Dear MSTP Directors and Administrators:

The 2008 annual meeting of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) will be hosted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia June 5-7, 2008.

ACLPS believes that the role of Laboratory Medicine will continue to grow in importance and therefore requires professional competence, dedication, scholarship and the best medical talent. The annual meeting is a great opportunity for senior MD/PhD candidates to learn about new concepts in clinical laboratory testing and to network with ACLPS members who are trendsetting physicians, laboratory scientists and academics in specialties such as:

Clinical Chemistry Hemostasis/Thrombosis Microbiology/Virology
Genetics Immunology Molecular Pathology
Hematology Medical Informatics Transfusion Medicine

This year's program is shaping up to be an exciting one, and will include:

--a pre-meeting workshop on Flow Cytometry
--a plenary session on "Clinical Translational Research" and
--a plenary session on "The Clinical Laboratory of the Future"

In addition to presentations by ACLPS Young Investigators

The announcement for the upcoming ACLPS meeting and the forms for submission of abstracts are posted. Please see link for details.

The deadline for abstracts is Friday, February 22nd.

We hope you will share this information with your MD/PhD candidates and invite them to attend this year's meeting in Philadelphia.

Tammi L. Simpson, M.A., M.B.A.
Sr. Staff Associate
Division of Biomedical & Health Sciences Research
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N. Street, N.W., Room 519
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 828-0685 (Voice)
(202) 828-0961 (Fax)