited to 250 words) describing your original work involving clinical or experimental research that relates to experimental or toxicologic pathology, at http://www.toxpath.org/AM2011/awards.asp and please remember to fill out the Student Travel Award Flyer and Application.

Additionally at http://www.toxpath.org/AM2011/awards.asp, please check out the information on the Young Investi-gator Awards and the Charles Capen Travel Award.

More STP Fun!!

There will be a student outing to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on Tuesday afternoon, June 21. This will be

a fun opportunity to meet fellow students and interact with mentors. This function has been the highlight of past meet-

ings for many students. Details will be e-mailed to student registrants when available. See Page 15 for pictures of the

2010 Student Outing!

Need Some Help with Housing at the STP Meeting?

If you would like to save costs by sharing a room with another student at the 2011 Annual STP Meeting, please fill out

the PDF found at http://www.toxpath.org/AM2011/housing.asp and return it to headquarters via fax (703.438.3113) or

email by May 17, 2001 to the attention of Krystle Correll. Once we hear from other students, we will contact you with

possible roomate contact information.

Veterinary Pathology Residents on Facebook!!

Group description: This group was created to foster communication between residents of both clinical and anatomic pathology programs.

Gross, histology and cytology pictures can be posted to show classic/interesting/unusual diseases, lesions or simply to

ask questions. This group can also be used to aid in board preparation and study, in which study materials can be

shared.

We will also institute a gross and/or histology/cytology picture of the month, and will accept submissions up to the 2nd to last Monday of every month. Please feel free to offer any comments or suggestions in order to make this group as beneficial for everyone possible. Go to Veterinary Pathology Residents (VPR): http://www.facebook.com/n/?home.php&sk=group_187061557991078&mid=3b4cf56G6063b467G204860dG7a&bcode=5lrV4&n_m=amycd%40vet.upenn.edu

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A Little Humor…...

OK, so this one’s a joke (at

least I hope so….), but I got a

good laugh out of it!

Pet Vet Barbie:

Just what I wore to the office

when I was in private practice

– the ultra-short miniskirt

and heels were so practical.

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Upcoming Events………………..

June 19-23, 2011 30th Annual STP Symposium,

Toxicologic Pathology of the Im-mune System.

Hyatt Regency, Denver, CO

http://www,toxpath.org/

July 11-18, 2011 CL Davis Gross Pathology/General Pathology Review Course

Sirata Beach Resort

St. Pete’s Beach, FL

http://www,cldavis.org/

July 25-29, 2011 9th Biennial Short Course on

Industrial Toxicology and Pathol-ogy

University of Illinois

Champaign, IL

http://www,vetmed.illinois.edu/ope/itp

August 11-12, 2011 Midwest Association of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting

Illinois Beach Resort and

Conference Center, Zion, IL

http://vetmed.illinois.edu/MAVP/

August 21-25, 2011 Canadian Council on Animal Care

8th World Congress on Alterna-tives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences

Montreal, Canada

http://www,wc8.ccac.ca

Sept 20-22, 2011 American College of Veterinary Pathologists Certifying Exam

Ames, IA

March 24-26, 2011 SAVMA Annual Symposium

University of California, Davis

Davis, CA

http://savmasymposium2011.com

April 9-13, 2011 American Society of Investigative Pathology (ASIP) Annual Meeting

Washington, D.C.

http://www,asip.org/

April 13-16, 2011 CL Davis Workshop and Symposium on Laboratory Animal Diseases

Chicago, IL

http://www,cldavis.org/

April 21, 2011 CL Davis 28th Annual West Coast Subdivision Meeting

Asilomar Conference Grounds,

Pacific Grove, CA

[email protected]

May 18-20, 2011 3rd Annual Clinical Pathology Work-shop for Pathology Residents

VA-MD Regional CVM

Virginia Tech Student Chapter ACVP

http://www.cpe.vt.edu/reg/cpaw/

May 23-27, 2011 CL Davis 2011 Descriptive

Veterinary Pathology Course

Cornell University CVM

Ithaca, NY

[email protected]

June 5-11, 2011 Current Lab Animal Science

Seminar/Pathology of Lab Animals Course

Sheraton Oceanfront Hotel

Virginia Beach, VA

http://www,cldavis.org/

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Special thanks to Krystle Correll for the beautiful pictures!

2010 Society of Toxicologic Pathology Symposium 2010 Society of Toxicologic Pathology Symposium

Chicago, IL Chicago, IL

Student Outing Student Outing

to the Shedd Aquariumto the Shedd Aquarium

We hope to see you at the 2011 STP Symposium held

June 19-23 in Denver, CO. We will have a student outing

where you can spend the afternoon with STP members

acting as mentors– it’s fun and informational!