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ASCP Board of Directors Names New Executive Vice President
E. Blair Holladay, PhD, SCT(ASCP)CM, has been named the new executive vice president (EVP) of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), effective July 1, 2010. more...
ASCP in Chicago Tribune on Gene Patents
ASCP leaders were quoted in the April 2 Chicago Tribune cover story, "Who owns your genes?" ASCP President Mark H. Stoler, MD, FASCP, and ASCP Executive Vice President John R. Ball, MD, JD, FASCP, hailed the recent ruling against holding patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer.
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ASCP Helps in Haiti
ASCP's Global Outreach program seeks members who are fluent in French or Creole to continue ASCP's support of the national laboratory in Haiti in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake. ASCP consultants have worked in Haiti since 2007 through the Society's involvement in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
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Videos from the 2009 ASCP Annual Meeting
Take a look at what happened at the ASCP Annual Meeting in Chicago. Five short videos show highlights from each day of the meeting.
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Michael Feldman, MD, PhD, FASCP
Michael Feldman, MD, PhD, FASCP, was honored this year with the first-ever ASCP President’s Award. More...
Gene Patent Class Action Lawsuit Proceeds
A judge overseeing the class action lawsuit to determine the constitutionality of gene patenting has allowed the case to proceed despite a request to dismiss by the defendants. more...
CDC Awards ASCP $5.5 Million for Global Laboratory Outreach
The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Institute for Global Outreach has been awarded $5.5 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue the Society’s collaborative work with the agency in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) during 2009-10. more...
President Clinton Proud to Work with ASCP in Africa
The Clinton Foundation’s HIV/AIDS Initiative and ASCP have become partners in a global project to improve the
quality of laboratories in Africa.
On July 27, 2009, in Kigali, Rwanda, government health officials from 13 African countries launched the first-ever
push for accreditation of the continent’s medical laboratories. more...
ASCP Works With Baucus on Health Care Reform
A major public policy initiative of the Obama Administration is the overhaul of the nation’s health care system. The catalyst to such change will begin with legislative action in Congress; leading that shift is Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, which has oversight over both Medicare and Medicaid. more...