ASVCP Events at the 2025 ACVP Annual Meeting!

2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

The ASVCP Lifetime Achievement Award, established in 2004, honors members who have made a strong contribution over many years to veterinary clinical pathology. These contributions may come in many forms, including but not limited to teaching, research, diagnostic testing, and/or service to the clinical pathology community (ASVCP and beyond). The ASVCP Awards Committee is pleased to announce Dr. Anne Provencher as the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Provencher!

Dr. Provencher earned her D.V.M. and M.Sc. degrees from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Université de Montréal, where she then served as faculty. After completing a clinical pathology residency at Michigan State University, she became an ACVP diplomate in 1999 and was then recognized as a diplomate of the European board of Veterinary Clinical Pathology in 2002. Over her career, she has held numerous positions ranging from clinical veterinarian, clinical pathology instructor, endocrinology specialist, and toxicologic clinical pathologist.

From 2011 until 2023, she served as the Executive Director, Clinical Pathology of Global Preclinical services at Charles River Laboratories, where she continues to contribute as a consultant. Under her leadership, the global team became the largest group of clinical pathologists working collaboratively in the field of toxicology. She is now recognized for her extensive contributions to the industry and for her early vision and insight into the potential contribution of clinical pathologists within that field. As an early pioneer within industry, she has highlighted the essential role of clinical pathologists in this area and challenged both toxicologists and pathologists to advocate for the inclusion of clinical pathologists in the workforce. At that time, clinical pathologists were not typically trained for industry roles during their residencies and career opportunities in the field were poorly understood. Throughout her career, she has unceasingly provided scientific support and professional mentorship to residents across North America and Europe, and for newly boarded and early career clinical pathologists. Her influence spans her time at Charles River Laboratories, her earlier years at Novartis Pharma, and her work as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. She has tirelessly advocated for clinical pathologists as indispensable experts in laboratory methods, scientific rigor, data quality and interpretation, and knowledge of pathophysiology. She has also emphasized their unique ability to integrate complex clinical pathology, anatomic pathology, and clinical findings in toxicology studies. Most large biopharmaceutical companies now employ at least one clinical pathologist, which was only rarely observed early in Anne´s career. Her mentorship and international advocacy embody her dedication to the promotion, growth, and success of veterinary toxicology clinical pathology.

She has also established herself as an industry expert in hematology and bone marrow, emphasized by her contributions to the STP best practices paper on the evaluation of bone marrow in nonclinical toxicity studies, seminal publications on normal rat and cynomolgus macaque bone marrow smear cytology, and contributions to chapters in The Laboratory Mouse, Encyclopedic Reference of Immunotoxicology, and Schalm’s Veterinary Hematology.

Dr. Provencher’s achievements include a legacy of contributions to professional societies for the promotion of veterinary clinical pathology. She was a member of the first working group that founded the ESVCP. She went on to serve the ECVCP as both Secretary and Chairperson. She has served on the executive board of ASVCP, including a term as President. She is President- Elect of the ACVP. She has contributed to many professional society committees, including the ASVCP Regulatory Affairs Committee, the ESTP Guidelines Committee, and the STP Career Development and Recruitment, Scientific Program Planning, and Nominations committees. As part of her involvement, she has been instrumental in the generation and publication of numerous industry position papers, including ASVCP position papers on liver toxicity, best practices in toxicologic clinical pathology, and recommendations for the interpretation of clinical pathology data in toxicology studies.

Congratulations, Dr. Provencher, on receiving this award in recognition and gratitude for your years of research, mentorship, leadership, advocacy, and service in veterinary clinical pathology! The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented during the Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.

2025 Educator Award Recipient

The ASVCP Educator Award celebrates the achievements of veterinary clinical pathologists who have made outstanding contributions in veterinary clinical pathology education for veterinary students, graduate students, veterinarians, veterinary technicians, laboratory technologists, interns, and/or residents. Contributions to education vary greatly and may include didactic and clinical teaching; presentations in clinical pathology or education; publications in clinical pathology or education; textbook authorship; leadership in course development; advising and mentoring; teaching innovations; and pathology committee service.

The ASVCP Education Committee is pleased to announce Dr. Deanna Schaefer, Associate Professor at University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the recipient of the 2025 ASVCP Educator Award. 

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Schaefer!

Dr. Schaefer is currently an associate professor of clinical pathology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. After graduating from Texas A&M with a DVM degree and a budding interest in clinical pathology, she spent a few years in small animal general practice before completing a clinical pathology residency at The Ohio State University in 2006, where she developed her initial interest in teaching. She has since served as faculty at Cornell University and the University of Tennessee, which she describes as allowing her "the privilege of being involved in teaching and mentoring a truly amazing group of clinical pathology residents and veterinary students over the years". Dr. Schaefer has dedicated her career to education, including serving as a former member and as chair of the ASVCP Education Committee, as a member of the test item writer's group of ACVP, and as a member of a number of teaching related committees at the University of Tennessee, where she also coordinates both the preclinical clinical pathology course and the clinical rotation in laboratory diagnostics. She wishes to thank everyone involved in this award nomination, as well as the ASVCP Education Committee for all of their service to the organization. 

2025 Service Award Recipient

The ASVCP Service Award, introduced in 2020, acknowledges the incredible contributions that our members make, often behind the scenes, to ensure that we fulfill our mission. These recipients go above and beyond, and are very deserving of this recognition. ASVCP is proud to announce Dr. Nora Springer as the 2025 Service Award Recipient.

Dr. Springer was selected by the ASVCP Executive Board for her years of service to the ASVCP Share the Future Committee and Finance and Development Committee. During her leadership, the committees secured tens of thousands of dollars through outreach on behalf of ASVCP to support the society through funds for resident research grants, travel, and ASVCP meetings.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Springer!

Dr. Springer attained her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University followed by a companion animal rotating internship at Louisiana State University, a clinical pathology residency at Cornell University, and a PhD in comparative biomedical sciences, also at Cornell University. Dr. Springer is a lifelong academic and was previously an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine (2017-2021) and is currently an Associate Professor at University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Springer splits her time between a research program in comparative cancer biology and diagnostic service. Dr. Springer is engaged in training future veterinary scientists in both clinical pathology and biomedical research. Outside of work, Dr. Springer leads a national Pointer rescue where she also spends much of her time asking people for money.

President-Elect

Ashleigh Newman, VMD, DACVP

Treasurer-Elect

Kendal Harr, DVM, MS, DACVP

Board Member

Samantha Evans, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACVM

Webinar Series

This course will cover the basics of exotic animal hematology as they pertain to veterinary laboratory professionals and veterinary pathology residents. However, everyone with interest in exotic animal hematology is invited to attend.​ Specific topics to be covered include how to determine a WBC count, general morphologic assessment of leukocytes and erythrocytes on a blood smear, and common/important disease phenotypes seen on peripheral blood smears in non-mammalian vertebrates.

Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Time: 10:00-11:00 am CT

Location: Zoom Meeting

Cost: Free to members, $25 for non-members

Qualifies for 1 RACE Credit

The ASVCP Awards Committee was established in 2024 as a spin-off from Share the Future. Our mission is to oversee and select recipients for a variety of ASVCP awards that support trainees and veterinary laboratory professionals, and to honor the outstanding contributions of ASVCP members.

The committee is charged with the ongoing maintenance and revision of the standard operating procedures governing each award. We also work with the Executive Board and TRG to coordinate the announcement and timing of award application periods. Most importantly, we oversee the full award process, including the solicitation of applications, review of nominations, and selection of recipients for the following awards:

• Clinical Pathology Trainee Share the Future Grants

o Presentation Grants

o Research Grants

• Veterinary Laboratory Professionals (VLP) Travel Grant
• ASVCP Lifetime Achievement Award
• ASVCP Young Investigator Awards

We are grateful for the dedication of our volunteer committee members, whose efforts make it possible to support trainees and honor distinguished contributions within our field.

2025 Awards Committee Members

• Caitlyn Carter (Co-Chair)
• Shannon Hostetter (Co-Chair)
• Erica Behling-Kelly
• Trellor Fraites
• Theodora Tsouloufi
• Bill Vernau
• Resident Liaison: Karuna Katariwala
• Executive Board Liaison: Melinda Camus

Want to be involved in 2026 awards selections? If you’re interested in volunteering for the Awards Committee, please don’t hesitate to reach out to one or both chairs, Shannon (shannon.hostetter@uga.edu) and Caitlyn (caitlyn.carter@abbvie.com).

Karol the Koi

Fish scale from a Koi fish

Credit: Dr. Saundra Sample, Zoetis Reference Laboratories

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