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.

Each ASCP grant will provide a $1000 or $2000 stipend according to the length of study. The time period of study will vary for each resident between two and four weeks.

Ideally, the grant recipient could actively participate in the daily sign-out and consultation service, as well as possibly get involved in a research project. "We feel this would allow residents to broaden their training experience by exposing them to material that is not currently available at their institution and by allowing them to work with a prominent pathologist of their selection in the field chosen," said Jeremy Henderson, MD, Chair of the ASCP Resident Council's Subspecialty Grant Committee.

The following grants were announced at the ASCP Resident Council Reception during the USCAP meeting in Denver, CO, on March 3, 2008.

Shannon L. Bieliauskas, DO, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, was awarded a $2,000 4-week grant to work in the field of pediatric pathology at Children’s Memorial Hospital.

Ning Chen, MD, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, was awarded a $2,000 4-week grant to work in the field of skin pathology in Dr. Jag Bhawan’s department at the Boston University School of Medicine.

Alexander Finn, MD, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, was awarded a $2,000 4-week grant to work in the field of dermatopathology with Dr. LeBoit at the University of California-San Francisco.

Jian-Qiang Lu, MD, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was awarded a $2,000 4-week grant to work in the diagnosis of rare CNS tumors with Dr. Berger at John Hopkins.

Matthew Martin, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX was awarded a $2,000 4-week grant to work in the field of cytology with Dr. Gregg Staerkel at the University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Tricia L. Pua, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, was awarded a $2,000 4-week grant to work in the field of pediatric pathology with Dr. Ronald Jaffe and Dr. Trevor Macpherson at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Marianna Sandomirsky, MD, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, was awarded a $2,000 4-week grant to work in the field of cytopathology at the University of Utah.

Limin Yu, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, was awarded a $2,000 4-week grant to work in the field of dermatopathology at the Yale University School of Medicine.

Alireza Zarineh, MD, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA was awarded a $2,000 4-week grant to work in the field of dermatopathology with Dr. Wilma Bergfeld and Dr. Ralph Tuthill at the Cleveland Clinic.

Blazej Zbytek, MD, PhD, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, was awarded a $2,000 4-week grant to work in the field of soft tissue pathology at the Emory University School of Medicine.