Volume 35
Issue 3, 2015
ISSX President’s Message By John O. Miners, ISSX President I would like to take this opportunity to urge you to attend the 20th North American ISSX Meeting, which will be held in Orlando in just a couple of weeks. Hartmut Derendorf and Stephan Schmidt, the Meeting Cochairs, and their colleagues on the Meeting Organizing Committee have put together an excellent scientific program. The meeting begins on Sunday, October 18 with four short courses, followed by the Opening Keynote Lecture and the Welcome Reception. The plenary lectures and ten symposia scheduled between Monday, October 19 and Thursday, October 22 address a diverse range of topics that include sources of variability in PK and PD, transporters, drug-drug interactions, drug design and development, drug and chemical toxicity (including environmental exposure to drugs and personal care products), and biologics. These symposia are complemented with poster sessions, industry-sponsored symposia, a comprehensive trade exhibition, and a lecture from the
recipient of the North American Scientific Achievement Award (in honor of Ronald W. Estabrook), Leslie Benet. As noted in a previous newsletter, ISSX Council is keen to increase the profile of new investigators in ISSX and enhance their input into the activities of the Society. In this regard, a dedicated session of oral presentations of selected abstracts from new investigators and a New Investigators Forum about career and leadership development are included in the meeting program. New investigators themselves have been instrumental in the planning and organization of both sessions. The 20th North American ISSX Meeting promises to be rewarding both scientifically and socially. The venue offers the opportunity to enjoy the local theme parks and other attractions with your family and/or your colleagues. A free afternoon has been scheduled on Tuesday, October 20 and especially reduced-price tickets to several local attractions
are available to meeting attendees. My predecessor Bill Smith and I have emphasized in previous newsletters that increasing internationalization and scientific outreach are core objectives of ISSX. The Society has established close ties with the Japanese Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (JSSX) having run joint meetings with JSSX in 2005 and 2014. (A third joint meeting with JSSX is scheduled to be held in Hawaii in 2020.) There was also a joint meeting with Microsomes and Drug Oxidations in 2012. ISSX collaborates closely with the Chinese Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (CSSX), and CSSX has been instrumental in the planning and organization of several Asia Pacific ISSX meetings held in China. More recently, ISSX has supported the establishment of the Indian Society Continued on page 12
IN THIS ISSUE 2 3
Book Review: Principles
of Toxicology Scientific Achievement Award: Leslie Benet
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Welcome New Members 20th North American Meeting
13 DMPK Society Forms in India of 2015 ISSX Election 15 Results for Officers-Elect, Council, and
Nomination Committee Members