TIAFT Bulletin

Dear TIAFT colleagues,

We wish to inform you that Jochen Beyer and I have been appointed TIAFT Bulletin Editors. This is an honour for both of us and we aim to build on the terrific work of Anya Pierce and her unfailing commitment to the Bulletin over many, many years. On behalf of all TIAFT members we deeply thank Anya and her small team of sub-editors, proof readers, case note reviewers and colleagues that worked hard and helped put every issue of the bulletin together.

Initially, Jochen and I will aim to keep the bulletin in its current format as we plan to issue the new first bulletin in early October, 2009. We will make a number of changes and improvements where possible such that readers look forward to each bulletin publication. We have secured a publisher here in Melbourne and will reduce our bulletin production costs with no loss in quality; in fact we will try and improve the look, feel and content of the bulletin.

An ongoing problem for Anya and her team was the difficulty in sourcing strong scientific content for the bulletin. We aim to remedy this by sourcing articles directly from TIAFT members, this has already commenced to some degree as witnessed in the last bulletin where articles from Dr Marc Le Beau and Dr Heesun Chung were both published. We will also ask for TIAFT committee reports prior to the annual TIAFT meeting for collation in the July issue (2010), such that these can be discussed at the annual business meeting. We aim to have a new drugs section, similar to our colleagues at SOFT. We also would like a small summary of significant developments and meeting highlights from other toxicological societies such as SOFT, IATDMCT, SFTA, GTFCH, and SOHT etc. For each edition we will devote a page to new members, there will be a letter to the editor section, book reviews, a new product section from sponsors and of course a meetings review section, whether that be the annual TIAFT meeting or other regional TIAFT meetings.

There are many changes planned which will hopefully lead to rejuvenated interest and contribution for our associations main communiqué.

Any suggestions are welcome and we can be contacted by email (as listed below). See you in Geneva,
Yours sincerely,

Dimitri Gerostamoulos and Jochen Beyer
dimitrig@vifm.org, jochenb@vifm.org

The TIAFT Bulletin appears twice a year. The Bulletin contains reports from the officers and committees of TIAFT, abstracts, articles on new technology, guidelines of laboratory practice and ethics, opinion from TIAFT members, case notes and news of members.

The Bulletin is sent by mail to all TIAFT members.

An electronic edition is also available on TIAFTnet within the members area.

• Editors: Dr Dimitri Gerostamoulos and Dr Jochen Beyer
  c/Tiaft Bulletin, Toxicology Section/FSS, VIFM
  57-83 Kavanagh St, Southbank 3006, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
   
  
• Abstracts Editor: Prof. Wojiech Piekoszewski
  Ul. Westerplate 9, 31-033 Krakow, Poland
   
  
• Case Notes Editor: Mr. Wayne Jeffery
  Toxicology Section, Forensic Laboratory
  Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Vancouver, Canada
   
  
• Case Notes Editor: Dr. John Lewis
  Dept of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal North Shore Hospital
  Macquarie Hospital Campus, Badajoz Road
  North Ryde, NSW211, Australia
   
  
• Case Notes Editor: Dr. Amanda Jenkins
  UMassMemorial Medical Center
  Worcester, MA 01605, USA