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Welcome to The Student/Resident Corner ("The SRC")

Here in the SRC, you will find a variety of useful links, blogs and postings that will allow you to chat with STP mentors and fellow trainees while also exploring the many resources and training opportunities available to students/residents interested in learning more about exciting careers in toxicological pathology–trainees just like you! Check it out! Add a comment to our blog! Ask questions! We’re here to help you navigate the exciting world of Tox Path.

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Student Information

Welcome to the STP Student Web Page!

Here, you will find a variety of useful links that will allow you to explore the many resources and training opportunities available for students just like you, students interested in learning more about exciting careers in toxicological pathology!

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We thank you for visiting our student web page and hope you will consider becoming a student member of STP in order to take advantage of the spectrum of benefits available to our members. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

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STP Speakers/Training Institution Program (STIP)

The goal of the STIP initiative is to increase career development and educational interactions between STP and training institutions in North America, including those that have historically had fewer interactions with Toxicologic Pathologists. To address this overall goal, the STP has established a speakers program wherein STP members travel to training institutions to present toxicologic pathology and career focused talks to pathology trainees.

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Mentor Profiles

Shakirat Adetunji, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVP

Shakirat is a Principal Scientist and Veterinary Pathologist on the Nonclinical Drug Safety Pathology Team at Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., in West Point, PA. Her professional interests include female reproductive pathology, infectious disease, immunopathology, investigative toxicology, and oncology. Before joining Merck, she was a Clinical Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign.

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She earned her DVM from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, followed by MS and PhD degrees in Biomedical Sciences from the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at Texas A&M University. She then pursued postdoctoral research and an anatomic pathology residency at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University. She is an active member of both the Society of Toxicologic Pathology and the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

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Mentor Profiles

Laura Hoon-Hanks, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Laura Hoon-Hanks is a Senior Veterinary Pathologist with DTR Labs. In this role, she provides pathology support for drug discovery and development projects in the non-clinical space. She has spent most of her career at contract research organizations, serving as both an individual contributor to scientific projects as well as a department lead, including director of pathology and digital pathology teams. Her main expertise includes animal models of disease, molecular pathology, digital pathology, and image analysis and their use in drug efficacy and early safety assessment.

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Laura is also an active contributor to the Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP), the American College of Veterinary Pathology (ACVP), and the Society of Toxicology (SOT) through her participation in the STP Career Development and Outreach Committee, the ACVP Industrial and Toxicologic Pathology Focused Scientific Session Group, and the SOT Comparative Toxicology, Pathology, and Veterinary Specialty Section. She is passionate about student outreach and mentorship, as well as educating and supporting pathologists on career opportunities in industry.

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Sarah Coe, DVM, MPH, DACVP

Sarah Coe is an anatomic pathologist with a special interest in reproductive pathology. She is currently part of the Inotiv pathology group in Portage, Michigan in the greater Kalamazoo area. She also has a special interest in mentorship of pathology trainees, serving as the residency and externship coordinator for Inotiv, Co-Chair of the Student Interactions Subcommittee of the Society of Toxicologic Pathology, and member of the Certification Exam Committee of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

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She completed her residency in anatomic and toxicologic pathology at Michigan State and Charles River Laboratories in Mattawan, Michigan and has worked in contract research organizations since then. She also received her DVM, Master’s of Public Health, and Bachelor’s degree in zoology and developmental biology from Michigan State.

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Jessica Grieves, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Jessica is Global Head of Investigative Pathobiology at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, based in San Diego, CA. In this role, Jessica sets strategy for and coordinates activities of all tissue-based labs across the globe to ensure timely, efficient, and high-quality portfolio support across all modalities and therapeutic areas. Prior to Johnson & Johnson, Jessica was a project team facing pathologist and drug safety representative at Takeda and Ionis. She has deep expertise in nonclinical development of oligonucleotides and an interest in inhalation toxicology, women’s health, and longevity medicine.

Jennifer Brazzell, DVM, MVSc, MRCVS, DACVP

Dr. Jennifer Brazzell is a 2000 graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, Western College of Veterinary Medicine. She was formerly a practicing veterinarian and co-owner of two small animal/exotics practices in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She completed a clinical pathology residency at the University of Minnesota in 2005 and worked as a diagnostic clinical pathologist thereafter but after four years she decided to expand her horizons and returned to the University of Saskatchewan Western College of Veterinary Medicine to complete a residency in anatomic pathology and a Master of Veterinary Science degree.

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She then worked for seven years at a veterinary diagnostic laboratory as a veterinary pathologist with a focus on research pathology although she often wore multiple hats, working on any given day as a diagnostic clinical pathologist, diagnostic anatomic pathologist, and/or research focused pathologist. Dr. Brazzell joined IDEXX BioAnalytics in 2019 as a comparative veterinary pathologist. She was promoted to the Head of Anatomic Pathology in 2021 and then to her current position as the Head of Clinical Pathology, Anatomic Pathology, and Bioanalysis in 2025. She still wears many hats and is responsible for overseeing histopathology and clinical pathology operations and evaluation of diagnostic and research, anatomic and clinical pathology submissions.

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Nicholas Vetter, DVM, DACVP

Nick is an anatomic pathologist working in toxicologic pathology at Inotiv, Inc., where he provides pathology expertise on safety studies for drug development programs and periodic diagnostic pathology support for Inotiv’s laboratory animal veterinarians. Over his first few years exploring tox path he has developed special interest in cardiovascular pathology, dermatopathology, and long-acting injectables, and he is excited to see where the field leads him next.