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Membership

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The individual member is offered perpetually increasing resources to empower their training as they travel the career path toward bridging research and medicine.

Organization

Core Purpose:

The American Physician Scientists Association is dedicated to career development and community building among physician-scientists in training.

Mission:

The APSA strives to be the student physician-scientists' leading voice for improving educational opportunities, advancing patient-oriented research, and advocating for the future of translational medicine.

Objectives:

Focusing on the needs of students and housestaff, including but not limited to MD/PhD trainees, APSA will pursue being:

• The leading student organization for advancing opportunities for mentorship, community building, and mutual support of physician-scientists;
• The principal source for obtaining and disseminating career development information for student physician-scientists regarding education, residency training, and beyond;
• The most representative voice and influential advocate to policymakers and the American people regarding the need for supporting physician-scientist training;
• A dynamic organization that provides value to its members. 

Leadership

Meet the national and local APSA leadership!

The American Physician Scientists Association is led by the Executive Election which is made of elected officers with oversight and guidance from the Board of Directors.  In addition to the Board of Directors and Executive Council, there are four standing committees who lead most of APSA's projects.  Institutional Representatives serve as liaisons between APSA and their respective institutions.

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