Calls for Entry & Opportunities:

• May 23: AWSF Award nominations due
• May 30: AWS Starr Medical Student & Resident Research Forum abstracts due
• May 30: AWS/ACS Governor Position applications due
• May 31: SAAS-AWS Resident Travel Award applications due
• June 3: SBAS & AWS Visiting Professorship applications due
• June 13: Shining Star Leadership Program applications due

Programs:

• May 8 at 7:30pm ET: AWS Publications Webinar - Using Pens Not Knives (register here)
• May 9 at 8:00pm ET: AWS Journal Club (register here)
• June 11 at 7:00pm ET: AWS Cross Mentorship Workshop - Race and Ethnicity Differences (register here)
• June 11 at 8:00pm ET: AWS Resident & Fellow Virtual Meeting (register here)
• August 14 at 7:30pm ET: AWS Publications Webinar - Finding Your Job (register here)
• October 18 & 19: 2024 AWS Annual Conference in San Francisco, California (mark your calendar)
• October 20: The 2024 AWS Foundation Annual Dinner & Gala (mark your calendar)

Partner Organization Updates:

• AAS: The Association for Academic Surgery seeks to inspire and develop young academic surgeons. Learn more on their website.
• ACS: Apply by May 10 for the ACS Women in Surgery Committee Mentorship Program for Women Surgeons.
• AWMA: Members of AWS can get a complimentary affiliate membership in the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)! Learn more here.
• AOSA: The Association of Out Surgeons & Allies is an organization of LGBTQ+ Surgeons and allies which promotes acceptance, inclusion, and equity in the surgical specialties to further learner engagement, support individual clinicians and researchers, and build a community. Learn more here.
• ASA: Applications for the 2025-2027 American Surgical Association Foundation Fellowship Research Awards are open through June 15.
• LSS: The Latino Surgical Society is hosting the LSS Symposium on Latino Health 2024 from May 17-19 at the University of Washington in Seattle.
• SAAS: Applications are being accepted for the first annual SAAS Stories Essay Competition through May 13.
• SBAS: The Society of Black Academic Surgeons is partnering with AWS to offer a 2024 Visiting Professor program. Learn more and apply by June 3 here.

Submit Nomination

SAAS-AWS RESIDENT RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARD

The Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS)-Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Resident Travel Award is a $1000 travel grant supporting attendance of a surgical resident trainee at the SAAS Annual Meeting. The meeting this year will be hosted by Tulane University, Department of Surgery, from Sept 5-6, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisana.

Deadline for applications: May 31, 2024
Notification of award by: July 12, 2024

AWS Starr Research Forum

Calling all students, residents, and fellows with research to share!
Due May 30, 2024

Student, resident and fellow members of AWS may submit up to two abstracts for the AWS Starr Medical Student and Resident Research Forum at the 2024 AWS Annual Conference. Abstracts are limited to 300 words and must have an Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions, and supporting author information. Incomplete abstracts will not be considered. Case reports and literature reviews will not be accepted. The deadline is 11:59PM EST on June 30. 

Abstracts presented at other conferences are allowed, except for abstracts that you plan to present at the ACS conference. You cannot send an abstract on a project that is published prior to the conference. If your abstract is accepted, you must register for the 2024 AWS Annual Conference as a Student/Resident and present your work in person during the Scientific Session at the conference. (Please note that this session does not conflict with the medical student or resident activities at the ACS Clinical Congress.)

The Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) and the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Visiting Professorship

Call for Applications

Description:
To provide active SBAS and AWS members who are faculty members at the rank of Associate Professor and within 15 years of their faculty appointment the opportunity to serve as a Visiting Professor for the Department of Surgery at a host institution. The host site application will open soon.

National Institute of Health CSR Reviewer Pool

AWS Members Can Apply by January 31 for Quarter 1

The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has requested recommendations for AWS members willing and qualified to serve in the NIH CSR Reviewer Pool. Interested candidates are asked to complete the submission form below.

Nominated scientists should meet the following criteria:
• willing to serve as reviewers
• seen as experts, with integrity, in their field.
• have an active research program, extramural funding, and not currently be a standing member of an NIH study section or advisory council.
• productive scientists from diverse backgrounds and career stages – e.g. assistant, associate, and full professors.