Spring 1999

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Letter from the President

Dear SSPD Member,

In my first official act as the President of the Society for Stimulus Properties of Drugs, I would like to invite you to consider participating in one or both of the two events that the Society will sponsor in 1999. First, SSPD will sponsor a symposium as well as a poster session and reception at the First International Meeting of the Behavioral Pharmacology Society and European Behavioural Pharmacology Society in Boston, September 1-4. The SSPD-sponsored symposium and poster session will be held on Thursday afternoon and evening, September 2. The title of the symposium is "Drug Discrimination: A Unique Tool in Drug Discovery" and will include presentations by Drs. Ator, Kleven, Meert and Olivier. A poster session will immediately follow the symposium and, if the level of participation is appropriate, will include brief presentations by poster presenters. Posters might be arranged according to themes (e.g., drug mixtures) with 10-15 minutes dedicated to discussion and questions on each of the themes. If you have suggestions or comments, please contact me or the Secretary/Treasurer, Jenny Wiley. If you have not received a call for abstracts for the BPS/EBPS Boston meeting, please contact Dr. Jack Bergman (bpharm@mclean.org) or visit the meeting web site at http://www.hmcnet.harvard.edu/psych/boston99. The deadline for receipt of abstracts for this meeting is April 19, 1999. Abstracts for the SSPD-sponsored symposium should be sent to the BPS/EBPS organizers by this date. Please indicate your interest in participating in the SSPD session.

Second, SSPD will sponsor an evening paper session at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (October 23-28) in Miami Beach. This session is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, October 26. Abstracts for oral presentations at this meeting should be received no later than September 15. Please restrict abstracts to a maximum of 1/2 page, single-spaced, 12-pt type. Send all abstracts for the SSPD meeting in Miami Beach to me or to Jenny Wiley. Additional information on the Society for Neuroscience meeting may be obtained by visiting the meeting website: http://www.sfn.org/.

Last, but certainly not least, I want to thank the Past-President, Ian Stolerman, and the previous Secretary/Treasurer, David Gauvin, for their hard work on behalf of SSPD. The Beerse meeting was an outstanding success and the Drug Discrimination Database is a unique and valuable resource, thanks to the ongoing efforts of Ian (and Jonathan). Over the past several years, David Gauvin has done an excellent job (far beyond the call of duty!) in managing the secretarial and financial matters of the Society.Thanks to Ian and to David.

Yours sincerely,

Charles P. France, Ph.D.
President

Fall 1999

Spring 1999