December 15, 2020
American Board of Veterinary Toxicology
Event
Virtual meeting, Aug. 3

Awards
Service Award
Dr. Jay Albretsen (Purdue ’88), Kalamazoo, Michigan. Dr. Albretsen earned his doctorate in toxicology in 1996 from Utah State University. A diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology and ABVT, he is principle study director at Charles River Laboratories in Mattawan, Michigan. Dr. Albretsen has served more than 10 years as candidate coordinator for the ABVT.
Travel Award
Dr. Kathryn LaQuaglia, North Carolina State University, for “Neutropenia in dogs receiving vincristine for treatment of immune-mediated thrombocytopenia”

New diplomate
Dr. Renee Schmid, Bloomington, Minnesota
Business
The association has a new website.


Officials
Drs. Tam Garland, College Station, Texas, president; Ahna Brutlag, Bloomington, Minnesota, president-elect; Adrienne Bautista, Davis, California, secretary; Sherry Ripple, Bloomington, Minnesota, treasurer; and David Dorman, Raleigh, North Carolina, immediate past president