Past and Current Information

The PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) was founded in 1988 to foster interactions in the various disciplines of pigment cell research in the Americas (Central, North and South Americas). This page contains historical information about the PASPCR. The past and present PASPCR officers and council members are listed below. Meetings are held every hear there is not a meeting of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies (IFPCS). A summary of all PASPCR Meetings, their sites, organizers, and recipients of various PASPCR sponsored awards are also listed below.

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Officers and Council Members of the PASPCR

Term President Secretary/Treasure Council Members
1988 - 1989 James J. Nordlund Richard A. King
1988 - 1990 Alistar Cochran, Vincent J. Hearing, Walter C. Quevedo
1988 - 1991 Sally K. Frost-Mason, Thomas M Schultz, Roger R. Bowers
1988 - 1992 Raymond Boissy, Nels Granholm, Herbert Haberman
1990 - 1992 James J. Nordlund Richard A. King
1991 - 1993 Joseph Bagnara, John Brumbaugh, Kowichi Jimbow
1992 - 1994 Roger Bowers, Alistar Cochran, John Pawelek
1993 - 1995 Vincent J. Hearing Richard A. King Zalfa Abdel-Malek, Murray Brilliant, Seth J. Orlow
1994 - 1996 Raymond Boissy, Gert Jacobsohn, DeWayne Townsend
1995 - 1997 Alan N, Houghton, William S. Oetting, Walter C. Quevedo
1996 - 1998 Sally Frost-Mason James J. Nordlund Kenneth A. Mason, Frank Meyskens, Jr, David A. Norris
1997 - 1999 Gregory Barsh, M. Lynn Lamoreux, John Pawelek
1998 - 2000 Jean L. Bolognia, Estela E. Medrano, William J. Pavan
1999 - 2001 Richard A. King James J. Nordlund Meenhard Herlyn, Helene Z. Hill, Giselle Thibaudeau
2000 - 2002 Mary K. Cullen, Randall L. Morrison, Vijayasaradhi Setaluri
2001 - 2003 Thomas J. Hornyak, Glynis Scott, Miri Seiberg
2002 - 2004 Zalfa Abdel-Malek Raymond Boissy Bryan Fuller, Ruth Halaban, Brian Potterf
2003 - 2005 Gisella Erf, Manickam Sugumaran, Richard Swank
2004 - 2006 Gregory Barsh, Murray Brilliant, Seth Orlow
2005 - 2007 John Pawelek Raymond Boissy William S. Oetting, William J. Pavan, Giselle Thibaudeau
2006 - 2008 James M. Grichnik, Sancy A. Leachman, Richard A. Spritz
2007 - 2009 Lidia Kos, Caroline Le Poole, Andrzej Slominski (2007)
2008 - 2009 Raymond Boissy (replaces Andrzej Slominski)
2008 - 2010 Frank Meyskens Andrzej Slominski Marjan Huizing, Ana Kadekaro, Prashiela Manga


Awards and Honors of the PASPCR

Meeting
Year
Site
Organizer Vitiligo
Award
Young Investigator
Award
PASPCR Poster
Awards
Career Achievement
Award
PASPCR
Special
Lectureship*
Chairman's
Award
Honorary
Member
1
1988
Minneapolis, MN R.A. King D. Durham-Pierre
2
1989 Bethesda, MD V.J. Hearing Z. Abdel-Malek
3
1991 Edmonton, Canada K. Jimbow W. Oetting
4
1992 Cincinnati, OH R.E. Boissy V. Hearing L. Austin
G. Erf
15th IPCC 1993 London, England P. Riley W. Pavan
V. Setaluri
5
1994 Philadelphia, PA G.M. Jacobsohn D. Granholm
D. Nagle
P. Fernandez
W. Quevedo B. Mintz E. Russell
6
1995 Kansas City, MO S. Frost-Mason M. Haddad
H. Mahalingam
W. Oetting
S. Wildenberg
A. Lerner S. Tilghman W. Silvers
16th IPCC 1996 Anaheim, CA F. Meyskens S. Orlow
7
1997 Providence, RI W.C. Quevedo G.P. Sreekumar
M.R. Miglarese
W. Pavan
J. Bagnara V. Hearing A. Lerner
T. Fitzpatrick
8
1998 Snowmass, CO D.A. Norris E.-J. Jin
I.C. LePoole
R. Miltenberger
R. Morrison
J. Nordlund J. Pawelek G. Szabo
9
2000 College Station, TX L. Lamoreux E. Pereira
W. Xu
S. Jamal
J. Pawelek L. Lamoreux S. Pomerantz
W. Quevedo
10
2001 Minneapolis, MN R.A. King F. Dong
M. Huizing
X. Wang
11
2003 Cape Cod, MA J. Bolognia Y.E. Marin
C.D. Van Raamsdonk
P. Manga
R. King R. Halaban J. Bagnara
12
2004
Irving, CA F. Meyskens R.J. Garcia
A.L. Kadekaro
M. Huizing
J. Pawelek
19th IPCC 2005 Washington, D.C. V. Hearing G. Barsh L. Lamoreux
13
2006
Cincinnati, OH Z. Abdel-Malek J. D'Orazio
A. Kadekaro
M. Zmijewski
M. Harris
Z. Abdel-Malek R. Bowers
14
2007 Chicago, IL C. LePoole 1). J.C. Valencia
2). L-N Komatsu
3). P-C Lee
M. Herlyn B. Mintz E. Hearing
V. Hearing
R. King

* The PASPCR Special Lectureship was Sponsored by The Lawrence M. Gelb Research Foundation from 1994 to 1998.

The PASPCR Special Lectureship is now Sponsored by The Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. as the Aaron Lerner Lectureship, from 2003 to the present.


Last change made January 8, 2008.

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