Volume 46
Issue 1, 2022
ISSX President’s Message By Scott Obach, ISSX President Greetings fellow ISSX members and welcome to 2022. We are all truly hopeful that the challenges of 2020-2021 are behind us and we can look to 2022 with optimism. I must admit that I’ve really missed seeing my many science friends from around the world and am hopeful we will be able to meet again to talk about our science and life in general at the 2022 joint ISSX and MDO meeting in Seattle this September 11–14. Before looking to what we hope to do in 2022, I want to first give sincere thanks to Ann Daly who very successfully navigated ISSX through the two most difficult years we have ever faced. As an organization that has in-person meetings as a main focus, not being able to do that posed a significant threat to its viability. She, with help from our Association Management Company, Smithbucklin, really came through for us. In fact, one of the crowning successes driven by the challenges
of a global pandemic was the enhancement of a robust webinar series. Thanks to Ann and the Continuing Education Committee for establishing that forum and we have every intention of it continuing as a benefit to ISSX members postpandemic. If you have an idea for a webinar and/or would like an opportunity to share your research with the ISSX community, please contact us. In particular, this can be a great opportunity for some of our younger members to showcase their latest research and gain valuable visibility. I will state that I have really enjoyed taking an hour from the daily grind to sit back and learn something new from these webinars. At the forefront of goals for ISSX for the next two years is continuing to address challenges of diversity and inclusion. For centuries, science has been the almost exclusive domain of white males in western cultures and it is astounding to think of how much better the world would be
today if all people in the past had an opportunity to bring their brilliance, creativity, and innovation to humankind, Scott Obach irrespective of their ISSX President gender, race, nationality, religion, or any other characteristic not aligned with the historical hegemony. There were and are, of course, exceptions but these individuals had to surpass extra hurdles to realize their potential and achieve their success. We won’t reverse centuries of the status quo overnight, but we can make strides now so that the future of our science will be one of opportunity, diversity, and equity. To that end, over the past year ISSX has been formulating two new awards to recognize achievement in our field Continued on page 6
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Book Review Physiologically-based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling Renew Your ISSX Membership for 2022 Enroll in the ISSX Mentorship Program for 2022 The ISSX Webinar Series
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Save the Date: ISSX/MDO 2022 Welcome New Members ISSX Focus Groups In Memoriam, Tsuneo Omura In Memoriam, Brian Kevin Park