Teratology Society Annual Meetings 2010 - 2014

Teratology Society, Reston VA

Investigators

Abstract

PROJECT ABSTRACT The Teratology Society will hold its 50th Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky on June 26-30, 2010. The scientific program covers a wide-range of current issues in reproductive and developmental health and disease, with special emphasis on the safety of drugs used during pregnancy. The meeting attendees historically come from a diverse professional background including basic and clinical scientists from the academic, industrial and government research sectors. The Teratology Society recognizes the importance of this diverse mix of professionals meeting annually in an informal setting to exchange ideas and the latest experimental findings. The 2010 Program Committee of the Teratology Society, with input from the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) and Neurobehavioral Teratology Society (NBTS), arranged for an outstanding and expansive scientific program that includes education courses (3), a workshop (1), scientific symposia (8), special lectures (7), and an exchange session (1), as well as opportunities for open research communications as platform talks and poster presentations. The session topics address newer concepts in the field and are likely to generate lively interaction. The Annual Meeting provides a place and time for attendees to network, and indulge in discussions from philosophical to practical with established experts in the field, new researchers, and students. It is also a place and time to promote and express our scientific diversity as a Society of fellow clinicians, scientists and science policy regulators from academic, industrial and government sectors. In this proposal, we are requesting funds to defray part of the speaker and session expenses for 2010-2014 Teratology Society Annual Meetings.