As we enter the last quarter of 2009 it is time to reflect on the past year and look toward the future. Many of us had the opportunity to enjoy the great science, to catch up with old friends, and to meet new ones at our annual meeting in Puerto Rico. This meeting provided the opportunity to showcase our multi-disciplinarity and highlight the global relevance of the work we do. Since for some of us 2009 was a difficult year to secure travel funds, we recognize that not everyone was able to attend this meeting. We are especially pleased that both Jan Friedman and Melissa Tassinari have made their slides available on our web site: Jan Friedman gave the 2009 Josef Warkany Lecture, entitled “Clinical Teratology: In Bed with the Devil” (http://www.teratology.org/awards_warkany.asp ) and Melissa Tassinari presented “Human Teratogens: The Year in Review” (http://www.teratology.org/teratogen.asp ). We plan to continue to make some of the presentations at our meetings available on our web site.
Since it is our 50th anniversary, the 2010 meeting in Louisville, Kentucky will be special. John Rogers and his Program Committee have done a great job in
As Vice President, I have the honor and challenge of serving as Chair of the Program Committee for next year’s 50th Annual Meeting of the Society, June 26-30, 2010, in Louisville, Kentucky. Thanks to the many exciting ideas for sessions and lectures submitted by the membership and the hard work of the Program Committee, the Education Committee and the Chairs of the selected sessions, I think we have an excellent scientific program to offer. I hope you will agree and make every effort to attend this landmark meeting of our Society. The theme for the meeting is “Healthy Lifestyles for Parents and Children.” The meeting will start off on Saturday with the Continuing Education Course, which will be on Drug Disposition and Teratogenesis. This promises to be a top-notch course,
The theme for the meeting is “Healthy Lifestyles for Parents and Children.”
with up-to-date lectures to be delivered by many prominent members of the Society. Chair Louise Winn and the rest of the Education Committee have worked hard to confirm all the talks and speakers for this excellent course. They have also put together two
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