Archived Conferences

COMBINING CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CAREERS IN NEUROSCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
May 29-30, 2009 / Omni Shoreham Hotel / Washington, DC

47 exceptionally qualified students from throughout the United States participated in the program and the feedback we received was outstanding. The 2008 course was our sixth iteration of this annual course and we are now seeing many of those who participated in our earlier courses at neurology and child neurology residency interviews.

Many of these individuals cite this course as playing a crucial role in their decision to pursue a clinician/scientist career in neuroscience, and we are excited to announce the seventh edition of this valuable course on “Combining Clinical and Research Careers in Neuroscience” to be held May 29-30, 2009 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. As in the past, the course is sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), together with the Association of University Professors of Neurology (AUPN) and the American Neurological Association (ANA).

We invite students who may be candidates for combined research and clinical careers in the neurosciences, i.e., future clinician-scientists, to apply to attend this meeting in Washington, DC. An outstanding group of academic neurologists will discuss strategies for combining research and clinical activities from personal perspectives. Representatives from NINDS will present the many options that exist for continued research training, career development, research support, and repayment of academic debt. Most importantly, the students have ample time to interact with the faculty in small group discussions that supplement the formal presentations.

We are looking for medical students who have completed at least one year of research training during medical school in disciplines pertinent to neurobiology. The ideal candidate will have also completed some required clinical clerkships, as this is the time when many students will be thinking about further clinical training. Medical students at other stages of their training may also be candidates. Both MD-PhD students and MDs with significant research training are encouraged to apply. Travel and lodging expenses for attendees will be covered.

Again, previous meetings have been a great success. Students felt that they received information highly relevant to their career planning and that this meeting helped demystify the clinician-scientist career pathway.

Please forward this announcement, application form and course agenda to all students who might be eligible for this program so that they can plan to participate in this outstanding opportunity. The course application deadline is APRIL 1, 2009

Please contact the AUPN Executive Office at aupn@llmsi.com or (952) 545-6724 with any additional questions on the program.

Sincerely,

Story C. Landis, Ph.D.
Director, NINDS
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We are a student driven organization dedicated to the career development of physician-scientists and serve as a forum for research oriented medical students, residents, and fellows. We would like to extend an invitation to your current MD-PhD students at Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center Scho to attend our annual meeting, which we feel would be of great interest and highly beneficial to them.

Our annual meeting will be held in parallel with the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Association of American Physicians (AAP) Joint Meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago on April 24-26, 2009; APSA registrants are given complimentary registration to the ASCI/AAP meeting. The APSA meeting provides medical students with an opportunity to network with like-minded students and trainees; we anticipate up to 300 registrants representing a national cross section of physician-scientist trainees. In addition, there will be many opportunities to interact with established, highly successful physician scientists.

Our annual meeting includes six keynote addresses representing leaders in academic medicine, industry, and the NIH, as well as three career development programs including a Post-Graduate Career Opportunities Panel Discussion. This year's APSA speakers and panelists include Dr. Griffin Rodgers (NIH, NIDDK Director), Dr. James Gavin III (CEO & Chief Medical Officer, Healing Our Village, Inc.), Dr. Jeffrey Friedman (The Rockefeller University), Dr. Mary Dinauer (Indiana University), Dr. Pamela Schwartzberg (NIH, NHGRI), Dr. Dennis Ausiello (Harvard University, Pfizer Board Member), and Dr. David Engman (Northwestern University), who are just some of the 20+ speakers that will be speaking to the combined APSA, ASCI, and AAP meeting. For more details on our meeting and the complete program, please visit our meeting website at http://meeting.physicianscientists.org.

Numerous awards are offered to students who are encouraged to submit their abstracts to be considered for travel awards ($500) and present their research to win numerous poster awards ($1000) offered by the APSA, ASCI/AAP, and CSCR/MWAFMR. However, the deadline for submitting abstracts to be considered for the CSCR/MWAFMR travel awards is fast approaching (December 12, 2008). The deadline for the APSA/ASCI/AAP Poster Session will be January 31, 2009.

If you are interested in hearing more about our meeting or our organization, we would love to send you additional materials containing the pertinent information for registering that you can forward to your students.

Best regards,
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James M. Pauff, PhD
APSA President
jpauff@physicianscientists.org
http://www.physicianscientists.org/
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The 2nd Annual New York Regional Symposium of the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) will be taking place November 22, 2008 at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. APSA is a national student organization dedicated to serving physician-scientists in training and is particularly focused on providing resources, networking and career development. One goal of our organization is to provide vertical mentoring for pre-medical, medical, and MD/PhD students interested in having a research component to their career.

The 2008 Symposium will feature keynote presentations focused on research and career development by Leon Rosenberg, MD, Katherine High, MD, Mark Ptashne, PhD, and Vern Schramm, PhD. Breakout sessions with panel discussions will allow attendees to gather information about a broad variety of topics including MD vs. MD/PhD vs. PhD career options, transitions throughout MD/PhD training, and advice on residency programs and admissions. We hope this conference will be very useful to MD and MD/PhD students in training.

To register and see the full schedule or find more information about the meeting, please visit the meeting website: nymeeting.physicianscientists.org. Last year's event sold out a number of weeks in advance, so please encourage your students to register early.

Sincerely,
David Braun
Chair, New York Regional Meeting Organizing Committee
President-Elect, American Physician Scientists Association
Email: nymeeting@physicianscientists.org
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The National Institutes of Health is actively recruiting candidates to participate in the upcoming National Graduate Student Research Festival, to be held September 11th -12th, 2008 on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

To be eligible, students (both US and international) must be enrolled in a PhD program in the U.S. and on schedule to complete their PhD degree between June 2008 and October 2009. We will select up to 250 students to spend two days discussing their research, meeting other students from around the U.S., learning about the research being done at NIH, and exploring postdoctoral training opportunities on the NIH campuses. Expenses will be paid by NIH.

The deadline for application is May 15, 2008 and the online application can be found on our website at http://www.training.nih.gov
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I am writing to inform you of the upcoming Minority Trainee Research Forum (MTRF) at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort and Club in Aventura, Florida on September 4 – 7, 2008. MTRF is an invitational scientific meeting showcasing the serious trainees engaged in biomedical research. Selection is based on a national competition of abstracts form wet bench research. Twelve winning abstracts in each educational level will be selected for presentation: 12 postdoctoral trainees; 12 Ph.D. trainees; 12 M.D. / Ph.D. trainees; 12 M.D. trainees; 12 college / postbac trainees; and 12 high school trainees.

Each winner will receive a full travel fellowship (air, hotel, food) to MTRF, where they will give a 10 minute oral presentation and participate in the poster session, seminars, and awards dinner. We will have an expanded poster session daily for those trainees who were not among the award winners. This poster session is open to those trainees who have their own travel funds. Invitations are targeted towards underrepresented groups in the biomedical arena (African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, Mainland Puerto Ricans, Pacific Islanders, and Hawaiians / Alaskans).

Contact Person:
Dr. Moses Williams
Temple University School of Medicine
3420 N. Broad St.
Kresgie Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Moses.williams@temple.edu

Office:
1-800-639-5719 ext. 150
267-238-2900 ext.150
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The NINDS/AUPN/ANA are pleased to announce the 6th Annual "Combining Clinical and Research Careers in Neuroscience" Symposium being held June 6-7, 2008 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. We want to invite students with at least one full year of neuroscience research training during medical school to attend this symposium. Please see links for details on the full meeting announcement and application.
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The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), together with the Association of University Professors of Neurology (AUPN), and the American Neurological Association (ANA), are proud to announce the sixth annual meeting on "Combining Research and Clinical Careers in Neuroscience" to be held in June, 2008 in Washington, D.C.

Registration information and finalized meeting dates will be available in early February.
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The 2008 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) will be hosted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia June 5-7, 2008. Please see attached link for further details.
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The APSA's 4th Annual Meeting will take place at the Fairmont Hotel and the Mid-America Club in Chicago, IL on April 25-27, 2008 in conjunction with the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association for American Physicians, the Central Society for Clinical Research, and the Midwestern Section of the American Federation for Medical Research.
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The AGA Institute is sponsoring the Second Annual Investing in the Future: Attracting MD/PhD Students into Gastroenterology Program, to be held January 26-27, 2008 at the Westin iverwalk, San Antonio, TX. This program is designed to encourage future physician-scientists to pursue a career in GI. The program is open to students who have already committed to thesis research in GI and those wishing to explore the possibility. The AGA Institute will offer full travel grants to selected attendees. Please encourage your students to apply.

For more information and to download the application form, please visit the AGA Institute Web site.
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We are pleased to announce our 2nd Annual Career Planning Workshop for Physician Scientists at the University of Chicago on November 10, 2007. These are quite exciting times for physician-scientists in the field of Internal Medicine and sub-specialties. As you are well aware, trainees graduating from your program are looking for opportunities to further their clinical and research expertise, in order to prepare themselves for successful careers as physician-scientists. We will be hosting a free workshop in downtown Chicago on Saturday, November 10, 2007, to provide information and advice regarding career pathways open to graduates of MSTPs. A number of our physician-scientist faculty will be presenting and will be available to offer one-on-one counseling to any attendee. We feel this workshop will be an excellent opportunity for your trainees to learn more about post-graduate training options and hope you will share the attached information with your students.

Feel free to contact us if you would like any additional information about this workshop or our graduate training program for physician scientists, the Physician Scientist Development Program (PSDP). Please also find enclosed a brochure for the upcoming program that you can freely share with your trainees.

With Best Regards,

Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD
Eric Svensson, MD, PhD
psdp@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
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I am pleased to announce that the National Institutes of Health is actively recruiting candidates to participate in the upcoming National Graduate Student Research Festival, to be held October 11-12, 2007 in Bethesda, Maryland.

To be eligible, students must be enrolled in a PhD program in the U.S. and on schedule to complete their PhD degree by October, 2007. We will select up to 250 students to spend two days discussing their research through poster sessions, meeting other students from around the U.S., learning about the research being done at NIH, and exploring postdoctoral training opportunities on the NIH campuses. Expenses will be paid by NIH.

The deadline for application is June 1st and the online application can be found on our website.

Dr. Sharon L. Milgram
Director, Office of Intramural Research and Education
Senior Scientist, National Heart Lung & Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Building 2 - 2W23
Bethesda, MD 20892
milgrams@od.nih.gov
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The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), together with the Association of University Professor of Neurology (AUPN), and the American Neurological Association (ANA), are proud to announce the fifith annual meeting on "How to Combine Research and Clinical Careers in Neuroscience Symposium" scheduled for June 22-23, 2007 in Washington, D.C. More information is posted on the AUPN website at www.aupn.org under the "Clinician Scientist Student Homepage" link on the left side of the page.

National Association of MD PhD Programs Web site: www.aamc.org/research/dbr/mdphd/
GREAT Group Web site:www.aamc.org/members/great/
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The ASCI and APSA's 3rd Annual Meeting will take place at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, IL (April 13-15, 2007), while the CSCR/MWAFMR Combined Annual Meeting will take place at the Hard Rock Hotel (April 13). The combined meeting highlights this year includes a stellar lineup tentatively include leaders in the academia, NIH, and industry such as an NIH Institute Directors, Department Chairs, Directors of Clinical Research, the Director of the CDC, the founding Director the Broad Institute at MIT/Harvard, the Chief of Infections Disease at CHOP, the President of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the Vice-President of Translational Medicine and Genetics at GlaxoSmithKline, and the Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Training at UCSD. These are just a few of the many leading physician-scientists who will be speaking about their research, career, and life. Several panel discussions will be held throughout the weekend addressing tentative topics such as post-graduate opportunities for MD-PhDs, Grant Funding (Diversity of Funding), Institutional Mentoring, and Career Path Options. For more complete information, please visit our meetings website at http://www.physicianscientists.org/Meetings.html. The formal meeting announcement will be made in the next couple of weeks so join the APSA to be notified of the formal announcement, and when the full schedule will be made available via our website, registration information, and abstract submission deadlines/information. Please see link for details.
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The Eastern-Atlantic Student Research Forum (ESRF) cordially invites medical, graduate, and combined degree students at your institution to present their research February 21-25, 2007 at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami and the River Park Hotel. The schedule of events at this year's forum includes poster and oral presentation sessions in the basic and clinical sciences. This year, nearly 100 students will be selected to present their work at the forum. If you would like to know more about the forum, please feel free to contact iperez4@med.miami.edu.
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The First Annual Investingating in the Future: Attracting MD/PhD Students into Gastroenterology Conference (tentative program). Designed to encourage future physician-scientists to pursue a career in Gastroenterology (GI). We will select 20 first and second year MSTP students to attend this program scheduled for February 10-11, 2007 in Miami, Florida. The program will begin at 12:00 noon on Saturday and conclude at 12:00 noon on Sunday. Please see links for more details.
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Career Planning Workshop for Physician Scientists at the University of Chicago on September 30, 2006. These are quite exciting times for physician-scientists in the field of Internal Medicine. We will be hosting a workshop to provide counseling regarding career strategies to get from MSTP program to independent researcher. A number of our faculty and graduates will be presenting, and will be available to offer one-on-one advice. We also have developed a strong Physician Scientist Development Program (PSDP) in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago. Since it may be difficult to travel, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss our program with your future graduates. Please see attached brochure describing our program at the University of Chicago, Department of Medicine. Please feel free to contact us by phone or email with any questions.

Best Regards,
Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD, rsalgia@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu, (773) 702-4399
Eric Svensson, MD, PhD, esvensso@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu, (773) 702-834-0313
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The 21st Annual National MD/PhD Student Conference, to be held at the Keystone Conference Center in Keystone, Colorado, July 7-9, 2006. This annual meeting brings together bright young MD/PhD students and outstanding senior researchers to share ideas and to discuss the evolving role of the physician-scientist. For additional information, and to register for the Conference, please see link for details. Registration is now open.
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Days of Molecular Medicine 2006 Conference will be on Inflammation in Chronic Disease. The dates will be May 24-27, 2006, and the venue will be the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Ken is committed to securing support (registration and local accommodations in Stockholm) for 25 MD-PhD students. A limited number of travel grants (of $500) will be available, but participating students should be prepared to find their own travel support. The information for MD-PhD students is under “Student Scholarships”. Please note that the application deadline is January 15, 2006. Please see link for details.
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The APSA's 2nd Annual Meeting will take place at the Fairmont Hotel and the Mid-America Club in Chicago, IL on April 28-30, 2006 in conjunction with the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association for American Physicians, the Central Society for Clinical Research, and the Midwestern Section of the American Federation for Medical Research. Please see link for details.
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A national forum for presentation of outstanding research by medical students, interns, residents, and graduate students in the biomedical sciences will be held on April 27-28, 2006 at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Please see link for details.
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NIGMS would like to bring to your attention a comprehensive meeting on optical methods in cell biology. In addition to acquainting practicing microscopists with the newest developments, this meeting is also designed to introduce investigators in chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, and the physical sciences to opportunities for research and development in this expanding interdisciplinary field. The meeting will be held on April 19-21, 2006 at the Natcher Conference Center, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Registration closes April 3, 2006. Please see link for details.
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The Center for the Study of Human Origins is pleased to announce an upcoming conference at New York University. Molecular Primatology: Progress and Promise March 2-3, 2006, Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center, 100 Washington Square East from 9:00 am – 5:30 pm. Please see link for details. If you are interested in presenting a poster, please contact Anthony Di Fiore at anthony.difiore@nyu.edu. If you are not an invited participant and would like to attend this conference, please send an e-mail to Jen LeClair at jen.leclair@nyu.edu
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The Eastern-Atlantic Student Research Forum (ESRF) will be held on February 22-25, 2006 at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami and the Doubletree Grand Hotel. Abstract Deadline, January 3, 2006. Please see link for details.
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The American Medical Association's 4th Annual Research Poster Session will be held at the upcoming AMA Interim Meeting in Dallas on Friday, November 4, 2005 from 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. For specifications and deadline details, please see link.