AAVPT 23rd Biennial Symposium Schedule

Individual talk titles are preliminary, so to please check back for updates

Sunday, May 18, 2025

5:00 - 7:00 PM Registration and Reception at Hilton Garden Inn

Monday, May 19, 2025

Time Function Speaker
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM Registration and name tag pickup
8:00 - 8:15 AM Welcome to the Biennial Michela Cantiello and Robbin Koenig
Session 1 - Graduate Student Presentations
8:15 - 10:00 AM Student Oral Presentations
10:00 - 10:15 AM Break
Session 2: Glycoprotein Substrate Status in Veterinary Drugs
10:15 - 11:00 AM The importance of P-glycoprotein substrate identification in veterinary drug development Dr. Katrina Mealey
11:00 - 11:30 AM Update on model replacement for MDR-1 Testing Dr Jane Owen
11:30 - 11:50 AM Lessons from establishing an MDR-1 deficient collie colony Dr. Jonathan Hare
11:50 - 12:35 PM SimCyp Dog Modelling and Simulation Platform Dr. Charlotte Cross
12:35 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 PM Roundtable on regulatory impact of p-glycoprotein testing on drug development (Industry/Government Volunteers)
Session 3: How AI and Machine Learning May Change Veterinary Medicine
2:00 - 2:45 PM Integrating LLMs and Rule-Based Methods: Enhancing Pharmacokinetic Data Extraction with Machine Learning and Regex Dr. Majid Jaberi-Douraki
2:45 - 3:30 PM Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacovigilance Dr. Mark Novotny
3:30 - 4:15 PM AI in PV - Regulator's View Dr. Linda Walter-Grimm
4:15 - 4:45 PM Round Table Discussion on the impact of AI/Machine learning on veterinary pharmacology
5:00 - 6:00 PM Poster Session: Wine and Cheese and Silent Auction Bidding
6:00 - 9:00 PM Banquet, Lloyd E. Davis Honoree Lecture, Silent Auction, and Awards

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Time Function Speaker
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM Registration and name tag pickup
7:00 - 8:30 AM AAVPT Business Meeting
Session 4: Updates in Specialty Areas
8:30 -9:30 AM Pain Management Dr. Duncan Lascelles
9:30 - 10:30 AM Dermatology Jérôme Dellacasagrande
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45 AM Oncology Dr. Luke Wittenberg
11:45AM - 12:45 PM Lunch
Session 5: Antimicrobial Stewardship and One Health
12:45 - 1:45 PM CLSI Update Dr. Mark Papich
1:45 - 2:45 PM Update on Clinical Resistance and Microbial Stewardship Dr. Claire Fellman
2:45 - 3:00 PM Break
3:00 - 4:00 PM Antimicrobial stewardship in food animals: Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem (John Gallsworthy) Dr. Michael Apley
4:00 - 5:00 PM Keynote Presentation: Thinking About Nothing: Zero and its implications in veterinary pharmacology Dr. Jim Riviere
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM ACVCP Meeting

Wednesday May 21, 2025

Time Function Speaker
Session 6: Fostering Leadership in Veterinary Pharmacology
9:00 - 10:00 AM Leadership skills for fostering change Dr. Marilyn Martinez
10:00 - 10:45 AM Organizational Leadership Dr. Michela Cantiello
10:45 - 11:30 AM Upcoming Opportunities for Leadership in Veterinary Pharmacology Dr. Dawn Boothe and Dr. Gigi Davidson
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Competency-based education - application to graduate and pharmacology training Dr. Virginia Fajt, Dr. Martin Hawes, Dr. Arno Werners
12:30 - 1:00 PM Wrap up Dr. Robbin Koenig, Dr. Michela Cantiello