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August 17, 2009

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Sworn in as NIH Director

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., today became the 16th director of the National Institutes of Health. He was nominated to lead the NIH, the nation's premiere biomedical research agency, by President Barack Obama on July 8, and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 7.

August 9, 2009

APSA Announces Board of Directors for the 2009-2010 Term

The American Physician Scientists Association is pleased to announce the new Board of Directors for the 2009-2010 year. We are pleased to welcome new and returning members of the board of directors this year. The board members are:
Mr. Freddy Nguyen (Chairman)
Dr. Jaimo Ahn MD PhD - University of Pennsylvania
Mr. Christopher Alvarez-Breckenridge - The Ohio State University
Dr. Joseph Bast PhD - University of Kansas
Mr. David Braun - Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dr. Shwayta Kukreti PhD - University of Illinois
Mr. Stephen Magill - Oregon Health & Sciences University
Dr. Jason Mann MD PhD - McKinsey & Company
Dr. Juanita Merchant MD PhD - University of Michigan
Dr. David Nathan MD - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dr. Kerry O'Banion MD PhD - University of Rochester
Dr. James Pauff PhD - The Ohio State University
Dr. Rebecca Sadun PhD - University of Southern California
Dr. Michael Zasloff MD PhD - Georgetown University.
Click here to learn more about our board members.

July 29, 2009

University of Chicago PSDP hosts 4th Annual Physician Scientist Development Program Workshop

The University of Chicago is pleased to announce its 4th Annual Physician Scientist Development Program Workshop being held September 26, 2009 here on campus. The workshop provides counseling regarding career strategies to get from MSTP program to independent researcher. A number of faculty and graduates will be presenting, and will be available to offer one-on-one advice. This workshop is hosted by the Physician Scientist Development Program (PSDP) in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago. To register send an email to psdp@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu or call 773-702-1747 by September 18, 2009.

July 8, 2009

President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Francis Collins as NIH Director

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Francis S. Collins as Director of the National Institutes of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services. President Obama said, "The National Institutes of Health stands as a model when it comes to science and research. My administration is committed to promoting scientific integrity and pioneering scientific research and I am confident that Dr. Francis Collins will lead the NIH to achieve these goals. Dr. Collins is one of the top scientists in the world, and his groundbreaking work has changed the very ways we consider our health and examine disease. I look forward to working with him in the months and years ahead."

June 4, 2009

AAMC/HHMI Committee Defines Scientific Competencies for Future Physicians

A new report, issued today by an expert committee convened by the Association of American Medical College and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, for the first time defines scientific competencies for future medical school graduates and for undergraduate students who want to pursue a career in medicine. More information can be found here.  The full report, and executive summary are available through the HHMI website.

June 2, 2009

Deadline Extended for 2009-2010 Leadership Applications to June 8th!

Application Submission Deadlines:
Executive Council: April 15th
Committee Vice-Chair: April 27th
Regional Meeting Committee Chair: June 1st
Institutional Representative: June 8th
Standing Committee: June 8th

May 15, 2009

APSA Joins other Partners in the CTSciNet in Science Editorial

APSA as part of the Clinical and Translational Science Network joins other partner organizations in a joint Editorial "Translational Careers" in the May 15th, 2009 issue of Science.

April 27, 2009

APSA receives multi-year grant support from the National Cancer Institute - NIH

The American Physician Scientists Association is pleased to announce that the APSA has received a multi-year (2009-2014) conference grant from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health in support of APSA's National Annual Meeting in April of each year in Chicago, IL. This funding will help stabilize and strengthen the Annual Meeting. Through this grant, the APSA Annual Meeting will be able to provide up to 26 $500.00 Travel Awards to the Annual Meeting. Attendees from the 2009 meeting will be contacted shortly if they have been selected to receive these last minute travel awards.  This grant will also further expand the reach, opportunities, and impact of the APSA Annual Meeting in our community.

Congratulations to the following individuals for being selected to receive one of the Inaugural APSA Travel Awards!!

  1. Catherine Lewis - Morehouse
  2. Pamela Sung - New York University
  3. Melissa Mavers - Saint Louis University
  4. Bani Azari - State University of New York - Downstate
  5. Noreen Bukhari - Stony Brook University
  6. Christopher Alvarez-Breckenridge - The Ohio State University
  7. Sherry Yang - University of Alabama - Birmingham
  8. Sharon Choi - University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
  9. Michelle Stephens - University of Kentucky
  10. Rachael Blackman - University of Minnesota
  11. Kristin Gehrking - University of Minnesota
  12. John Elliott - University of South Florida
  13. Michelle Norton - University of Vermont
  14. Lauren Dunn - University of Virginia
  15. Jhoanne Bautista - Washington University
  16. Jennifer Gill - Washington University
  17. Michelle Sabo - Washington University
  18. Jose Saenz - Washington University

April 26, 2009

AAAS/Science Launches Science Translational Medicine, Integrating Medicine and Science

Elias Zerhouni, M.D., former Director of the National Institutes of Health, has been named Chief Scientific Adviser.  www.ScienceTranslationalMedicine.org is being launched to help researchers more efficiently access and apply new findings from many different fields, explained Bruce Alberts, Science’s Editor-in-Chief.  “We need to find novel and more effective ways to better understand and develop, for patients, the extraordinary advances we have made in the past few years. This is why translational medicine has to become a more rigorous and, in my view, a redefined new discipline of biomedical science, with a vibrant and focused community dedicated to basic and applied investigations of the highest scientific quality, and without artificial barriers between its constituent disciplines,” Dr. Zerhouni said. “We should never forget that the public supports our research not just for its own sake but for its promise to bring new and more effective approaches to health across the world. I am pleased by the decision of AAAS to launch this journal." Click here for more information.

April 1, 2009

APSA 2009 Annual Meeting - Awards Announcement

Congratulations to those of you who have gotten your abstracts accepted to the Poster Session bringing a record number of 146 accepted posters with 118 of those submitted by APSA members making up 81% of the posters presented compared to 82/107 (77%) in 2008.  Congratulations to all and best of luck as you compete for the six $1000.00 Poster Awards (3 by ASCI/AAP and 3 by APSA).

Congratulations to the following APSA members who received $750.00 ASCI/AAP Travel Awards this year (the first time APSA members have become eligible, previously only K awardees were eligible to apply).  All 100% of the awards this year have gone to APSA Members.  Congratulations!!!

  1. Thomas Flood - University of Massachusetts
  2. Helena Jonsson - Washington University St. Louis
  3. Jennifer Kim - Brown University
  4. Sandhya Ravichandran - University of Utah
  5. Cecinio Ronquillo - University of Utah
  6. Frances Saccoccio - Virginia Commonwealth University
  7. Daniel Schneider - University of Texas Houston
  8. Meera Sridharan - St. Louis University
  9. David T. Terrano - University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
  10. Suzanne Thibodeaux - University of Texas Health Sciences
  11. Michael Valentino - Thomas Jefferson University
  12. Christopher Welch - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  13. Fiona Young - University of British Columbia
  14. Monica Walker - Washington University St. Louis


Congratulations to the following APSA Members / Students who received the $500.00 CSCR Trainee Travel Awards.

  1. Samuel Bakhoum - Dartmouth Medical School - APSA Member / MD-PhD Student
  2. Joan Beckman - University of Minnesota - APSA Member / MD-PhD Student
  3. Katie Bullinger - Wright State University - APSA Member / MD-PhD Stuent
  4. Jennifer Delfs - University of Iowa - MD-PhD Student
  5. Dylan Dodd - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - APSA Member / MD-PhD Student
  6. Collin Ellis - University of California Davis - APSA Member / PhD Student
  7. Ahmara Gibbons - Thomas Jefferson University - APSA Member / MD-PhD Student
  8. Uma Goyal - Arizona University - Medical Student
  9. Aleksandar Krbanjevic, MD - University of Illinois Chicago - APSA Member / PhD Student
  10. Farah Laiwalla - Brown University - APSA Member / MD-PhD Student
  11. Bonnie Lau - Brown University - APSA Member / MD-PhD Student
  12. Prem Premsrirut - Stony Brook University - APSA Member / MD-PhD Student
  13. Michael Valentino - Thomas Jefferson University - APSA Member / MD-PhD Student


Congratulations to the following APSA Members / Students who received the MWAFMR's Scholars Program Awards.

  1. Joan Beckman - University of Minnesota - APSA Member / MD-PhD Student
  2. Justin Ellet - Medical University of South Carolina - MD-PhD Student

March 13, 2009

The Role of the Research Physician: From Golden Past to Threatened Future?

The Office of History, National Institutes of Health, is pleased to host this conference at The Cloisters, Building 60, National Institutes of Health, (Bethesda, MD) on March 26-27, 2009. Registration is FREE but seating is limited so register early. Click here for more information and the full meeting agenda.

March 6, 2009

"How to Combine Clinical Research Careers in Neuroscience" Symposium

Interested in neuroscience research and clinical training? or how to combine research and clinical interests in neurology? or meeting and learning neuroscience physician-scientist role models? Then attend this meeting in Washington, DC on May 29-30, 2009! The deadline to apply to attend and receive funding (travel costs and lodging will be paid for student attendees) is April 1, 2009. More information can be found at http://www.aupn.org/. This meeting is being sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the Association of University Professors of Neurology (AUPN) and the American Neurological Association (ANA).

February 11, 2009

APSA 5th Annual Meeting: Housing Information

In an effort to help reduce the costs of attending the APSA Annual Meeting, we are providing this board as a way for meeting attendees to share with other attendees affordable hotel rates. Please contribute to this board by submitting your find here. You must be logged into your APSA account to submit (to prevent any fraudulent/spam postings). A map of the listed establishments can be found here. Aside from the Union League Club of Chicago and the Fairmont Hotel, APSA is not responsible for the information being posted on this board and does not guarantee any of the listed rates.

February 11, 2009

APSA 5th Annual Meeting: Abtract Deadline - February 13, 2009

The Abstract Submission Deadline is quickly approaching on February 13, 2009.  Register and submit your abstracts today to become eligible for the $750.00 Travel Awards available for trainees.  In addition, there will be six $1,000 poster awards given by the ASCI/AAP (3) and the APSA (3) this year.

February 9, 2009

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation - Awards

Are you a recent physician-scientist graduate currently in a residency / fellowship program or recently entered into a faculty position?  The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation is offering two funding opportunities: Fellowship Awards and Clinical Investigator Awards.  Follow the links for more information, the submission deadlines for this year's cycle are March 16, 2009 and March 2, 2009 respectively, so apply today!

January 15, 2009

Days of Molecular Medicine 2009

Each Spring, the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Karolinska Institutet and Cell Press co-organize the Days of Molecular Medicine Symposium (DMM). An important component of this event is the MD-PHD Program, this program provides full scholarships for up to 50 MD-PhDs to attend the meeting. This year's symposium revolves around the topics of human genetics, stem cells and physiology and how these topics pertain to personalized medicine. The meeting agenda can be found here and MD-PhD scholarship information can be found here.

January 4, 2009

APSA: 5th Annual Meeting Updates

The ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting Abstract Submission Deadline has been extended to February 13, 2009 and will open up in early January.  Visit the APSA Meeting Website for more information (http://meeting.physicianscientists.org/).  The speakers, panelists, and session have been finalized and can be viewed on the APSA Meeting site.  Register Early!! We look forward to seeing you all in Chicago this April!!

November 12, 2008

APSA: 5th Annual Meeting - CSCR/MWAFMR

The CSCR/MWAFMR 2009 Combined Annual Meeting offers complimentary registration and access to their travel awards to current dues-paying members of the APSA. The CSCR/MWAFMR Poster Session precedes the APSA/ASCI/AAP Meeting in Chicago, IL (click here for abstract submission info - Deadline - December 12th, 2008, 11:59 PM EST and click here for travel awards info). Abstract Submission to APSA/ASCI/AAP will open at a later date.

July 1, 2008

New Leadership

2008-2009 APSA Leadership: The American Physician Scientists Association is pleased to announce its new leadership including the Executive Council, Standing Committees, and Institutional Representatives for the 2008-2009 academic year. Click here to find out more.

January 12, 2008

Cullen Trust Symposium

APSA hosts a networking lunch during the Cullen Trust Symposium on Translational Research. Click here to learn more.

November 15, 2007

Revitalizing the Nation's Physician-Scientist Workforce

The American Physician Scientists Association is helping provide a critical role by helping voice the trainee perspective at the Association of Professors of Medicine's Concensus Conference: "Revitalizing the Nation's Physician-Scientist Workforce."

September 28, 2007

Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada 1st Annual Meeting

The American Physician Scientists Association is formally represented by Stephen Magill & Freddy Nguyen at the Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada 1st Annual Meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

September 6, 2007

French MD-PhD Retreat Scientific Journeys 2007

The American Physician Scientists Association is formally represented by Freddy Nguyen at the French MD-PhD Retreat Scientific Journeys 2007 in Paris, France. This meeting also brought together an informal group of representatives from the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France, and the United States.

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