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Dear
LATS Members
In a few weeks we will be in 2005!
In the name of the whole LATS Executive Council, I wish you
Happy Holidays and a great New Year. May our countries prosper and
hold together. As the Old Man said
“a rod is easy to break, but not so a pack of rods bound
together”.
The New Year will bring the 13th
International Thyroid Congress – the meeting that allows
interchange among Thyroidologists from the 5 Continents and that
happens only once every 5 years. This time LATS is the host
organization, and you will find all pertinent informations through
the LATS home-page www.lats.org.
Keep yourself informed! By the way, there is a very interesting
“first” related to registration values for early registrants.
Look it up, you may be agreeably surprised!
As in our previous Congresses, the LATS
Prize will be awarded to a member of the Latin-American Thyroid
Society who has made outstanding contributions to thyroid research
over a considerable period. Nominations for the LATS Prize will be
open until Monday, February 28, 2005. According to the LATS Rules
(Sec.28-31, q.v.), candidates for the LATS Prize may be proposed and
seconded by any two active members of LATS. The proposal should be
sent to the Secretary-Treasurer, and include the candidate's curriculum
vitae (no more than 10 pages) and a summary (no more than 2
pages) of the candidate's personal contribution to thyroid research
in our countries. Remember that the LATS Prize is an
once-in-a-lifetime award.
The Young Investigator LATS Prizes – Clinical Research and Basic
Research – will also be awarded to two young members of the
Society (less than 40 years of age) selected among those presenting
their work, in person and as first authors. The research work
presented must have been fully made in a country of Latin America.
The Young Investigator LATS Prizes also are once-in-a-lifetime
awards.
Our Secretary-Treasurer informs us that LATS will be able to
offer about 30 Travel Grants
to young LATS associated investigators (conditions as for the Young
Investigator LATS Prizes). More information will be given in due
time.
N.B.: If you, or
your fellow, would like to apply for these prizes/grants, remember
that the selection will be made among the active members
only. (Take care, applications from members in debt with LATS will
not be accepted!)
Good News
1: I am very happy to inform you that The National Academy of Clinical Chemistry (USA) has granted us the permission to display the
English and Spanish versions, in pdf format, of Laboratory Support for
the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Thyroid Disease, edited by Laurence M.
Demers and Carole A. Spencer, on the LATS website. The Spanish version
of the Laboratory Support for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Thyroid
Disease monograph, that includes some adaptations to our conditions in
Latin-America, is due to the efforts of our associate Liliana Bergoglio
from Cordoba, Argentina. Dr. Liliana Bergoglio's contribution widens the
usefullnes of the Monograph, and we here we wish to acknowledge her collaboration. You will find the Guidelines in the box
"New" and you´ll
be able to consult/download this monograph, free of charge. NACB routinely updates its Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines and the
most up-to-date versions of these documents can be found on the Academy
website at www.nacb.org.
Good News 2: The
LATS home-page sponsorship by Merck has been renewed for 2005
My very best wishes to all of you, extensive to your
families. We’ll have more news in the next Newsletter… next
year. Until then,
Prosit! Cheers!
Chin,Chin! Salud!
Saúde!
Yours,
Doris Rosenthal
LATS President
Letter of the LATS
Secretary-Treasurer
Dear LATS Members:
Joining our LATS President, I would like to wish to all our
members the best in 2005. The organization of the 13th
International Thyroid Congress is LATS most important challenge
in 2005 and we count upon all LATS members for the success of the
meeting.
We renewed the special subscription rates for the 2005
Thyroid Journal, with Mary Ann Liebert . The
subscription value will be maintained at US$110.00 and of
course includes online access and printed form for all 12 issues.
LATS has increased the payments choices for his members. Now
you can use VISA, American Express, Mastercard or Dinners cards to
pay the annual Membership Dues and Thyroid Subscription, all with a
safety look. In order to facilitate the payments of members who are
in debt with the Society, we are offering the possibility to parcel
the debt. The link for both active and associate members is:
www.lats.org/bin/members/payform.asp
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We wish a happy Christmas and a fruitful 2004 to all.
Hans Graf
LATS Secretary-Treasurer
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