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resource links in pathology

The following links offer a wealth of information in the field of Pathology

Professional Organizations | Research | Educational Databases | General Resources | PDAs | Online References

Professional Organizations  

National Level  
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 
American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS)
American Association of Blood Banks
 (AABB)
American Association for Cancer Research
  
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
    

American Association of Neuropathologists
      
American Association of Pathologists' Assistants
     
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
     
American Board of Pathology
 
American College of Physician Executives
  
American Gastroenterological Association
    
American Heart Association
 
American Medical Association
(AMA)
American Medical Informatics Association
  
American Society for Apheresis
  
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
 
American Society for Cell Biology
   
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
(ASCLS) 
American Society for Clinical Pathology
(ASCP)
American Society of Cytopathology  
American Society of Hematology
   
American Society of Human Genetics
      
American Society for Investigative Pathology
   
American Society for Microbiology
(ASM) 
American Society for Virology
    
Association of American Medical Colleges
(AAMC)

- Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA)

Association for Biomolecular Resource Facilities    
Association of Clinical Scientists
   
Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology
   
Association for Molecular Pathology
    
Association for Pathology Chairs (APC)     
The Biophysical Society
    
The Cell Death Society
 
The Cell Stress Society International
   
Clinical Laboratory Management Association
(CLMA)
Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (NCCLS)
College of American Pathologists (CAP)
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
(FASEB)   
The Gerontological Society of America
    
Group for Research in Pathology Education
(GRIPE) 
The Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society
   
Microcirculatory Society
  
The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry
 
The National Academies - Institute of Medicine
     
The New York Academy of Sciences
     
The Protein Society
 

International Level
Canadian Association of Pathologists
  
International Academy of Pathology
     
International Academy of Cytology
   
International Medical Informatics Association
   
International Society for BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology
     
The International Society of Neuropathology
   
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
    
Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
   
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
 

State and Local Level 
Medical Society of Virginia
 
Richmond Academy of Medicine      
Virginia Bioinformatics Consortium
      
Virginia Biotechnology Association
    
Virginia Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
 
Virginia Society of Pathologists


Research

VCU Department of Pathology Research Laboratories
Aging & Cancer     
Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis
     
Cytogenetics
  
Molecular Diagnostics     
Oncogenomics and Proteomics
     
Paleopathology    

Other Sites
Cancer Genomics--Commonwealth Technology Research Fund-Sponsored Project    
Cold Spring Harbor Research Labs
     
Commonwealth Health Research Board
 
Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)   
NanoScout
--portal for nanotechnology community
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Center for Biotechnology Information
     
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK) 
National Institutes of Health
(NIH)   
National Institute of Standards and Technology
     
NIH Videocasting
      
Prostate Cancer Research Institute
     
Virginia Biotech Research Park
       
World Health Organization
      

IRB/HIPPA   
VCU Office of Research Subjects Protection
    
HIPAA Privacy Rule and Research
HHS Office for Civil Rights - HIPAA 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)/Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)      
Administrative Simplification Under HIPAA
   

Other VCU
VCU Massey Cancer Center
   


Education Databases (Including Medical Images)   

Anatomy 
Musculoskeletal Atlas--Washington University
National Library of Medicine Visible Human Project 
Neuroanatomy & Neuropathology
    
Review of Anatomy--The Bobby R. Alford Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
Visible Human Cross Sections--Loyola University
The NPAC/OLDA Visible Human Viewer   

Apoptosis
Apoptosis-DB.org
--The Burnham Institute  

Auscultation 
Auscultation Assistant (UCLA Medicine)
     

Autopsy
The Virtual Autopsy
--cases

Bioinformatics 
The Stanford Microarray Database
  

Brain and Nervous System
The Human Brain Project
- CalTech   
The Human Brain Project
- Denmark 
The Human Brain Project
- University of Washington 
Whole Brain Atlas--Harvard University
     

Case Studies
Group for Research in Pathology Education - University of Alabama
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Department of Pathology 
University of Utah Internet Pathology Laboratory WebPath/Internet Pathology Lab  
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine: Pathology
case database/case of the month
The Urbana Atlas of Pathology
     

Cell Biology 
The Virtual Library of Cell Biology
    

Cytology
Virtual Cervical Cytology
- University of Iowa 

Dermatology
Johns Hopkins University Derm Atlas
and Online Dermatology Quiz 

Electron Microscopy
Electron Microscopy Image Archive
--Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Pathology 

Gene Expression
Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
    
The Genome Database
    
Mosquito Genomics WWW Server   
NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository 
Bin's Biological Databases--resource list

General Medical 
Galaxy Medical Database  
National Cancer Institute - Statistics
 
Harvard Biological Resources
--Bio links 
BUBL Link: Medical Research Databases 
Virtual Hospital - University of Iowa 

Health Costs and Information
The Combined Health Information Database

General Images 
Kyushu Medical Image Database
--National Kyusyu Cancer Center
Med Asylum--Fabrizio La Mura at Cornell University
     
MedPix Medical Imaging Database
Pathmax--links to image and related resources   
Pathology Image Collection at Cornell
 
peir.net
--Univ. Alabama Pathology Education Resource, educational-use images
IPLab.net
--The Interactive Pathology Laboratory
University of Iowa PathCaps--Patient Simulations

Immunology  
The Immunology Link     

Microbiology     
Microbes.info
--The Microbiology Information Portal

Microscopy
Virtual Microscopy for Education
- University of Iowa virtual slidebox
Virtual Microscopy - Florida State University
Microscopy and Imaging Resources from the University of Arizona--links to image sources 

Molecular Biology 
ExPASy Molecular Biology Server
 
The Molecular Biology Database Collection: 2003 update 
Computational Molecular Biology at NIH
       

Neuropathology
James G. Smirniotopoulos, MD, Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Biomedical Informatics, Chairman, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences:
The New WHO 2000 Classification of Brain Tumors: Imaging Correlations    
AIDS: Imaging the Brain
     
Brain Herniation Syndromes
    
Brain Lesion Locator
    
Neuroradiology Teaching File Cases

Neurosciences on the Internet 
Handouts for Lectures    

Pharmacogenetics 
Pharm GKB
--The Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base, Stanford University

Proteomics
Swiss-Czech Proteomics Server
--Proteomics Database of Streptomyces coelicolor (liquid cultivation)
Tumor Board
    
NCBI Entrez Protein
    
University of Michigan Proteomics Database Portal 
PDB Protein Databank 

Radiologic
Wayne State University Radiologic Anatomy 

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) 
The Human Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Database

NCBI--Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
The SNP Consortium, Ltd--Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Biomedical Research 

Continuing Medical Education
Medscape CME Center
Office of Continuing Medical Education at VCU  

Other 
NIH National Library of Medicine 
New York University Renal Pathology Module
University of Michigan Internet Resources for Pathology
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center ONCO Link 


General Resources

Forensic Pathology and Forensic Science
Forensic Pathology Fellowship       
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia
     
VCU B.S. in Forensic Science Degree Program
  
National Association of Medical Examiners
   
National Forensic Society Technology Center
     
Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine
   

Government Sites 
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
      
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
    
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
   
National Center for Biotechnical Information (NCBI)
     
National Center for Health Statistics
      
National Human Genome Research Institute
     
National Nanotechnology Initiative

Virginia State Department of Health
   
The World Health Organization
     
US Department of Health and Human Services 

Other Informative Sites     
American Medical News
  
Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology
(CIMIT) a non-profit consortium of world-leading academic and research institutions  
MyBiopsy.org - Your source for information about Cancer Diagnosis, brought to you by the College of American Pathologists
Federation of State Medical Boards
      
The Student Doctor Network

Standford Medical Informatics


PDAs
Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) Resources
at VCU Libraries 
Palmdoc Chornicles
--The latest medical PDA news and updates
Pocket Slides--PowerPoint presentations given via your Pocket PC 
Wake Forest University's ClassInHand--free web server software for Pocket PCs


Online Medical Information Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Medline Plus
Up to Date
The ADAM Medical Encyclopedia  
Boston University Pharmacology Glossary
 
Merriam Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary


Updated March 10, 2008