694 Ameriican Society for Clinical Pbamnucology and Therapeutics CLINICAL P- COLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

DECEMBER 1998

Meeting registration and hotel forms can be found in the back of this issue of the Journal and on our web page (www.ascpt.org). The ASCPT web site continues to be updated and expanded. The “Forum” offers a means to communicate via electronic mail with all subscribing members, and I encourage you to sub- scribe if you have not already done so. In addition, clinical pharmacology training programs are now list- ed. We welcome your suggestions on how to make this

valuable tool even more useful to our Society and the discipline.

Please join your colleagues in San Antonio for the 1999 annual ASCPT meeting. I am sure that you and your family will want to take this opportunity to visit the famous River Walk with its spirited entertainment and excellent cuisine. San Antonio is a wonderful city, and I look forward to seeing you there.

Carl C. Peck, MD, President

1999 ASCPT CLINICAL I’ HARMACOLOGY CURRICULUM REVIEW COURSE

The 8th Annual Curriculum Review Course will be held March 21, 1999, at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas, immediately following the ASCPT Annual Meeting. The course is designed to review topics of broad interest to clinical pharmacol- ogists. As in the past, the course will combine pre- sentation of exciting new concepts in Clinical Pharmacology with a review of topics associated with core concepts in Clinical Pharmacology. Format will be a combination of didactic sessions and inter- active workshops focusing on core knowledge areas in clinical pharmacology. Areas to be covered include individual and population pharmacokinetics, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modeling, phar-

macogenetics, clinical trial simulations, principles of drug action, and drug use in special populations (pediatric, geriatric, obstetric). In addition, an update in HIV therapeutics, drug interactions, and clinical trial design will be included. FDA and recent regula- tory approaches will be reviewed, and finally, a series of workshops will focus on specific therapeutic areas. The Course is appropriate for individuals inter- ested in reviewing the discipline or desiring an update in key areas. Please use the combined annual meeting and course registration form included in this issue of the Journal to register.

Darrell R. Abernethy, MD, PhD, Course Co-Director Raymond L. Woosley, MD, PhD, Course Co-Director