Thomas J. Steinbach DVM, DACVP, DABT (Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA) and Daniel J. Patrick DVM, DACVP, DABT (Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Mattawan, MI, USA) have worked for numerous years to help organize the successful "Pathology for Non-Pathologists" short course, created with the support of the American College of Toxicology (ACT) and Society of Toxicologic Pathology (STP), upon which this book is based. Mary Ellen Cosenza PhD, DABT, RAC, ATS (MEC Regulatory & Toxicology Consulting, LLC, Moorpark, CA, USA) was an inaugural committee member of this short course and remains a highly respected member of the community at large.