Mark your calendar for Wednesday, November 29th from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CT for the Macaque Model of Severe ARDS Resulting form Inhalation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses webinar. The cost is $115 for members and $175 for non-members. You can register now through the APV web page under Education & Resources: https://www.primatevets.org/education--resources/webinars

Within 1 to 3 business days after ordering the webinar, you will be sent an email with a link to register and view the webinar on the GoToWebinar website.

Description:

This live webinar will describe the development of a macaque model of highly pathogenic avian influenza, describe how aerobiology, radiotelemetry, and plethysmography were instrumental in creating this model, and how this model can be used to evaluate potential vaccines. refinements made to the model that have improved its utility in assessing potential vaccines and treatments will be discussed. A live questions and answer session will occur at the end of the webinar.

This program has been RACE approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval.

Presenter: Douglas Reed, PhD

Learning Objectives:

  • Brief review of the ongoing H5N1 pandemic and the risk of ongoing spillover events that could lead to the next human pandemic.
  • Importance of the macaque animal model to study H5N1 disease pathogenesis, vaccines, and treatments.
  • Overview of aerobiology and radiotelemetry and their utility in the study of infectious disease.

Mark your calendar for Thursday, July 27th from 1:00pm-3:00pm Central Time for the Cardiology for Nonhuman Primate Veterinarians webinar. The cost is $115 for members and $175 for non-members. You can register now through the APV web page under Education & Resources: https://www.primatevets.org/education--resources/webinars

This 2-hour live webinar will cover key concepts of cardiology and cardiac assessment in nonhuman primates (NHP). Speakers will review cardiac anatomy, physiology, and common cardiac models requiring NHP research. Next, attendees will review common diagnostic modalities including echocardiography (ECHO) and electrocardiography (ECG). The foundations of obtaining key images and reliable traces will be reviewed, allowing attendees to obtain high-quality diagnostics for accurate interpretation. Common ECHO and ECG abnormalities will be reviewed and correlated to model-associated morbidities and naturally occurring conditions. Finally, attendees will gain an understanding of gross and microscopic pathologic lesions associated with heart disease in NHPs. Case presentations will be utilized to correlate clinical signs with pathology findings. A live question and answer session will occur at the end of the webinar.

This program has been RACE approved for 2 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval.

Within 1 to 3 business days after ordering the webinar, you will be sent an email with a link to register and view the webinar on the GoToWebinar website.

Agenda:


  • Introduction to NHP Cardiology
    • Presenters: Philip Latourette, DVM, DACLAM, Chelsea Wallace, DVM, DACLAM and Cecilia Dyer, DVM, MS, DACLAM
    • Anatomy overview
    • Existing models - natural or experimental, new and old world NHPs
  • Diagnostics
    • ECHOs - basics of obtaining and interpreting ECHOs
      • Presenters: Philip Latourette, DVM, DACLAM, Chelsea Wallace, DVM, DACLAM and Cecilia Dyer, DVM, MS, DACLAM
    • ECGs - basics of obtaining and reading ECG, expected changes with anesthesia, cardiotoxicity, etc.
      • Presenter: Stacy Hosking, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)
  •  Innovations in the field
    • Presenter: Stacy Hosking, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)
    • Modulations complimentary to ECHO - Speckle, etc.
  • Pathology with Cardiac Disease
    • Presenters: Carolyn Hodo, DVM, PhD, DACVP and Martha Hensel, DVM, PhD,Dip. ACVP
  • Q&A 

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Review NHP cardiac anatomy and common non-human primates translatable models in cardiac research.
  • Become familiar with common cardiac diagnostic modalities with special focus on echocardiography.
  • Review waveforms and approach to ECG analysis.
  • Review the most common arrhythmias seen in non-human primates and learn keep features to recognize arrhythmias.
  • Gain an understanding of the common gross and microscopic pathology lesions of heart disease in non-human primates.
  • Correlate clinical signs of cardiac disease with pathology observed at necropsy through presentation of specific case examples.

Registration for the 51st Annual Workshop is OPEN! 

To register online, click here.

Wednesday, October 18 - Saturday, October 21, 2023 in Snowbird, Utah

Snowbird, The Cliff Lodge
9385 S. Snowbird Center Dr
Snowbird, UT 84092
Phone: 801-933-2222

Click here for the 2023 APV Workshop Preliminary Program.

Congratulations to the following individuals who will be serving in APV leadership in the coming years.

Vice President
Jeff Stanton
Oregon National Primate Research Center
1 (503) 346-5283

Newsletter Editor
Christie Ferrecchia
Pfizer
1 (860) 441-3278

Trustees
Jessica Johnston
Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
1 (608) 716-9368

David Reim
Charles River
1 (775) 682-2000

APV Leadership

Are you interested in serving APV? Now is your chance! All nominations are due April 1st. Nominees will be announced May 1st and electronic elections will take place in June. The Candidate application form is available here. For questions you can contact Geraldine Fleurie, APV Nominations Chair.

The APV officer positions available for the 2023 elections are:

Vice President

This position requires a four year (2024-2027) commitment to serve through Past President and requires provision of leadership and vision for APV, attendance at workshops, planning and attending BOD meetings at workshops, planning and participation in monthly and other teleconferences, planning of the 2025 workshop, and active service on standing committees, as required. The Vice President will be a voting member of the Board of Directors.

Trustees (two positions available)

This position requires a two-year (2024-2025) commitment, and requires attendance at BOD meetings at the workshop, participation in bimonthly teleconferences, and active service on standing committees, as assigned. Each trustee will be a voting member of the Board of Directors.

Newsletter Editor

This position requires a two-year (2024-2025) commitment. The Newsletter Editor solicits articles, BOD and committee updates for publication and works with AALAS staff to coordinate the Newsletter for quarterly electronic distribution and archiving on the web. The Newsletter Editor will be a voting member of the Board of Directors.

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Congratulations to the following individuals who will be serving in APV leadership in the coming years.

Vice President
Melissa Berg
Washington National Primate Research Center
1 (206) 543-6999

Secretary
Lisa Halliday
University of Illinois at Chicago
1 (312) 996-9453

Trustees
Andrew Haertel
Oregon National Primate Research Center
1 (503) 346-5118

Rachelle Stammen
Yerkes National Primate Research Center
1 (404) 727-7772

APV Webinar - RECORDING AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE - click here

The recording will be available to view thru September 6, 2022. There are no CEU credits from watching the recording.

APV 2021 Monkey 101- Topics in Anesthesia Webinar 

Monday, June 6 from 10:30AM- 12:45PM Central Time


$50 for Members

Registration is now OPEN! Please click HERE for registration.

This webinar will be the recording from the APV Workshop in Kansas City. There will be a live Q&A at the end of the webinar. Access to this webinar recording will be available.

APV has applied for 2 CEU credits with AAVSB/RACE.

New Twist on Anesthesia and Analgesic Techniques- Speaker: Rebecca Johnson

Perioperative Monitoring During Anesthesia: Tips and Tricks- Speaker: Cholawat Pacharinsak

Somebody Check My Brain! Anesthetic Considerations for Neuroscience Studies - Urshulaa Dholakia

Travel Grant Submission

APV offers three types of travel grants: post-doc/resident, student, and for a member of the European Primate Veterinarians. Each type of grant has different submission criteria. See below for instructions and the scoring rubrics. Submission for all grants will reopen once a new date for the workshop is set.

Post-Doc/Resident Travel Grants
Submission instructions
Scoring rubric
Submission form

Student Travel Grants
Submission instructions
Scoring rubric
Submission form

EPV Member Travel Grant
Submission instructions
Scoring rubric
Submission form

Case Report Submission

APV invites submission of posters and clinical cases for presentation in either the case report or “What’s Your Diagnosis” format. These presentations of cases and clinical experiences are the backbone of the APV Workshop. We are looking for interesting and relevant clinical cases, research applications, new models, behavioral management strategies, and nonhuman primate psychological enrichment or welfare information. Submission will reopen once a new date for the workshop is set.

Submission instructions
Submission form

Vice President

This position requires a four year (2023-2026) commitment to serve through Past President and requires provision of leadership and vision for APV, attendance at workshops, planning and attending BOD meetings at workshops, planning and participation in monthly and other teleconferences, planning of the 2024 workshop, and active service on standing committees, as required. The Vice President will be a voting member of the Board of Directors.

Melissa Berg

Trustees (two positions available)

This position requires a two-year (2023-2024) commitment, and requires attendance at BOD meetings at the workshop, participation in bimonthly teleconferences, and active service on standing committees, as assigned. Each trustee will be a voting member of the Board of Directors.

Andrew Haertel
Jessica Johnston
Rachelle Stammen
Kacie Woodward

Secretary

This position requires a two-year (2023-2024) commitment. This individual will have responsibility for taking minutes at all Board of Directors meetings (virtual and in-person) and maintaining minutes for historical purposes. The Secretary contributes to discussion of Board of Director matters and introduces new topics for consideration to the Board of Directors.

Christina Cruzen
Lisa Halliday

The Association of Primate Veterinarians recognize that as an organization, we do not adequately represent the current demographics of society. However, moving forward, we are committed to prioritizing efforts to understand inclusivity with the mission of creating more diversity within our professional community and a culture of antiracism in medicine and science.

Recognizing the negative impact of conscious and unconscious bias on diversity provides us the opportunity to generate divergent ideas necessary to address complex challenges such as racism, sexism, violence, discrimination, systemic injustice, and inequity.  The collective sum of the individual differences in race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or physical ability and the range of invisible differences and similarities in life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, and talent that a diverse membership provides, is invaluable and critical to the growth and long-term success of not only the organization but also for society as a whole.  In turn, as we become better people we provide better medical care to our animals.

To foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive community, we understand it will require an intentional and sustained effort with accountability. To this effect, we have decided to take action on identifying ways that we can broaden the diversity of both our membership and leadership (BOD and committee chairs). As a few first steps:

The BOD has formed a Diversity and Inclusion committee tasked with evaluating the “current state” of the organization’s diversity and inclusivity metrics and identifying and prioritizing areas for improvement.

  • The Diversity and Inclusion committee in collaboration with the annual workshop committee will include relevant opportunities of topics and speakers for the education of our members regarding the value of diversity and inclusion and how to promote them along with navigating unconscious bias.
  • The Diversity and Inclusion committee will create a guidance document outlining metrics to support actively diversifying the organizational leadership to create inclusive representation on the BOD and committee membership selections.
  • The BOD will include Diversity and Inclusion aims as a core priority within the next review of the strategic plan.