2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology

The 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), will be held in conjunction with the Tissue, Matrix, and Pathobiology conference from October 22-25 at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, UT. This scientific conference is a collaboration between The Histochemical Society, the American Society for Matrix Biology, and the ASIP. The Annual Meeting of the ASIP provides a unique forum for presentation and sharing of cutting-edge research in experimental pathology. The target audience and subject matter for the meeting are diverse, but united by a common focus on mechanisms of disease. Reflecting the interests of the ASIP membership, the four-day scientific program for the 2023 Annual Meeting is comprised of plenary sessions, major symposia, award lectures, workshops, guest society symposia, and special sessions covering disease pathogenesis, biomarker development, prevention, diagnosis, and therapeutics, advanced technologies, organ systems, and systems biology. This program contains strong components in cancer pathobiology. Major cancer-related sessions will focus on: (i) Cancer Metabolism, Metastasis, and Therapeutic Implications; (ii) Transcriptional Control in Cancer; (iii) Tissue Injury and Cancer Biology – Extracellular Vesicles in Disease; (iv) The Intersection Between Breast Cancer and the Matrix; (v) Cancer Progression and Metastasis. In addition, four meritorious award lectures will have a cancer-focus: (a) HPV and Cancer; (b) Diverse Functions and Fates of Innate Immune Cells in Gut Inflammation and Cancer; (c) Epigenetic Control of Cancer Metastasis and Immune Evasion; and (d) TIMPs: Emerging Roles in Tissue Homeostasis and Cancer Progression. Additional opportunities for presentation of cancer-focused research will include abstract-driven minisymposia and poster discussion sessions, which will intentionally feature young investigators and trainee scientists. The program further provides a number of sessions focused on education and career development. These sessions are designed for trainees and young investigators, but are open to all attendees. Education and career development topics for 2023 include navigating challenging conversations, and enhancement of verbal and visual communication skills. The ASIP regards promotion of the career development of trainee and young investigators as an extremely important aspect of the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, the meeting provides not only special events designed for their needs, but also sessions that highlight/showcase their work. Similarly, the Program Committee works hard to ensure diversity among the participants with respect to gender, ethnic/racial group, stage of career, and institutional affiliation. For 2023, among invited speakers: 39% are women, 39% are Assistant/Associate Professors (or equivalent), and 100% of sessions include speakers that are women or underrepresented. The sole specific aim of this application is to promote the participation of trainees and young investigators in the 2023 Annual Meeting through provision of a Scholar Award program targeted to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, clinical residents/fellows, and junior faculty members.