ASIP

What ASIP does

The American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) is a 501(c)(3) professional scientific society headquartered at 1801 Rockville Pike, Suite 350, Rockville, Maryland, with founding traced to the early twentieth century (1913 per firmographics; reorganized under the ASIP name in 1992) and 11–50 employees. The society's mission is to promote discovery, advancement, and dissemination of basic and translational knowledge in experimental pathology and related disciplines. It serves biomedical researchers, pathologists, molecular diagnostics specialists, trainees at all stages (undergraduate through junior faculty), educators, and underrepresented minorities in STEM — functioning as the principal US investigative pathology community rather than a commercial enterprise.

ASIP's core products are content and community assets, not technology platforms. These include two peer-reviewed journals — the American Journal of Pathology (AJP) and the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics (JMD) — plus AJP Compendia, the annual Pathobiology Meeting (held in conjunction with Experimental Biology), the PISA virtual meeting for young investigators, the Behind Our Science podcast, and the Pathogenesis blog. Supporting infrastructure includes 22 Scientific Interest Groups covering pathology subspecialties (Biobanking, Breast Cancer, Cardiac & Vascular, Digital & Computational, Infectious Disease, Liver, Neuropathology, etc.), the PathFinders and PathForward mentoring programs, the Leadership Academy, SROPP summer research opportunities, and a portfolio of meritorious awards including the Gold-Headed Cane Award (since 1919) and Rous-Whipple Award (since 1976).

The business model is membership-based non-profit economics: revenue derives from individual membership dues (Regular, NextGen, Trainee, Emeritus tiers via the MemberClicks portal), journal subscriptions, meeting registration fees, donations, and program sponsorship — none publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct via website enrollment and at conferences, augmented by the FASEB coalition network of 26 societies representing 115,000 biomedical scientists. Strategic partners include the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), the Histochemical Society, Experimental Biology, the American Pancreatic Association, and the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. The society also engages in science policy advocacy, particularly around NIH appropriations.

Name

ASIP

Legal name

American Society for Investigative Pathology

Website

https://asip.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) is a Rockville, Maryland-based 501(c)(3) scientific society serving biomedical researchers and pathologists through two peer-reviewed journals, annual and virtual conferences, mentoring, and a multi-tiered awards portfolio spanning trainee through senior investigator career stages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rockville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ASIP is a non-profit professional scientific society that promotes the discovery, advancement, and dissemination of basic and translational knowledge in experimental pathology. It sells individual memberships, publishes two peer-reviewed journals (American Journal of Pathology and Journal of Molecular Diagnostics), hosts annual scientific conferences (Pathobiology and PISA), and operates mentoring programs, awards, and 22 Scientific Interest Groups for biomedical researchers and pathologists.

Product overview

The American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) is a professional membership organization for biomedical scientists in experimental and investigative pathology. Rather than a unified software product, ASIP offers a portfolio of services including two peer-reviewed journals (American Journal of Pathology and Journal of Molecular Diagnostics), annual scientific conferences (Pathobiology and PISA meetings), professional development programs (Leadership Academy, mentoring programs), prestigious meritorious awards recognizing achievements in pathology research and education, trainee programs including summer research opportunities, and 22 Scientific Interest Groups covering specialized pathology subspecialties. The society also publishes educational content through its podcast and maintains diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• American Journal of Pathology (AJP)
• Journal of Molecular Diagnostics (JMD)
• AJP Compendia
• Pathobiology Annual Meeting
• PISA - Pathobiology for Investigators, Students, and Academicians
• Behind Our Science Podcast
• ASIP Leadership Academy
• Summer Research Opportunity Program in Pathology (SROPP)
• Meritorious Awards Program
• PathFinders Mentoring Program
• PathForward Year-Round Mentoring Program

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASIP is a member of FASEB, a coalition of 26 independent societies representing 115,000 biomedical scientists. FASEB plays an active role in lobbying for the interests of member societies and their researchers, including advocacy on NIH appropriations and science policy matters. ASIP has representation on the FASEB Board.
• The Histochemical SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Immunohistochemistry & Microscopy Scientific Interest Group (IHCM SIG) is co-sponsored by The Histochemical Society, partnering on scientific programming, webinars, and events that benefit members of both societies.
• Experimental BiologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASIP's annual meeting (Pathobiology) is held in conjunction with the Experimental Biology conference, a multi-society scientific meeting. ASIP co-organizes sessions with other participating societies and shares programming.
• American Pancreatic Association (APA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASIP and APA jointly sponsor the ASIP-APSA Partnership Trainee Scholar Award, recognizing trainees with excellence in pancreatic or related pathobiology research.
• American College of Veterinary PathologistsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Veterinary and Comparative Pathology SIG supports participation in the American College of Veterinary Pathologists Society Symposium held yearly at the ASIP annual meeting in conjunction with Experimental Biology, promoting cross-disciplinary research in veterinary and medical pathology.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• College of American Pathologists (CAP): CAP is a much larger, broader pathology organization with deep laboratory standards, accreditation, and policy influence, plus its own journal (Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine). It overlaps with ASIP in serving pathologist members but operates at a substantially greater scale and scope.
• American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP): ASCP is a broad clinical-pathology membership society with strong certification and education programs and its own journals. It overlaps ASIP's trainee and pathologist segments but is more focused on clinical laboratory practice than experimental pathology research.

Regional players

• European Society of Pathology: ESP is the major European pathology society with its own Virchows Archiv journal and congress. It is regionally distinct from ASIP but serves a highly comparable investigator and clinician pathologist audience on a different continent.
• Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland: This UK/European pathology society publishes the Journal of Pathology and runs major meetings, with direct thematic overlap to ASIP's experimental and disease-mechanism focus. It is geographically distinct but functionally comparable in serving investigative pathologists.

Emerging players

• American Pancreatic Association (APA): APA jointly sponsors trainee scholar awards with ASIP and overlaps in pancreatic pathobiology research. It is a smaller subspecialty society that complements rather than fully competes with ASIP's broader pathology scope.

Direct peers

• United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP): USCAP is the largest North American pathology society, publishing Modern Pathology and Laboratory Investigation and running a major annual meeting. It is the most direct peer to ASIP because it serves overlapping pathology researcher and clinician members with comparable journals and educational programming.
• Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP): AMP publishes the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics alongside ASIP and serves molecular diagnostics researchers and pathologists. AMP is the closest direct competitor to ASIP's JMD journal portfolio and competes for the same molecular-pathology audience.
• Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine: This society publishes Experimental Biology and Medicine and serves experimental biomedical researchers, directly overlapping ASIP's experimental-pathology research mission. It is part of the same FASEB coalition and targets a similar scientist persona.
• Histochemical Society: The Histochemical Society partners directly with ASIP (co-sponsoring the IHCM Scientific Interest Group) and overlaps heavily in experimental pathology research, immunohistochemistry, and microscopy. It is one of ASIP's closest allied-yet-overlapping peer societies.

Others

• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB): FASEB is the parent coalition of which ASIP is a member society, representing 115,000 scientists and providing shared advocacy, policy, and infrastructure. It is a strategic partner and infrastructure provider rather than a direct competitor, but its scope materially shapes ASIP's operating environment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ASIPath
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCcN5xrARLhRxJiZpVK9PqPw/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/ASIPathology
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/american-society-for-investigative-pathology
• Instagraminstagram.com/asipath

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

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