Abstract
The combined Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) and American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ASVCP) in Chicago, IL, convenes Saturday, October 28 to Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The meeting will commence with an Opening Reception, where the posters of veterinary students will be presented. The 2023 Annual Meeting will address a diverse range of scientific interests within the veterinary pathology community, including Focused Scientific Sessions in Clinical Pathology, Diagnostic Pathology, Experimental Disease, Industrial and Toxicologic Pathology, and Natural Disease. There will also be pre-meeting workshops, a plenary session on the Power of the Microbiome, and several sessions on special topics. We are anticipating large numbers of abstracts from institutions across the globe.
We are also excited to share that we are making some enhancements to our poster viewing sessions this year. In addition to the existing viewing options during morning and afternoon education breaks and over the lunch hour, we are now also offering early morning poster viewing at 7 to 8 a.m. This new format will offer a better viewing experience and allow for more meaningful interactions with the presenters.
Meeting abstracts will be published on the ACVP website and will be added to the permanent searchable archive of Annual Meeting abstracts available since 2012. Abstracts will be posted in an “open access” location on the website approximately 1 month before the meeting. The website offers the ability to search each year’s abstract collection by any keyword(s) in the title or body of abstracts.
The Focused Scientific Session Committees have been working diligently to curate an impressive program for the upcoming Annual Meeting. These programs are designed to showcase our members’ exceptional work and introduce cutting-edge science and technology from external sources to our community. Highlights for the focused group programs and other meeting sessions include:
ACVP Primate Pathology: Natural and Spontaneous Pathology of Prosimians
ACVP Contemporary Drug Modalities and Routes: Pathology and Comparative Biology
Davis-Thompson Foundation: Tumors of the Urogenital System: No Kidneying, Ovary-reacting, or Testifying!
ASVCP Digital Microscopy Use in Veterinary Clinical Pathology: The Future is Now
ACVP and ASVCP Joint Plenary Session: Microbiome—Microbial Ecology, Environmental Microbiome, and Skin and Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease
Multimodal Data Mining in Research and Diagnosis
Frontiers in Unconventional Drug Discovery Tools and Therapeutics
Wildlife Pathology: Impacts on Research, Conservation, and Policy
From Data to Diagnosis: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Pathology (ASVCP Current Topics)
Cutting Edge Molecular Technology and Its Application in the Diagnostic Lab (AAVLD session)
Clinical Pathology:
Feline Obesity with a Focus on the FGF21 Signaling Pathway and the Microbiome
Relationship between Lipids and Inflammation
Diagnostic Pathology:
Two informative sessions packed with captivating case reports, including the 2022 AAVLD/ACVP Travel Awardee
Experimental Disease:
Animal Models of Prostate Cancer from Carcinogenesis to Chemoprevention
Industrial and Toxicologic Pathology:
Toxicologic Pathology: From Academia to Industry
Natural Disease:
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus
Emerging Disease: Understanding Leptospirosis and Interactions Between Humans and Animals
ASVCP Education Forum: The Exodus of Pathologists from Veterinary Academia
Challenging Lab Animal Cases
Veterinary Forensic Pathology
Career Development: Letters or Not, Here We Come!
Veterinary Student and Resident Forum
Latin Comparative Pathology Group
Neuropathology
Respiratory Pathology
ASVCP Mystery Slides
In addition, we have several award categories for veterinary pathology residents, graduate students, and veterinary students. We encourage anyone interested to visit the website (https://www.acvp.org/page/Annual_Meeting) for more details.
Join us in Chicago to absorb the wide variety of leading-edge content and network with your fellow pathologists!
I want to express my gratitude to the session chairs, co-chairs, awards chair, and the ACVP staff for their invaluable contributions to the success of the Annual Meeting. The impressive range of topics presented always helps educate and inspire us. We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!
Footnotes
Declaration of Conflicting Interests
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