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AWS Foundation Fellowships


Since 1996, the AWSF/Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Fellowship has supported a number of women surgeons by funding original research in topics of flexible GI endoscopy, laparoscopy, minimal access techniques or related emerging technology.

A $25,000 FELLOWSHIP grant from Genomic Health was established in 2007. The fellowship is awarded for topics in the area of breast cancer research.

Click here for the 2009 Fellowship Grant Instructions and Application for both fellowships. Note: Letter of intent deadline is April 15, 2008.

Past Fellowship Recipients: 

Award Year Awardee Topic

1996

Dept of Surgery Columbia Presbyterian:
Dr. Karen Horvath

The Effects of Laparoscopic and Open Bowel Resection on Tumor Establishment and Growth in a Murine Model

1997

The Regents of the University of California:  
Dr. Alicia Silva

Carbon Dioxide versus Air for Intralumenal Insufflation During Endoscopic Assisted Laparoscopy

1998

UTMB: 
Dr. Aphrodite Henderson

Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting Improves Graft Patency and Patient Satisfaction

1999

Joseph Stokes Jr Research Institute: 
Dr. Danielle Walsh

Endoscopic Technique for Tracheal Occlusion in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

2000

LSUMC, Shreveport: 
Dr. Celeste Hollands

Short term Assessment of Robotic Surgical Techniques in Porcine Intestinal Anastomosis, Hepaticojejunostomy, and Portoenterostomy Using ZEUS Technology

2001

Mt Sinai School of Medicine: 
Dr. Celia Divino, MD

Endoluminal Fundoplication for Gastroesophageal Disease

2002

UCSD: Katie Nason  Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in diabetic wound healing

2003

Washington University in St. Louis: Rebecca Aft, MD, PhD

Evaluation of 2-Deoxy-D Glucose as a Sensitizer to Radiation and Chemotherapy in a Mouse Breast Cancer Tumor Model

2004

John Wayne Cancer Institute
Lori Wilson, MD
Translational Proteomics: Identification of Protein Profiles in Breast Disease

2005

UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School:
Asha Bale, MD
Role of Ghrelin in Outcomes After Gastric Bypass Surgery in African-American Women

2006

UCSF:
Anjali Kumar, MD, MPH

Randomized Phase II Pilot Trial of Statin Use in Women with Early Breast Cancer

2007

Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Maryland
Kimberly Eden Steele, MD
Brain Dopamine Receptor Activity in Obese Subjects Before and After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Past Genomic Health Fellowship Recipients: 
 

Award Year Awardee Topic
2007

University of Iowa
Geeta Lal, MD, MDc, FRCS(C)

ECMI Expression as an Independent Prognostic Marker in Breast Cancer - a Pilot Study

 

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