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The ABHI approved provider fee schedule is provided in the table below.
| Category | Provider | Fees or Corporate/Vendor Sponsorships | Program Hours | Fee |
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| A | Laboratory/Organization/Society | No attendee registration fees, membership fees, or sponsorships collected | 15 or fewer hrs per year | $50 |
| B | More than 15 hrs per year | $100 | ||
| C | Laboratory/Organization/Society | Program does collect registration fees, membership fees, or sponsorships | 15 or fewer hrs per event | $175 |
| D | More than 15 hrs per event | $350 | ||
| E | Corporate, Commercial, Vendor | Sponsorship | 10 or fewer hrs per program | $290 |
| F | More than 10 hrs per program | $400 | ||
| G | Organization/Society, Corporate, Commercial or Vendor | Not applicable | Offering same program at multiple venues | $600 |
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Administering or Taking the Examination
The examination will be by computer at an AMP Assessment Center . Candidates do not need any prior computer experience or typing skills to take the examination. On the day of the examination, report to the Assessment Center no later than the scheduled testing time. Look for signs indicating AMP Assessment Center Check-in. A CANDIDATE WHO ARRIVES MORE THAN 15 MINUTES AFTER THE SCHEDULED TESTING TIME WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Identification
To gain admission to the Assessment Center , a candidate needs to present two forms of identification, one with a current photograph. Both forms of identification must be current and include the candidate's current name and signature. The candidate will be required to sign a roster for verification of identity. Acceptable forms of photo identification include a current driver's license with photograph, a current state identification card with photograph, a current passport, or a current military identification card with photograph. Employment ID cards, student ID cards and any type of temporary identification are NOT acceptable as the primary form of identification. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE PROPER IDENTIFICATION TO GAIN ADMISSION TO THE ASSESSMENT CENTER . Failure to provide appropriate identification at the time of the examination is considered a missed appointment. There will be no refund of the testing fee.
Rules for Examination
Security
AMP maintains test administration and test security standards that are designed to assure that all candidates are provided the same opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. The Assessment Center is continuously monitored by audio and video surveillance equipment for security purposes.
The following security procedures apply during the examination: Examinations are proprietary. No cameras, notes, tape recorders, personal digital assistants (PDAs), pagers or cellular phones are allowed in the testing room.
No programmable calculators are permitted. Only silent, hand-held, solar-or battery-operated calculators without paper tape-printing capabilities or alphabetic keypads, may be used. Financial calculators are allowed if they meet these specifications. Calculator malfunction during a test does not constitute grounds for challenging test scores or requesting additional test time. No guests, visitors or family members are allowed in the testing room or reception areas. No personal items, valuables, or weapons should be brought to the Assessment Center . Only keys and wallets may be taken into the testing room. AMP is not responsible for items left in the reception area.
Examination Restrictions
No personal belongings will be allowed in the Assessment Center . Pencils will be provided during check-in. The candidate will be provided with scratch paper to use during the examination, which must be returned to the supervisor at the completion of testing, or the candidate will not receive a score report. No documents or notes of any kind may be removed from the examination room. No questions concerning the content of the examination may be asked during the examination.
Eating, drinking or smoking will not be permitted in the Assessment Center . The candidate may take a break during the examination, but will not be allowed additional time to make up for time lost during breaks.
Misconduct
Individuals who engage in any of the following conduct may be dismissed from the examination, their scores will not be reported and examination fees will not be refunded. Examples of misconduct are when a candidate: creates a disturbance, is abusive, or otherwise uncooperative; uses electronic communications equipment such as pagers, cellular phones, PDAs; gives or receives help or is suspected of doing so; attempts to record examination questions or make notes; attempts to take the examination for someone else; or is observed with notes, books or other aids.
Copyrighted Examination Questions
All examination questions are the copyrighted property of ABHI. It is forbidden under federal copyright law to copy, reproduce, record, distribute or display these examination questions by any means, in whole or in part. Doing so may subject the candidate to severe civil and criminal penalties.
Practice Test
After the candidate's identification has been confirmed, he/she will be directed to a testing carrel. The candidate will be instructed on-screen to enter their Social Security number, and instructed on how to take their photograph which will remain on screen throughout the testing session. This photograph will also print on the score report.
Prior to attempting the examination, the candidate will be given the opportunity to practice taking a test using the computer. The time used for this practice test is NOT counted as part of the examination time or score. Once the candidate is comfortable with the computer testing process, he/she may quit the practice session and begin the timed examination.
Timed Examination
Following the practice test, the actual examination will begin. Before beginning, instructions for taking the examination are provided on-screen.
The computer monitors the time spent on the examination. The candidate will have 3.5 hours to complete the CHA, CHS, and CHT examinations and 5 hours to complete the Labratory Director examination. The examination will terminate if testing exceeds the time allowed. Click on the "Time" box in the lower right portion of the screen or select the Time key to monitor testing time. A digital clock indicates the time remaining to complete the examination. The Time feature may be turned off during the examination.
Only one examination question is presented at a time. The question number appears in the lower right portion of the screen. Choices of answers to the examination questions are identified as A, B, C, or D. The candidate must indicate his/her choice by either typing in the letter in the response box in the lower left portion of the computer screen or clicking on the option using the mouse. To change an answer, enter a different option by pressing the A, B, C, or D key or by clicking on the option using the mouse. The candidate may change his/her answer as many times as he/she wishes during the testing time limit.
To move to the next question, click on the forward arrow (>) in the lower right portion of the screen or select the NEXT key. This action will move the candidate forward through the examination question by question. To review any question, click the backward arrow (<) or use the left arrow key to move backward through the examination.
An examination question may be left unanswered for return later in the testing session. Questions may also be bookmarked for later review by using the mouse and clicking in the blank square to the right of the Time button. Click on the hand icon or select the NEXT key to advance to the next unanswered or bookmarked question on the examination. To identify all unanswered and bookmarked questions, repeatedly click on the hand icon or press the NEXT key. When the examination is completed, the number of examination items answered is reported. If not all questions have been answered and there is time remaining, return to the examination and answer those questions. Be sure to provide an answer for each examination question before ending the examination. There is no penalty for guessing.
Candidate Comments
During the examination, online comments may be provided for any question by clicking on the button displaying an exclamation point (!) to the left of the Time button. This opens a dialogue box where comments may be entered. Comments will be reviewed, but individual responses will not be provided.
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Complete the paper application included in the Candidate Handbook and mail it with the appropriate fee to ABHI, P.O. Box 19173 , Lenexa , Kansas 66285 -9173. ABHI overnight address is: 18000 W. 105th Street, Olathe, Kansas 66061
The application is processed and a confirmation notice of eligibility is sent to the candidate within approximately two weeks. If a confirmation notice is not received within three weeks, contact the ABHI at 913/895-4602., ext. 4778.
Scheduling the examination and Administration Process
Once the candidate receives their confirmation notice he/she should immediately schedule an examination appointment at their convenience during the month in which they have applied. The confirmation notice contains a web address and toll-free telephone number for the candidate to contact AMP; ABHI’s testing agency. Appointments can also be scheduled online 24 hours a day, seven days a week at www.goAMP.com . The toll-free line is answered from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Central Time) Monday through Thursday and 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Central Time) on Friday. The candidate must be prepared to confirm a date and location for testing and to provide her/his Social Security number as a unique identification number.
A candidate's eligibility and acceptance of the application is valid only during March or September. A candidate who fails to schedule an appointment for examination by the end of either month's eligibility deadline must re-submit a complete application including examination fee to schedule an examination appointment.
The ABHI examination is administered via computer at over 150 Applied Measurement Professionals (AMP) Assessment Centers geographically distributed throughout the United States and Canada . The international assessment centers that are available can be viewed at: http://www.goamp.com/AMP/Internationallocations.htm
The examinations are administered by appointment only Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. during the months of March and September . Individuals are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Refer to the chart below.
Note: Examinations will not be offered on Labor Day.
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The candidate must contact AMP to schedule an appointment and will be given the specific time to report to the center. No admission ticket will be issued; therefore, the specified examination location, date and time should be noted. Candidates who arrive at the Assessment Center later than 15 minutes from the scheduled appointment time will not be admitted. Unscheduled candidates (walk-ins) will not be admitted to the Assessment Center .
ABHI reserves the right to verify information supplied by the candidate. An application is considered complete only if all requested information is complete and accurate; if the candidate is eligible for the examination; and if fees are submitted. Examination fees for ineligible applications will be refunded minus a $50 processing fee.
Computerized Version Appointment Changes
A candidate may reschedule ONE appointment for the computerized version of the examination at no charge by calling AMP at 888/519-9901 at least four business days prior to the scheduled testing session. (See table below.)
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A candidate who wishes to reschedule their examination but fails to contact AMP at least four business days prior to the scheduled testing session forfeits the application and all fees paid to take the examination. A complete application and examination fee are required to reapply for examination.
A candidate who cancels their examination after confirmation of eligibility forfeits the application and all fees paid to take the examination. A complete application and examination fee are required to reapply for examination. If a candidate must cancel an examination appointment or would like to request a refund due to a medical emergency the candidate must submit the request in writing accompanied by official written notification from attending physician to the ABHI Executive Office.
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The ABHI Certification Examination for Associates, Technologists and Specialists will be offered in March and September . The examination will be administered by computer, and offered on any weekday during the months of March and September at over 150 assessment centers in the United States. There will be no specific pre-scheduled testing dates. Once a candidate’s eligibility is confirmed he/she will receive notice from the testing agency including instructions on how to schedule their examination appointment during March and September. Test time for the Associates, Technologists and Specialists has been extended an additional 30 minutes allowing 3.5 hours to testing time.
The application deadlines will be January 1 and June 1 respectively for the CHA, CHS and CHT examinations.
The Histocompatibility Laboratory Director examination will be offered in September of each year. The application deadline will be June 1.
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Links to Resources and Useful Information
Welcome to the ASHI "Links" page. Here we provide pointers to other web sites of interest those working in clinical and research histocompatibility and immunogenetics laboratories.
To navigate this list of sites, click on any of the below links to jump to that section. All links bring up the target site in a new window. Close the window to return to the previous section.
We hope you will use this collection of links as your jumping off point for accessing the information sources you use regularly and occasionally. If you know of any good places related to our field, please send your suggestions . While we strive to check the validity of the links regularly, web sites come and go, or move quite frequently. If any links give you an error message, please let us know so that we can correct the problem.
Clinical and Transplantation
Government and Regulations
Immunology and Societies
Journals and Libraries
MHC and HLA
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Clinical and Transplantation
clinical information and transplant organizations
- ABO Mismatch Reporting Center - accumulates and analyses available data with the aim to reach a deeper insight and to bring together those interested in ABO disparate transplantation. Great bibliography on ABO-mismatched transplants.
- AllergyImmunoLinx.com/Surgery/Transplantation Articles - a free, fast, and easy-to-use Web site designed to keep medical professionals informed of daily clinical developments. Each morning, the top Allergy and Immunology articles in surgery/transplantation and other specialties are aggregated from hundreds of premier medical journals.
- American Society of Transplantation
- Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust [UK]
- Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide [The Netherlands]
- Bone Marrow Transplant Topics @ http://www.bmtinfo.org
- International Society for Hemotherapy & Graft Engineering (ISHAGE)
- International Pediatric Transplant Association - The International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA) is a professional organization of individuals in the field of pediatric transplantation.
- Medical Matrix-Guide to Internet Clinical Medicine Resources
- MedScape - a robust and integrated multi-specialty medical information and education tool. You may choose a personal Medscape home page from an assortment of specialty sites including Transplantation, primary care medicine sites, and nonclinical sites such as "Money & Medicine" or "Humor & Medicine." Requires a simple, one time, free registration. Excellent source for review of current medical literature, access to electronic journals, and CE programs (mostly free).
- National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)
- NIAID Plan for Research on Immune Tolerance: Clinical Trials of Transplant Tolerance
- SEOPF
- TransplantHealth is a patient-oriented web site designed to provide transplant patients with information during the various stages of transplantation
- Transplant Pathology Internet Services (TPIS) at the University of Pittsburgh - a great source of transplant-related information and educational resources -- download the updated HLA Matchmaker Software by Rene Duquesnoy, Ph.D.
- Transweb: An Internet Resource Devoted to Transplantation and Donation
- UNOS
Government and Regulations
CLIA, HCFA, OSHA, MSDS's, Federal Register and more
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly HCFA)
- Federal Register - search for rules and regulations here.
- Analyte Specific Reagents - Final Rule (PDF). Requires free Acrobat Reader software.
- HIPAA Privacy Regulation Guidance - guidance on the final HIPAA regulations issued by HHS on 7/6/2001; full compliance by health care organizations, including labs, is required by 7/14/2003.
- MSDS Database at Vermont SIRI
- OSHA Information
- Riverbend Government Benefits Administrator - this is the Medicare intermediary to whom independent labs must publish their rates and submit the annual cost report.
- Thomas: Legislative information (Library of Congress)
More Information on the Analyte Specific Reagent Rule:
- ASR Fact Sheet from the College of American Pathologists (CAP)
- Questions & Answers from the College of American Pathologists (CAP)
- "ASR: FDA Issues Final Rule" - an article by Jeffrey N Gibbs published in IVD Magazine, January 1998
Immunology and Societies
Immunology resources and links to related organizations
- American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
- American Association of Immunologists
- The Antibody Resource Page
- AMLI - Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists
- ASCB - American Society for Cell Biology - this site has excellent information on public policy issues, such as discussions on human cloning and its impact on the practice of transplantation.
- ASEATTA - The Australasian and South East Asian, Tissue Typing Assoc. Inc. It has members in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Thailand, India, Singapore, Mongolia, Malaysia, The Phillipines, South Africa, Indonesia, Japan, the USA and New Guinea. [Australia]
- British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (BSHI) [UK]
- Clinical Cytometry Society
- More about Corticosteroids [CH]
- Cyclosporin A images [UK]
- Cytokines Online Pathfinder Encyclopedia [DE]
- European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI)
- Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) - ASHI is now a participating society! See meeting announcement below.
- Immune Responses lecture guide
- Molecular Immunology - a great collection of immunology information and a wealth of links
- Images of Immunoglobulin Structures [UK]
- International Society for Analytical Cytology (ISAC)
- The Lymphatic System and Immunity
- Facts about Leukocytes and Mast Cells [CH]
- How Lymphocytes Produce Antibody - Cells Alive
Journals and Libraries
tables of contents, abstracts and full-text articles; Medline
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology International , official journal of the World Allergy Organization, includes reviews and original articles on both clinical and research topics, association and meeting news, and a regular website review column. Currently, volumes from 1995 through the present are available online in full-text form free of charge.
- ASM Journals Online
- Blood & Marrow Transplant Newsletter is a not-for-profit organization that provides publications and support services to bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cell, and cord blood transplant patients and survivors.
- Clinical and Applied Immunology Reviews - table of contents
- Clinical and Experimental Allergy - tables of contents
- Clinical and Experimental Immunology - tables of contents
- Elsevier: Table of Contents of 900 journals including Human Immunology You can also sign up for the Table of Contents to be emailed to you directly each month. [The Netherlands]
- Entrez (Medline-Molecular Biology)
- European Journal of Immunogenetics - tables of contents
- Experimental and Clinical Immunogenetics - tables of contents
- Genes and Immunity - tables of contents
- HighWire Press - a service of Stanford University Libraries, is claimed to be the Earth's largest free full-text science archives
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Human Immunology Online! - tables of contents and abstracts; full-text and PDF format are available to ASHI members for downloading |
- Immunity
- Immunogenetics - tables of contents and abstracts; full-text is available in PDF format for registered users
- Immunology - tables of contents
- International Digital Electronic Access Library - IDEAL is a developmental project of Academic Press, aiming to greatly expand and improve access to a large number of scientific journals. Journal tables of contents and abstracts are freely available to anyone (guest login required). Authorized Users at sites within the licensed consortia of the project can view, search, print, and download complete articles in the Acrobat format.
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Journal of Immunology
- Journal of Molecular Biology [UK]
- Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
- Leukemia Insights Newsletter from the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - a source of information on Bone Marrow transplantation.
- National Library of Medicine
- Nature
- Nature Immunology - access to first two issues free; register for free access to tables of contents
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Reviews in Immunogenetics [DK] - tables of contents and sample full-text issue
- Science
- "The Scientist" On line
- Seminars in Immunology - tables of contents and abstracts
- Search Medline free through the National Library of Medicine:
- PubMed
- Medline provides free access to MEDLINE, sets of related articles pre-computed for each article cited in MEDLINE, and linkages to publishers' sites for full-text journals. At least 24 journals available, some by subscription only.
- MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 500 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, current health news, and links to thousands of clinical trials.
- Scandinavian Journal of Immunology - tables of contents
- Tissue Antigens [Denmark]
- Transplantation
- Virtual Library-Immunology
MHC and HLA
immunogenetics, MHC, HLA and disease association resources
- Allele Frequencies in Worldwide Populations
- Birkbeck College XRay Crystalography images
- HLA Class I and Class II Sequence Data at the Anthony Nolan Research Institute [UK]
- HLA Gene and Haplotype Frequencies in the North American Population : The National Marrow Donor Program Donor Registry
- HLA and Disease Resources :
- HLA-B27 and Spondyloarthropathy
- Select Entries from OMIM
- Mechanisms of HLA Association in Disease from the Institute of Transplantation Immunology [Norway]
- Rheumatic Diseases A nice lecture outline from Temple University
- Major Histocompatibility Complex and Rheumatoid Arthritis
- A Cutting Edge Article for RHEUMA21ST by Editor Robert F. Willken
- IMGT/HLA Database - The IMGT/HLA Database is part of the international ImMunoGeneTics IMGT project and provides a specialist sequence databases for sequences of the human major histocompatibility complex (HLA). This includes all official sequences for the WHO HLA Nomenclature Committee For Factors of the HLA System. Development of this database has been undertaken by James Robinson, Julia G Bodmer and Steven GE Marsh. [UK]
- Immunogenomic Data-Analysis Working Group (IDAWG)
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) - This database is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Drs. Moyra Smith, Victor A. McKusick and their colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere, and developed for the World Wide Web by NCBI, the National Center for Biotechnology Information. The database contains textual information, pictures, and reference information. It also contains copious links to NCBI's Entrez database of MEDLINE articles and sequence information. The following are direct links to MHC entries:
Molecular Biology and Genetics
databases, protocols and other resources for molecular genetics
- Association for Molecular Pathology Homepage - source for info on clinical application of molecular biology techniques with links to related sites.
- ATCC - The American Type Culture Collection - search this catalog to find available cell lines.
- The Comprehensive Protocol Collection (CPC) from Dartmouth U.
- Genome Database-Home Page
- The ImMunoGeneTics Database ,IMGT, is an integrated specialised database containing nucleotide sequence information of genes important in the function of the immune system, including the B cell antigen receptor (Immunoglobulin or Ig), the T cell antigen receptor (TcR) and the class I and class II genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC). [FR]
- National Center for Genome Resources
- PCRLinks - a website that provides selected Internet resources about the Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique.
- Search GenBank
- Sequence Submission Forms and Data Retrieval
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The American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) welcomes press coverage of its major meetings, specialty conferences, and regional educational workshops. Representatives from recognized news organizations or publications are cordially invited to attend scientific sessions at these events for the express purpose of gathering news and information to produce editorial coverage of the meetings.
In addition to the Annual Meeting, ASHI holds a series of educational workshops and specialty meetings throughout the year. The following policies and guidelines have been prepared for news media interested in covering these meetings. If you have any questions regarding policies or available resources, please contact ASHI’s communications manager at . We look forward to working with you.
Complimentary registration is available to representatives of print, electronic and Internet general interest media and healthcare trade media (collectively known as press). To register as press, journalists must contact ASHI’s communications manager at least two weeks in advance of the meeting. There will be no on-site media registration available.
Journalists may attend the conference and report about research presented at the meeting, only if they have prior approval from the scientists presenting the research. Registration for the Annual Meeting, educational workshops or special conferences will be coordinated through ASHI’s communications manager.
To qualify as press, journalists must present media identification or a business card issued by a recognized news organization in addition to two bylined medical articles. Freelance journalists must also present a letter of assignment on letterhead from a recognized news organization or publication.
Journalists working for medical publishing companies must have appropriate press credentials (i.e., proof of an editorial assignment) in order to register and the publication must meet the following criteria:
- Must have multiple sponsors (no single-sponsor publications)
- Must have complete editorial freedom from their sponsors
- Exhibitors will not be allowed to register as press unless they can provide proof of an editorial assignment
Journalists reporting for online media outlets who wish to register as press must work for news-making organizations that meet the following criteria:
- The Web site must provide original, editorial news coverage
- Editorial content must be independent of advertising and sponsorship
- Advertising on the Web site must be clearly identifiable as such
- Any sponsors of the Web site should be clearly identified as such and should be multiple in number (i.e., no single-sponsored Web sites)
No filming or photography is allowed during any of the program sessions, including general sessions, symposia, workshops, and oral or poster presentations.
All news releases regarding presentations made at the specialty conferences must indicate that they are embargoed for release at the date and time the data are presented at the meeting.
Reporters, producers and editors agree to the embargoes and release times stated on the news releases and other materials. Failure to abide by the embargoes will result in suspension of credentials, which will affect attendance at the current and future conferences and ability to receive advance press materials.
Information regarding media registrants is proprietary. ASHI does not make available press registration lists.
Media events or news briefings other than those organized by ASHI are not permitted in any ASHI meeting areas without prior consent from ASHI’s communications manager.
ASHI reserves the right to bar from this and future meetings any journalist who deliberately promotes the viewpoint of one company or institution, or who attempts to solicit manuscripts, advertising, or subscriptions from registrants or exhibitors.
For more information regarding ASHI specialty conferences please contact:
Communications Manager
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15000 Commerce Pkwy., Suite C
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
Telephone: 856-642-4420
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*Please note that smoking is not permitted in meeting areas or at other ASHI events.
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2010 Meeting Dates
2010 Advanced Course in Basic & Clinical Immunology
February 24-28, 2010
Mondrian Hotel in Scottsdale, AZ
For more information: http://www.focisnet.org/FOCIS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=116
Mexico City Workshop
29th Current Course on Immunogenetics and our 24th Course on Molecular Genetics, both with didactic and laboratory parts. The workshop will be held in Mexico City from July 26-30 and from August 2-6 respectively. This workshop is sponsored by ASHI with the academic accreditation of The Faculty of Medicine, UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico).
APHIA (formerly ASEATTA)
November 16-19, 2010
Queenstown, New Zealand
http://www.dcms.co.nz/aphia
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2011 Meeting Dates
International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA)
June 25 - 28, 2011
Montreal, Canada
For more information: http://www.iptaonline.org/6thcongress
2012 Meeting Dates
16th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop and Conference
For more information: http://www.16ihiw.org
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Accreditation Review Board (ARB) meetings are closed meetings, open only to the Accreditation Review Board.
2009 - 2010 ARB Meetings
Friday, December 4 – Sunday, December 6
Westin Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Friday, April 9 – Sunday, April 11
Crowne Plaza Houston Downtown
Houston, Texas
Friday, August 6 – Sunday, August 8
Hotel Sax Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
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ASHI's Membership Directory includes names, postal and e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, and fax numbers of all members. It also includes general information about ASHI, its programs, executive committee, standing committees, the Bylaws, and the current Standards for Histocompatibility Testing. A listing of national and international histocompatibility laboratories is included for easy reference. The Membership Directory is published annually. Online copy of the Membership Directory(Adobe PDF)
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Articles printed in ASHI Quarterly
The ASHI Quarterly is a newsletter published to communicate information to the membership regarding Society activities, and clinically-relevant scientific articles of interest to the histocompatibility and immunogenetics community. Issues addressed include updates on the activities of the Accreditation Program, new governmental regulations, summaries of the annual meeting and regional workshops, new product updates, literature reviews, and a classified section with position announcements. An ASHI Quarterly subscription is included as a membership benefit to all full, associate, institutional and sustaining members.
Tables of Contents for the Scientific Communications presented in each issue. Click on the volume number to view the list of articles.
Volume 34, Number 1 (2010)
- President's Column , Marcelo Fernández-Viña, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Sharon Adams, MT, CHS(ABHI)
- Executive Director Letter "Community"
- An Update to HLA Nomenclature, 2010
- Single Chain MHC Class I Molecules as Modulators or Monitors of Immunity to Tumors, Pathogens and Transplants
- What’s Happening at http://www.allelefrequencies.net
- Summary of ASHI Board of Directors Meeting
- Summary of 2008 Joint Histocompatibility Conference
- 2010 Call for Award Nominations
- Quality Assurance and Standards Committee Activities
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Proficiency Testing Program Update
- ASHI-U Update "Living History: My life in HLA"
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members – must be submitted by June 1, 2010)
Volume 33, Number 4 (2009)
- President's Column , Marcelo Fernández-Viña, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Sharon Adams, MT, CHS(ABHI)
- Killer Immunoglobulin Receptors, Natural Killer Cells and Leukemia
- The Perfect Match? The Immunogenetics of Balancing Graft-versus-Host and Graft-Versus Leukemia in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Has Solid Phase Testing for Alloantibody Moved us Ahead?
- Call for Board Nominations
- Summary of Board of Directors Meeting
- 2010 Board of Directors
- Accreditation News
- 16th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members – must be submitted by March 15, 2010)
Volume 33, Number 3 (2009)
- President's Column , Deborah Crowe, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Sharon Adams, MT, CHS(ABHI)
- Natural Killer Cell Reconstitution and Outcome of Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Testing Platelet Donors for Leukocyte Antibodies
- Urine-based Biomarkers for Kidney Damage: Novel Assay for Monitoring Transplant Patients
- Board of Directors Meeting Summary
- ASHI 2008 Financial Summary
- Literature Review
- ASHI Staff Update
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members – must be submitted by December 1, 2009)
Volume 33, Number 2 (2009)
- President's Column , Deborah Crowe, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Sharon Adams, MT, CHS(ABHI)
- The Significance of HLA in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- Alloimmune Responses Leading to Autoimmunity: Role in Chronic Rejection
- Ultraspecific Probes for High Throughput HLA Typing
- The Value of Volunteerism
- Natural Killer Cells in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Review of Selected Current Literature
- Accreditation News
- ASHI-U Update
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members – must be submitted by September 1, 2009)
Volume 33, Number 1 (2009)
- President's Column , Deborah Crowe, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Sharon Adams, MT, CHS(ABHI)
- Understanding Pre-Infection CD8+ T Cell Repertoires is Required for the Design of a T Cell HIV Vaccine
- Solid-Phase Anti-HLA Screening for Transplantation: The Pros and Cons of Available Methods
- Be Your Lab's Sherlock Holmes: Fingerprint Your Patient's Serum Profile
- Board of Directors Meeting Summary
- Recent Articles in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility: A Review of Selected Current Literature
- "What's Hot" at the 34th Annual ASHI Meeting
- Call for Board Nominations
- Call for Award Nominations
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members – must be submitted by June 1, 2009)
Volume 32, Number 4 (2008)
- President's Column , Deborah Crowe, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Sharon Adams, MT, CHS(ABHI)
- Meeting the "Multi" Challenges for Quantitative Chimerism Testing: Multi-Donor and Multi-Lineage Analysis after SCT
- Distinguishing DRB1*1401 and DRB1*1454
- Quality Assurance and Standards Update
- Board of Directors Meeting Summary
- 2008–2009 Board of Directors
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members – must be submitted by March 1, 2009)
- 34th Annual Meeting: Scenes from Toronto
Volume 32, Number 3 (2008)
- President's Column , Carol Pancoska, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Sharon Adams, MT, CHS(ABHI)
- Successful Use of Bioinformatics to Identify Broadly Immunogenic HLA Class I Restricted T-cell Responses against HIV
- Neutrophil Antibody Testing
- Involvement of the HLA Genetic Diversity in Schizophrenia: Supporting Data and Perspectives
- Summary of Board of Directors Meeting
- ASHI 2007 Financial Summary
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members – must be submitted by December 1, 2008)
Volume 32, Number 2 (2008)
- President's Column , Carol Pancoska, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Sharon Adams, WT, CHS(ABHI)
- Introduction to BioArray Solutions' BeadChip Technology
- Got Milk? A Simple Method for Reducing the Undesirable Effects of Pronase Treatment of Lymphocytes
- In Silico Resolution of Ambiguous HLA Typing Data
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by September 1, 2008)
Volume 32, Number 1 (2008)
- President's Column , Carol Pancoska, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Sharon Adams, WT, CHS(ABHI)
- Optimizing Natural Killer Activity in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
- A Quality Management System for HLA Laboratories
- The Future of Immunogenetics – Relevance to HLA
- ABHI Exam Schedule
- Summary of Board of Directors Meeting
- Accreditation News
- 2008 Call for Board Nominations
- 2008 Call for Award Nominations
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by June 1, 2008)
Volume 31, Number 4 (2007)
- President's Column , Carol Pancoska, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Francesco M. Marincola, MD
- Update on HLAMatchmaker: A Molecularly Based Algorithm for Histocompatibility Determination at the Epitope Level
- Non-HLA Genomics and Allo-transplant Outcome
- Cord Blood Transplants in the Absence of Immune Suppression:A Potential Stem Cell Source for Regenerative Medicine
- ABHI Exam Schedule
- Summary of Board of Directors Meeting
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by March 1, 2008)
Volume 31, Number 3 (2007)
- President' s Column , Karen Nelson, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Francesco Marincola, MD
- A Web-Based Program for Pyrosequencing Primer Design
- HLA Class II Antibodies in Potential Renal Transplant Recipients
- An Innovative Twist in Transplanting Multiple Patients
- Accreditation Update
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by December 1, 2007)
Volume 31, Number 2 (2007)
- President' s Column , Karen Nelson, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Francesco Marincola, MD
- HLA in North Africa: From Population Studies to Clinics at
the Bridge Between Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa - Renal Transplantation in African Americans:
The Impeding Factors - Hurricane Katrina and the LSU Immunocytogenetics
Laboratory:Actions Taken and Lessons Learned - Accreditation Update
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by September 1, 2007)
Volume 31, Number 1 (2007)
- President' s Column , Karen Nelson, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Francesco Marincola, MD
- Is it a Novel HLA Allele? How to Identify, Confirm and Report Novel HLA Alleles
- Clinical Aspects of MICA
- Quantitative Real Time PCR: A Rapid and Sensitive Screening Method
- Summary of ASHI Board of Directors Meeting
- Accreditation News
- Call for Nominations
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by June 1, 2007)
Volume 30, Number 4 (2006)
- President' s Column , Karen Nelson, PhD, D(ABHI)
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Francesco Marincola, MD
- The Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM)
- KIR and Population Studies
- Immunogenetic Markers and the Sporadic Alzheimer’s
Disease Diagnostic Knot - Review of Post-Transplant Immune Monitoring Survey
- 2007 Board of Directors
- Board of Directors Meeting Summary
- Accreditation Update
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by March 1, 2007
Volume 30, Number 3 (2006)
- President' s Column , Peter Nickerson, MD, FRCPC
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Francesco Marincola, MD
- Significance of Non-MHC Antibodies in Transplantation
- Leukocyte Antibodies and Transfusion Reactions
- Impact of Host and Viral Diversity on HIV-specific T cell Responses
- Summary of Board of Directors Meeting
- 2005 Year End Audit Summary
- ASHI University Regional Meetings, Class Of 2006
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by December 1, 2006)
Volume 30, Number 2 (2006)
- President' s Column , Peter Nickerson, MD, FRCPC
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Francesco Marincola, MD
- UNOS Update
- Disease Predisposing Genes in the Extended Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Identifying Associations Between HLA Type and Severity of Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
- Polymorphism in Clinical Immunology
- ASHI Committee Updates
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by September 1, 2006)
Volume 30, Number 1 (2006)
- President’s Column , Peter Nickerson, MD, FRCPC
- From the Editor-in-Chief , Francesco Marincola, MD
- New Advances in the Immunogenetics of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
- The Role of Regulatory T-cells in Transplantation Tolerance
- The Immunogenetics of Psoriasis
- Summary of Board of Directors Meeting
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by June 1, 2006)
Volume 29, Number 4 (2005)
- President’s Column
- Accreditation News
- Early History of Transplantation Immunology: Part II
- Proteomics: Bridging the Genome and the Bed Side
- Magic Matches: Unrelated-donor Transplants Facilitated by the National Marrow Donor Program
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by March 1, 2006)
Volume 29, Number 3 (2005)
- President's Column
- Early History of Transplantation Immunology: Part I
- Virus-like Particles (VLPs) as Anti-viral Vaccines: An Effective
Approach for an HIV-1 Vaccine Strategy - KIR Gene Allele Diversity
- Summary of Board of Directors Meeting
- ASHI 2004 Financial Summary
- ABHI Update
- Summary of the 2005 Regional Workshops
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by December 1, 2005)
Volume 29, Number 2 (2005)
- The President's Column
- ABHI Update
- Accreditation News
- The IMGT/HLA Sequence Database and the Immuno Polymorphism Database
- From MAC to MIC: MHC Class I Genes Come Full Circle
- HLA Typing of Volunteers for a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donor Registry: Ensuring and Maintaining Quality of the NMDP Registry
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by September 1, 2005)
Volume 29, Number 1 (2005)
- The President's Column
- ABHI Update
- Accreditation News
- ASHI Web Site Update
- Assays with HLA Antigens Attached to Polystyrene Beads and How We Interpret and Use Them
- Cytokine Polymorphisms, Cancer Susceptibility, and Prognosis
- Role of CD103 in the Pathogenesis of Organ Allograft Rejection and Graft-versus-host Disease Pathology
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by June 1, 2005)
Volume 28, Number 4 (2004)
- The President's Column
- ABHI Update
- Accreditation News
- Receptors Mediating Interactions Between Natural Killer Cells and Their Viral Associates
- Graft-versus-Leukemia Effects of Natural Killer Cells
- Paternity Testing: Benefits of the Marriage of Tissue Typing and STR Analysis
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by March 1, 2005)
Volume 28, Number 3 (2004)
- The President's Column
- ABHI Update
- Accreditation News
- Guidelines for the Development of Joint Written Agreements
- Pathology of Acute Rejection in the Renal Allograft
- Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by December 1, 2004)
Volume 28, Number 2 (2004)
- The President's Column
- ABHI Update
- Accreditation News
- Neutrophil Antigens and Antibodies
- HLA and HIV: Implications for HIV Vaccine Design
- HLA-DP Alloantibodies
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by September 1, 2004)
Volume 28, Number 1 (2004)
- The President's Column
- Question Corner
- Evolutions in Tumor Immunology: Directing Allogeneic Immune Cells Against Metastatic Cancers
- Liver Transplant-Associated Graft-versus-host Disease
- Signal Transduction via HLA Class I Molecules in Epithelial and Endothelial Cells
- STR-Based Chimerism Testing: Using "ChimerTrack" Interactive Graphics Software to Ease the Burden
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by June 1, 2004)
Volume 27, Number 4 (2003)
- The President's Column
- Question Corner
- Genomic Diversity of Human Natural Killer Cell Receptors
- Ambiguous Allele Combinations in Sequence-based Typing
- Fc Gamma Receptors: A MAgic Link with the Outside World
- Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center InKTP Program
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by March 1, 2004)
Volume 27, Number 3 (2003)
- The President's Column
- Accreditation News
- High-throughput Genomics: An Emerging Tool in Biology and Immunology
- Transplantation Options for Type1 Diabetes
- Luminex
- The Possibilities and Realities of a Computerized HLA LAboratory
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by December 1, 2003)
Volume 27, Number 2 (2003)
- The President's Column
- Accreditation News
- HLA and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: 30 Years On
- From Nomenclature to Biochemistry
- Antibody Screening Beyond Tears
- Summary of Humoral Rejection Conference
- ASHI Quarterly Continuing Education Quiz (Free CEUs for ASHI Members - must be submitted by September 1, 2003)
Volume 27, Number 1 (2003)
- The President's Column
- Letter from the Editor-in-chief
- Detecting Donor-Reactive Immune Regulation in Transplant Patients
- Amazing Arrays: Unraveling the Transcriptsome in Transplantation
- Applying Pyrosequencing To HLA-Typing
- Question Corner
Volume 26, Number 4 (2002)
- The President's Column
- Letter from the Editor-in-chief
- The Clinical Relevance of Non-HLA Polymorphisms in Transplantation
- The Study of Polymorphism in Cytokine and Cytokine Receptor Genes
- HLA Typing Using Reference Strand Conformation Analysis (RSCA)
- National Kidney Allocation in the UK - Issues for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratories
- Summary of the ASHI Council Meeting
- Accreditation News
- Question Corner
Volume 26, Number 3 (2002)
- A New Allele Frequency Database
- Molecular HLA Class I Typing for UNOS Laboratories
- HLA-G - An Ace Up the Sleeve?
- Immunotracking of Specific Cancer Vaccine CD8 Lymphocytes
- Editorial: A Strategy to Initiate Post-transplant Antibody Testing
Volume 26, Number 2 (2002)
- HLA and Platelet Transfusion Outcome
- HLA Matchmaker: A Molecularly Based Algorithm for Histocompatibility Determination (sorry, file too large to download - 21MB)
- Polymorphism and Antigenicity of HLA-MICA
- Diversity of NK Cell Receptors and Their HLA Class I Ligands
- Tech Tips: Effects of Thymoglobulin on Immune Monitoring and Crossmatch Interpretation
- Editorial: A National Conference to Analyze the Wait List for Kidney Transplantation
Volume 26, Number 1 (2002)
- Dissecting Tumor Antigen-Specific CD8 T Cell Responses in Cancer Patients
- Natural Killer Cell Repertoires: Defining a New Role for MHC Class I Molecules
- Bone Marrow Infusion for Tolerance Induction in Clinical Organ Transplantation
- Tech Tips: Elimination of Prospective Crossmatching . . .
- MHC Tetramers for Monitoring CMV Response
Volume 25, Number 4 (2001)
- Editorial: PRA and Crossmatching - Should We Raise the Bar?
- Monitoring of Cytotoxic T Cells by HLA Class I Tetramers
- New Methods for the Detection of Antibodies (Sensitization) to Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA)
- Tricks and Pitfalls in the Preparation of Tetrameric HLA Complexes
Volume 25, Number 3 (2001)
- Editorial: Should We HLA Match Kidney Transplants?
- The Usefulness of Quantitative Real-Time PCR in Immunogenetics
- The Role of MHC in Mate Selection
- New Molecular Biology Tools for Immunological Monitoring of Cardiac Allograft Rejection: Goals and Reality
- Tech Tips - Increased Detection of Low Level Antibodies in Serum From Both Patient and Survey Specimens
- Question Corner - Unacceptable Antigens
Volume 25, Number 2 (2001)
- Discrimination of Genetic Polymorphism Using DNA Chips
- Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Analysis of Engraftment in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Practicality of High Throughput HLA Sequence-Based Typing
- Question Corner for Technologists
- Tech Tips - QI of Technical Documents
Volume 25, Number 1 (2001)
- Genotype Analysis in HLA Typing
- HLA and Cancer: Immunogenetics in Action
- PCR-Based Molecular Testing Using DNA Extracted From Blood Clots
- Question Corner for Technologists
- Tech Tips - Antiglobulin Augmented B Lymphocyte Crossmatch
- Book Review - "HLA in Health and Disease, 2nd Ed."
- Post-transplant Cytokine Monitoring
Volume 24, Number 4 (2000)
- Question Corner
- Use of Magnetic Beads for Rapid Granulocyte and Monocyte Depletion from Lymphocyte Preparations
- Tech Tips - A Comparison of Two Different Methods of PRA Analysis to Maximize Antibody Specificity Identification
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