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VIRTUAL PROGRAMS

  • February 6 at 8:30pm ET: AWS Resident & Fellow Virtual Meeting (members only - register here)
  • Feb 7 at 8pm ET: Webinar - "How to Apply to VSLO/USCE: The National and the IMG Experience" - Register
  • Feb 8 at 8am ET: AWS New England Regional Conference  - Register
  • Feb 9 at 9am CT: AWS Southwest Regional Conference - Register
  • February 13 at 7pm ET: AWS Building an Academic Foundation: Maximizing Your Conference Experience (register)
  • Feb 15 at 9am ET: AWS South Regional Conference - Register
  • February 19 at 8pm ET: AWS Surgical Mentorship (invitation only)
  • February 20 at 7pm ET: AWS Publications Webinar - How to Teach Effectively in the OR (register)

CALLS

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Starr Research Forum

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 May 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.)


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Call for Applications: SBAS & AWS Visiting Professorship

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

Call for Host Institutions

Application Deadline: August 12, 2024

Description:

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NIH CSR Reviewer


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.




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