November 2006
Dermal Toxicology
Specialty Section
published by the membership (in
case you missed any) during the
past year. The specialty section
provides awards and some support
for students who submit abstracts in
our area of interest. We would love
to hear your new ideas or feedback
about how we could better serve
you!
Executive Council
President
James N. McDougal, Ph.D., ATS
Wright State University
james.mcdougal@wright.edu
President Elect
David W. Hobson, Ph.D., DABT
H&H Scientific Services, LLP
Dave@HH-LLP.net
Vice-President
Carol S. Auletta, MBA, DABT,
RAC
Huntingdon Life Sciences
aulettac@princeton.huntingdon.com
Secretary-Treasurer
AnneMarie Api, PhD
Research Institute for Fragrance
Materials, Inc.
Aapi@rifm.org
Past President
Robert L. Bronaugh, Ph.D., ATS
U.S. FDA
robert.bronaugh@fda.hhs.gov
Councilors
Senior Councilor
Bill Reifenrath, Ph.D.
Stratacor Inc
wmreifenrath@cs.com
Junior Councilor
Jeffrey J. Yourick, PhD, DABT
U.S. FDA
Student Representative
Adrienne Black
Rutgers University
atblack@eden.rutgers.edu
The Dermal Toxicology Specialty Section
newsletter is published 2 times/year (spring and
fall) in electronic format. If you would like to
share a book review, meeting report, web site,
or any other item of general interest to the
specialty section, please send it to the editor
prior to the publication date. We also
welcome any comments or suggestions
pertaining to overall content or format.
Carol S. Auletta
(aulettac@princeton.huntingdon.com)
President’s Message
As we look
forward to
the annual
meeting in
Charlotte in
just a few
months, I’d
like to
encourage
each of you to be a more active
member in our specialty section!
We provide good programs
(continuing education, workshops
and symposia) for the SOT meeting
and participate in several planning
and advisory activities to SOT as
the role of the specialty sections
becomes more important. In my
view, however, the most important
role of our specialty section is the
enhanced contact with skin
scientists from a variety of
organizations and perspectives.
Whether you are a student looking
for a postdoctoral fellowship, or an
established scientist looking for new
opportunities, we are a good
resource.
The officers of our specialty section
are working hard to make sure the
specialty section meets your needs.
We are trying some new ideas, like
a “paper of the year” award and
short informative talks at our
business meeting/reception. We
provide newsletters to spread the
word and list peer-reviewed papers
So, please renew your membership,
encourage your friends and students
to join (students are free), and help
the specialty grow with your
involvement and thoughts. Please
feel free to contact me, or any
officer.
Looking forward to seeing you in
Charlotte,
Jim McDougal
DTSS President
Special Reports
Report from Specialty Section
Officers Workshop.
by Carol Auletta
In August, the SOT hosted a 2-day
Leadership meeting of Specialty
Section Officers in Chicago. All
specialty sections were represented.
Dave Hobson and I attended for
DTSS. SOT president Jim Popp,
Specialty Section Liaison Michael
Holsapple, Specialty Section
Manager Marcia Lawson and
representatives of the student and
postdoctoral student organizations
also attended. The goals of the
workshop were to improve the
success of the Specialty Sections in
meeting the needs of their members
and the SOT and to facilitate
interaction, networking and
information/idea exchange among
the Specialty Sections.
The meeting began with a sharing of
accomplishments and challenges, a
great opportunity for new ideas. This
was followed by a presentation by
Dr. Popp on the Program Committee
and three Strategy Committees. He
stressed the importance of Specialty
Sections in submitting programs for
the annual meeting. Some common
concerns centered around the
procedure for submission and the
acceptance criteria for program
proposals: 1) feedback on nonaccepted proposals was not
sufficiently detailed to provide
guidance for future submissions and
2) the SOT website for submissions
was difficult to navigate. Dr. Popp
promised to bring these concerns to
the Program Committee and try to
resolve them for next year. The
Strategy Committees have been
formed by SOT to address Scientific,
Communications and Member
Services issues and are focused on
how SOT should be organized and
positioned to best meet the goals of
the SOT Long-Range Plan. The
Communications Committee
provided a questionnaire to gather
input on Specialty Section
communication uses and needs.
The student organization has been
restructured (See student activities
report) and a Post-Doctoral
Assembly (PDA) has also been
formed. Specialty Sections are
encouraged to have both a student
and a post-doctoral representative.
(DTSS will do this in our upcoming
elections.) Ways to encourage
student participation in Specialty
Sections and to establish mentoring
programs were discussed.
Other discussions included a review
of the values of Specialty Sections to
members, the opportunity for
Specialty Sections to organize
Contemporary Concepts in
Toxicology meetings to focus on
particular aspects of toxicology of
specific interest and an update on
SOT resources available to Specialty
Sections.
All participants agreed that this was
a useful meeting that should be
repeated annually. The group will
convene again (briefly) at the SOT
meeting in March.
Stay tuned for changes in the way
our Specialty Section can better meet
the needs of our members and
student members as ideas from this
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workshop are implemented by SOT.
If you have any questions about the
meeting, please feel free to contact
Dave or me.
Treasurer’s Report
Based on the
financial
summary from
June 30, 2006
for the year
July 2005 –
June 2006 the
Dermal Toxicology Specialty
Section (DTSS) has net assets of
$8,254. Our income consisted of
$1,680 from dues, $1,529 from
registration and $393 from interest.
Our expenses totaled $1,820
(awards, executive meetings, SOT
reception and $63 for miscellaneous
expenses). We have $1,782 excess
of revenue over expenses and
together with the net assets of
$6,472 from the beginning of the
year, the total net assets for the
DTSS is $8,254.
Anne Marie Api
DTSS Treasurer
Aapi@rifm.org
Student Activities
A major goal of
the SOT
Specialty
Section Student
Representatives
has been to
increase student
membership in the specialty
sections. We determined that more
students may join a specialty section
if additional information about each
group was provided to prospective
members than just a listing of the
names of the sections. A good
starting point was the Student/PostDoc Mixer during the 2006 SOT
Annual Meeting where each
representative presented a poster
providing information about their
specialty section. The DTSS poster
(look for it on our website) attracted
a number of students and each
student was invited to enter into a
drawing for a memory stick by
answering some general questions
about the skin. In addition, the SOT
student newsletter that was
distributed this fall contained a
paragraph about each specialty
section, including its general
purpose, interests, member
information and student awards.
The leadership at SOT has also
recognized the importance of
student representation in regards to
the Specialty Sections. The Student
Advisory Committee has recently
been reorganized so that the
Specialty Section and Regional
Chapter representatives have equal
standing and share control of the
student organization. The PostDoctoral Assembly has also been
formed to represent the interests of
post-doctoral fellows and will
include representatives from each
specialty section and regional
chapter.
Adrienne Black
DTSS Student Representative
!! New Award !!
The Dermal
Toxicology
Specialty Section
is requesting
nominations for
the First Annual
“Paper of the
Year” Award in recognition of an
exceptional recent publication in the
field of skin toxicology and
pharmacology. To be eligible, a
paper must have been published or
in press in a peer reviewed journal
during the period of August 1, 2005
and July 31, 2006 and first-authored
by an SOT member. The award will
consist of a plaque and a $500
honorarium. The winner will be
announced at the Business Meeting
of the Dermal Toxicology Specialty
Section at the 2007 Society of
Toxicology Annual Meeting in
Charlotte, North Carolina. Deadline
for submission of nominations is
December 15, 2006. Each
nomination must be accompanied
by an electronic copy of the
publication.
Student Awards
Our Section is again sponsoring
Student Awards in recognition of
outstanding papers (poster or
platform) in the field of dermal
toxicology that will be presented at
the 2007 Annual SOT Meeting in
Charlotte, North Carolina. The
Dermal Toxicology Specialty Section
Student Awards will be presented at
the Business Meeting of the Dermal
Toxicology Specialty Section on
March 27, 2007. Winners will
receive a certificate and cash award
of $500. Each candidate must
submit an electronic copy of an
accepted abstract and a letter of
support from their major advisor.
Deadline for submission is
December 1, 2006.
Contact:
William Reifenrath
DTSS Senior Councilor
wgr@stratacor-inc.com
Committee Updates
Program Committee
One of the most
important
contributions of
our Specialty
Section is the
active
participation in
the scientific program at the national
meeting. Our task is to put together
suggested sessions (including
speakers) for symposia, workshops,
roundtables and continuing
education courses for the 2008
Annual Meeting. In the past our
Specialty Section has made
important contributions primarily by
the initiative of our individual
members coming forward with
sessions and speakers. We would
like that to continue, but we would
also like to try a more “global” or
“top down” approach. We want a
committee of 4-5 volunteers from the
membership to brainstorm important
topics in the skin area and then try to
identify individuals who could be
session chairs and come up with
speaker. The 2008 meeting seems
like a long way away, but we need to
submit our list of recommended
sessions next spring shortly after the
2007 annual meeting. If you are
interested in serving on this
committee or already have a session
in mind please contact:
Dave Hobson, Ph.D.
DTSS President-Elect
and Program Committee Chair
Dave@HH-LLP.net
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Communications Committee
The
communica
tions
committee
puts
together
this
newsletter
and keeps the Dermal Specialty
Section website up to date. We
have just had a major update to our
website, with technical assistance
from SOT, and now have a brand
new look. Check it out !!
http://www.toxicology.org/ISOT
/SS/dtss/index.html
We are always looking for
information to share with members,
such as meetings, announcements,
job openings, postdoctoral
positions, etc. that can be posted on
the website or included in the
newsletter. We are hoping to begin
including, with the next issue,
updates on hot topics in dermal
toxicology and other updates and
information of interest to our
members. Look for a
Nanotechnology update in the
spring issue.
If you have information or new
ideas/suggestions for inclusion in
the newsletter contact:
Carol Auletta
DTSS Vice President
Communications Committee Chair
aulettac@princeton.huntingdon.com
Honors and Awards
The winners of our 2006 student
awards were:
Graduate Student Award:
Adrienne Black
Rutgers University Graduate
Program in Toxicology
atblack@eden.rutgers.edu
for her poster :Paraquat Alters
Expression of Arachidonic Acid
Metabolizing Enzymes and Heme
Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in Primary
Cultures of Mouse Keratinocytes”.
Postdoctoral Award:
Dr. Jessica P. Ryman-Rasmussen
NCSU College of Veterinary
Medicine
Center for Chemical Toxicology
Research and Pharmacokinetics
jpryman@ncsu.edu for her
presentation: Skin Penetration,
Cellular Uptake, Cytotoxicity, and
Inflammatory potential of Quantum
Dots.
Announcements
Taylor and Francis
Taylor and Francis offers a
discounted price to DTSS members
for its journal Cutaneous and Ocular
Toxicology. Be sure to inquire
about this when purchasing this
journal. Just ask the Customer
Service department for the special
SOT DTSS rate:
Taylor and Francis Customer
Service
325 Chestnur St., Suite 800
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 625-8900
customer.service@taylorandframcis
.com
Taylor and Francis sponsors an
award for the best dermatological
paper in Cutaneous and Ocular
Toxicology the journal each year.
The winner of the best paper will be
honored at the dermal specialty
section annual meeting with a
certificate and a one-year
subscription to the journal.
If you are interested in submitting
manuscripts, please submit them
electronically to:
A. Wallace Hayes, PhD, DABT,
FATS, FIBiol, FACFE
Harvard School of Public Health
Editor, Cutaneous and Ocular
Toxicology
awallacehayes@comcast.net
(978) 749-3085
Meetings
2007 - “Occupational And
Environmental Exposures of Skin
To Chemicals – 2007” The
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the
Colorado School of Mines are
taking the lead in organizing this
conference. It will be held in
Golden, Colorado, near Denver, on
17-20 June 2007. Watch for details
as the planning progresses.
Dermal Toxicology Specialty Section
Meetings in Far-away Places..
April 17, 2007 - Annual meeting of
ISVD (International Society of
Veterinary Dermatology) held in
conjunction with the NAVDF (North
American Veterinary Dermatology
Forum) on the island of Kauai on
April 18-21 2007. (Abstract deadline
for ISVD is December 15, 2006).
March 26-28, 2008 - Eleventh
Perspectives in Percutaneous
Penetration Conference in the Palais
de Congres, La Grande Motte,
France
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DTSS Members – Would you like to become more active in your
Specialty Section? Do you know of others who would?
We are looking for:
Nominations for officers for next year
Volunteers for the Program Committee
Please let us know NOW!
Send nominee suggestions to:
Robert L. Bronaugh, Ph.D., ATS
Past President
U.S. FDA
robert.bronaugh@cfsan.fda.gov
Send Program Committee volunteers to:
Dave Hobson, Ph.D.
DTSS President-Elect
and Program Committee Chair
Dave@HH-LLP.net
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