American Society for Clinical Pathology

PEPFAR in the News

ASCP Receives Increase in Federal Funding for the Fight of AIDS in Africa
October 3, 2007—The American Society for Clinical Pathology continues to expand its program to fight AIDS in Africa. The Society learned this week that another $2,841,902 will be granted to support programming through its cooperative partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. more...

ASCP Expands Outreach Programs in Africa
August 6, 2007—ASCP's outreach programs for laboratory professionals in Africa have expanded to include curriculum review, laboratory management training, and phlebotomy training, in addition to basic training modules in chemistry, hematology and CD4 testing. more...

ASCP President Featured in Medscape "Videotrial"
April 4, 2007—Dr. John S. J. Brooks, ASCP's president is featured in the March 30 Medscape "videotorial"—a regular online video commentary by leaders in the American medical community. more...

ASCP Assessment of Medical Laboratories in Lesotho Reveals Training Needs for Staff
July 14, 2006—Medical laboratory personnel in Lesotho need training in quality assurance, recordkeeping, and safety procedures in order to carry out accurate laboratory testing that monitors patients with HIV/AIDS, a consultant for the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) reported today. more...

Accurate Laboratory Tests Critical for Aids Relief in Africa
May 17, 2006—In the global effort to address the AIDS crisis in Africa, accurate test results are critical to determine who gets to free drug treatment. more...

CCCLW Addresses Growing Workforce Shortage
The Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW), a broad-based coalition of national laboratory associations, industry partners and other health care organizations, held a two-day strategic planning session to discuss the serious workforce shortage facing the clinical laboratory profession. more...

ASCP Announces Resident Council Subspecialty Grant Recipients
The American Society for Clinical Pathology has awarded a total of $20,000 in resident grants during the academic year 2008-2009 to defray the cost of doing elective rotations at outside institutions in fields of pathology in which the resident desires intensive exposure, especially in the form of consult material. more...

Update on Pod Lab and Pathology Anti-Markup Lawsuit
A Federal judge has issued a temporary injunction in a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its efforts to prohibit clinicians from marking up the professional or technical component of anatomic pathology services they order but do not perform. more...

Angiogenesis Measurement Using Digital Pathology
Whether for predicting patient prognosis or for measuring the efficacy of anti- or pro-angiogenic therapies, there is an urgent need for more accurate and reproducible measurements of microvessels that do not rely on tedious human measurements under a microscope. more...

Diagnosis of Hydatidiform Moles Using p57...
Diagnosis of hydatidiform moles highlights this month’s issue of AJCP. more...