The ACVPSTP Coalition for Veterinary Pathology Fellows Facilitates

The ACVP/STP Coalition for Veterinary Pathology Fellows Facilitates Career Advancement Opportunities Gary Cockerell, DVM, Ph. D, DACVP, Coalition Director Table 1. Completed Training Positions (continued) Table 1. Completed Training Positions Introduction Training Inst/Type of Coalition Fellowship Fellow (DVM Inst, Yr) Current Position Pfizer Ricardo Ochoa Minority Fellowship (2009 -2012) Univ Georgia/ Anat Path Residency Bala Manickam* (Pondicherry, India, 02’) Principal Investigator, Seventh Wave Labs, St Louis, MO Pfizer (2009 -2012) Michigan St Univ/ Clin Path Residency Charlotte Hollinger** (Penn, ’ 08) Anat Pathol Residency, Michigan St Univ Sanofi (2009 -2012) Texas A&M Univ Post-Residency Ph. D Catherine Pfent (Mich St, ‘ 07) Ph. D graduate program, Texas A&M Univ Schering-Plough (Merck) (2009 -2012) Johns Hopkins Univ Post-Residency Ph. D Kathleen Brennan* (NCSU, ‘ 03) To be determined Bristol-Myers Squibb (2009 -2012) Michigan St Univ Post-Residency Ph. D Dodd Sledge* (Georgia, ‘ 06) Academic Specialist, Michigan St Univ Sponsor (Yrs) Training Inst/Type of Coalition Fellowship Fellow (DVM Inst, Yr) Current Position Sponsor (Yrs) Glaxo. Smith. Kline (2006 -2009) Univ California/ Anat Path Residency Torrie Crabbs* (NC St, ‘ 06) Pathologist, Experimental Pathology Labs, Research Triangle Park, NC Glaxo. Smith. Kline (2006 -2009) Colorado St Univ/ Anat Path Residency David Gardiner* (Cornell, ‘ 06) Pathologist, IDEXX Labs, Sacramento, CA Glaxo. Smith. Kline (2006 -2009) Univ Illinois/ Anat Path Residency Sandeep Akare* (Nagpur, India, ‘ 95) Scientist, Drug Safety, Esai, Andover, MA Pfizer (2006 -2009) Purdue Univ/ Anat Path Residency Robert Johnson* (Purdue, ‘ 06) Principal Research Scientist, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN Pfizer (2006 -2009) Ohio St Univ/ Anat Path Residency Lyn Wancket (Illinois, ‘ 06) Ph. D graduate program, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio St Univ As an outcome of strategic planning and in response to comments received to a Request for Concepts, the Coalition has developed a service to facilitate five different career advancement opportunities: 1. Industrial and Governmental Internships for Post-DVM Pathology Residents 2. Industrial and Governmental Veterinary Pathology Post-Doctoral Fellowships 3. Sabbaticals for Veterinary Pathologists in Academia, Industry and Government 4. Supplemental Industrial Funding for Post-DVM Ph. D Pathology Graduate Research 5. Recruiting Post-DVM Ph. D Pathology Graduate Students for Extramurally Funded Training Positions Pfizer Ricardo Ochoa Minority Fellowship (2006 -2009) Univ Pennsylvania/ Anat Path Residency Melissa Sánchez* (Penn, ‘ 02) Lecturer in Anatomic Pathology, School Vet Med, Univ Pennsylvania Sanofi (2006 -2009) NC St Univ/ Anat Path Residency Danielle Lewis Brown* (NC St, ‘ 06) Pathologist, WIL-Biotechnics Res Labs, Hillsborough, NC Schering-Plough (Merck) (2007 -2009) Ohio St Univ/ Post-Residency Ph. D Aaron Sargeant* (Ohio St, ‘ 04) Pathologist, Charles River Labs, Spencerville, OH The service is easy to use – details on how to post information using standardized forms can be found on-line at http: //www. vetpathcoalition. org/opportunities. Announcements and more information will also soon appear in ACVP and STP newsletters. In many cases this service will be offered free of charge on a first-time basis, allowing users to compare results with other methods they may have used for similar purposes, or to initiate new career advancement opportunities. Bristol-Myers Squibb (2007 -2010) Iowa St Univ/ Post-Residency Ph. D Alicia Olivier* (Miss St, ’ 05) Assist Prof, Dept Comp Pathol, Univ Iowa Genentech (2010 -2013) Johns Hopkins Univ Christine Zink/Noël Dybdal Jennell Bigrigg Romero (Ohio St, ’ 10) Merck Research Labs (2007 -2010) Univ Guelph/ Clin Path Residency Janet Beeler-Marfisi** (Guelph, ’ 07) Assist Prof, Clinical Pathology, Ross Univ Amgen (2011 -2014) Univ California, Davis Patricia Pesavento/Jon Werner Mai Mok (UC Davis, ’ 11) Genentech (2007 -2010) Univ Guelph/ Anat Path Residency Leah Schutt* (Guelph ‘ 07) Assoc Scientist, Pathology, Genentech, So San Francisco, CA Amgen (2007 -2010) Washington St Univ/ Anat Path Residency Kathryn Boland (Mich St, ‘ 07) Ph. D graduate program, Dept Microbiol & Pathol, Washington St Univ Eli Lilly (2007 -2010) Michigan St Univ/ Anat Path Residency Jana Ritter* (Georgia, ’ 07) Pathologist, St Joseph’s Translational Research Inst, Atlanta, GA Charles River/Wyeth (Pfizer) (2008 -2011) Iowa St Univ/ Anat Path Residency Angela Pillatzki* (Kansas St, ‘ 95) Instructor, Teaching and Diagnostics, Dept Pathol, Iowa St Univ Glaxo. Smith. Kline (2008 -2011) Texas A&M Univ/ Anat Path Residency Will Sims (Oklahoma St, ‘ 07) Pathologist, State Diagnostic Lab, Little Rock, AR Glaxo. Smith. Kline (2009 -2012) Ohio St Univ/ Clin Path Residency Kelly Santangelo (Cornell, ’ 04) Asst Prof, Coll Vet Med & Biomed Sci, Colorado St Univ Glaxo. Smith. Kline (2009 -2012) Univ California/ Anat Path Residency Victoria Derr-Castillo (Florida, ‘ 09) Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ Calif-San Diego Pfizer (2009 -2012) Univ Minnesota/ Anat Path Residency Mark Chalkley* (Queensland, ’ 06) Clinical instructor, Veterinary Pathology, Univ Minnesota The Coalition for Veterinary Pathology Fellows was established in 2004 as a partnership between the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) and the Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP) to provide a unified mechanism to solicit and allocate funds to train additional veterinary pathologists. To date, 29 Coalition training positions have been funded at 17 different North American universities; 23 Fellows have completed their Coalition training positions (Table 1) and 6 Fellows are currently enrolled in training programs (Table 2). In addition and to further enhance training in veterinary pathology, this year the Coalition is pleased to announce a new service to facilitate career advancement opportunities. This service, which will be of value to pathology trainees as well as established pathologists, is further explained below. Career Advancement Opportunities Sponsors To date, sponsors have contributed $6. 8 M in financial commitments. The Coalition is grateful for the generous contributions from the following organizations and individuals: Alizée Pathology Charles and Sharron Capen Glaxo. Smith. Kline Millennium/Takeda Allergan Charles River Labs Histo-Scientific Res Labs Pfizer Amgen Eli Lilly Instem Sanofi Aperio Elsevier Integrated Lab Systems Schering-Plough Bristol-Myers Squibb Experimental Pathol Labs The Leyden Group Wyeth Research Burroughs Wellcome GEMpath Linda Munson Celgene Genentech Merck For more information on how your organization can participate in the Coalition please see or contact: Coalition web site, http: //www. vetpathcoalition. org/ Mark Cline, Chair, Coalition Board of Governors, (336) 716 -1564, jmcline@wfubmc. edu Gary Cockerell, Coalition Director, (269) 720 -7310, alliances@cockerell. org Susan Rees, Coalition Administrative Office, (608) 443 -3645 x 138, acvp. stp. coalition@reesgroupinc. com Table 2. Currently Funded Training Positions Sponsor (Yrs) Academic Inst Academic/Industrial Mentors Fellow (DVM Institution, Yr) Anatomic Pathology Residencies Post-Residency Ph. D Grad Student Positions Amgen (2010 -2013) Washington St Univ Kevin Lahmers/Esther Trueblood Kathryn Boland (Mich St, ‘ 07) Charles & Sharron Capen (2012 -2015) Auburn Univ Robert Judd/Not Applicable Emily Graff** (Texas A&M Univ, ’ 07) Linda Munson (2012 -2015) Univ California, San Diego Christina Sigurdson/Not Applicable Patricia Gaffney* (UC Davis, ’ 04) Genentech (2011 -2014) Ohio St Univ Pamela Lucchesi/Noël Dybdal Kristin Lewis (UC Davis, ’ 10) *DACVP, Anat Path **DACVP, Clin Path Performance of Fellows on the ACVP Certification Examination 79% of fellows (19/24) who have taken the ACVP Certification Examination have passed and 84% of the successful candidates passed all parts on their first attempt. The outstanding success of Coalition fellows on this rigorous examination is a tribute to the quality of the candidates, the excellence of their training programs and the foresight of companies that support the Coalition.