Abby Kempf Strong won third place in the American Board of Toxicology Student Competition 2009 for her poster and presentation "Presumptive Zinc Toxicosis in a Dog Following Ingestion of a Brassiere". Currently a junior in the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine, Abby is pictured here with her ABVT Diplomate Sponsor Dr. Steve Hooser, Director of the Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Purdue.

	Our congratulations to former ADDL graduate student Dr. Robert Johnson who recently passed the American College of Veterinary Pathologists certifying examination and is now a Diplomate of the ACVP.  Dr. Johnson completed his anatomic pathology residency program at the Purdue ADDL in June, 2009.
	We are pleased to welcome our two new graduate students:  Drs. Cindy Argue (tLeft) and Nozomi Shimonohara (right).

Hosted by Purdue and organized by ADDL pathologist Dr. Jose Ramos-Vara, the annual Midwest Association of Veterinary Pathologists meeting was held at Turkey Run State Park on August 13-14, 2009, bringing together veterinary pathologists and pathology graduate students from throughout the Midwest.  Pictured above are former, current and future participants of the Purdue pathology training program.

Thanks to all of you who responded to our survey.  We will use your responses as we strive to improve our service to you. Please let us know what kinds of information/articles you would like to see in this newsletter by emailing us at addl@purdue.edu or phoning us 765-494-7440.