Xi Yang served as a roving reporter at the SOT 2013 Annual Meeting and submitted the article below.
On March 11, 2013, more than 200 Chinese toxicologists from the United States and China attended the annual American Association of Chinese in Toxicology (AACT) reception held in conjunction with the 52nd SOT Annual Meeting. AACT President Diana Auyeung-Kim presented the current status of AACT and the AACT Board's appreciation of all the member participation in the various committees to make the AACT activities at the SOT Annual Meeting successful. Jia-Sheng Wang, Professor and Head of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Georgia, received the Distinguished Chinese Toxicologist Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements as a researcher, mentor, and leader in toxicology. In addition, Dr. Wang presented a lecture on how to identify biomarkers to prevent human disease and encouraged everyone to use toxicological research to protect public health. Weimin Chen, Michigan State University, was presented with the Jean Lu Student Scholarship Endowment Fund Award in recognition of outstanding academic achievement in the field of toxicology and leadership and service. The AACT-Charles River Best Abstract Awards were presented to Zhoumeng Lin, University of Georgia, 3rd Place, Fei Zhao, University of Arizona, 2nd Place, and Xiao Pan, Michigan State University, 1st Place. Incoming AACT President Edward Chow closed the meeting with his vision for AACT to enhance further interaction and collaboration with Chinese toxicologists outside the US, increase AACT membership outside of the US, and send a travel delegation to the Chinese SOT meeting to be held in November 2013 in China.