DACC Newsletter Summer 2010 - American Association for Clinical ...

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veterinary diagnosis, and immunogenomics. His research
activities have been highly recognized in the
arenas of proteins, proteomics and dysproteinemias,
cytokines and the acute phase response in posttreatment
reactive encephalopathy following infection,
the use of CRP, haptoglobin, and serum amyloid
A as markers of infection and inflammation, discrimination
between acute and chronic inflammation,
and species differences in the acute phase response
in companion, livestock and laboratory animals.
World-wide interest in the investigation of acute
phase protein in animals has been stimulated by his
research and a University of Glasgow spinout company
ReactivLab Ltd was formed (2007) to commercialize
his research.
David Eckersall is also the Leader of a Veterinary
Gene & Protein Group, which is engaged in the application
of molecular genetics and protein analysis
to investigate areas in animal health. The laboratory
has been established as the leading British center
for research in animal clinical biochemistry with
funding of £10 million and the group has published
over 300 papers.
Dr. Eckersall has had many honors and distinctions;
he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists
(FRCPath), serves as an Examiner for the MRCPath
in Veterinary Clinical Pathology, is a member of the
European Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology,
the Animal Clinical Chemistry Association, the Comparative
Clinical Pathology Association, and the International
Society for Animal Clinical Pathology, of
which he was President during1996-1998. He has
cultivated numerous international collaborations with
the Utrecht Veterinary School and seven other laboratories
in an European Union Concerted Action: Ontario
Veterinary College; Atlantic Veterinary College;
School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis California; International
Laboratory for Livestock Research, Nairobi,
Kenya; Institute for Animal Health, Compton;
the Moredun Research Institute; and the Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Perideniya, Sri
Lanka. In 2008, Dr. Eckersall was awarded the distinguished
Heiner Sommer Prize for Lifetime Contributions
to Animal Clinical Biochemistry by the
International Society for Animal Clinical Pathology.
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It is with great pleasure that the Executive and
Awards Committees of the AACC Division of Animal
Clinical Chemistry recognize Dr. Peter David Eckersall,
BSc, MBA, PhD, FRCPath as the 2010 recipient
of the DACC Award for Outstanding Contributions to
Animal Clinical Chemistry. The award will be presented
at the DACC Reception, sponsored by Siemens
Healthcare Diagnostics, during the 2010 Annual
AACC Meeting in Anaheim, CA.
DACC Reception for Outstanding
Contributions to Animal Clinical
Chemistry Award Presentation
The DACC Reception and Presentation of our
division’s Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Animal Clinical Chemistry will be held on
Monday evening July 26 th beginning at 6:30
pm in Downtown Disney at
Tortilla Jo's,
1510 DISNEYLAND DR., ANAHEIM 92802
We gratefully acknowledge that this annual
event is again sponsored by the generous support
of
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics.