activity American Physician Scientists Association Board of Directors
Furthering ongoing initiatives established as policy chair and advocacy for physician scientists at national level.07/01/2016 - Presenthonor National Collegiate scholar
honor UI Chicago COM research day Postdoctoral fellow award Honorable mention to assess differential exosomal miRNA analyses between lean and obese individuals
honor Burrough’s Wellcome Fund travel award to ACTS
activity Association of Clinical Translational Sciences
Organized sessions of digital health/big data translational research and physician scientist pipelines07/01/2013 - 07/01/2015honor Cardiology NHBLI T32 postdoctoral fellowship
activity American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) Policy Chair
-Expanded NIH F30 funding from 10/27 institutes and centers (ICs) in 2007 when the F30 initiative was developed to adoption of the F30 funding mechanism by all funding NIH ICs. -Developed national initiative and study w/multi-center IRB approval to assess best practices of physician scientist friendly residency programs. -Developed national study and got multi-institution IRB approval to assess specialty/research interests, career intentions for research/clinic duties, challenges faced/anticipated by MD/PhD and MD trainees with results presented at national and international mtgs -Developed policy and advocacy panels at national mtgs featuring NIH, FDA, Industry and academic leaders -Spearheaded various partnerships (Keystone Symposia, AMWA etc) and events to address diversity and women in medicine/science disparities06/01/2009 - 06/01/2015honor UI Chicago College of Medicine Research First Place Gold prize award
honor UI Chicago Department of Medicine 1st place outstanding poster award
activity American Physician Scientists Association Vice President
Spearheaded various partnerships including AHA, Keystone Symposia, AMWA, Swiss MD PhD association and furthered others ie Canadian MD PhD association, European MD PhD association to address physician scientist training issues nationally and internationally.06/03/2013 - 08/01/2014honor American Thoracic Society research scholarship
honor Ervin G. Erdös, MD and Sara F. Rabito Erdös, MD Prize for Excellence in Basic Sciences
honor Chancellor's Student Service Award (CSSA) for outstanding leadership
honor Eugertha Bates Memorial Award for outstanding leadership
honor NIDDK T32 predoctoral fellowship
honor UPenn TCPW grant award for Tomorrow's Physician study to assess physician scientist pipeline
honor Burrough’s Wellcome Fund award to support Tomorrow's Physician Initiative
honor Keystone Symposia Scholarship
honor Mentored 10 UI Chicago Honor’s College Undergraduates in their honor’s research projects. Wrote several research project proposals that won monetary awards, Totaling ~$5000, for 6 of my students.
honor Molecular Genetics Provost Deiss Award