Supporting the Future of Academic Obstetrics and Gynecology
AAOGF welcomes Dr. Melissa Frey, Dr. R. Tyler Hillman, Dr. Annie Leung and Dr. Molly McAdow as its newest scholars. Dr. Frey received the 2023 ABOG/AAOGF Scholar Award, Dr. Hillman received the 2022 GOGF/AAOGF Mentored Physician-Scientist Award, Dr. Leung received the 2022 AAOGF/ABOG Scholar Award and Dr. McAdow received the 2022 SMFM/AAOGF Scholar Award.
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The AAOGF and the Foundations of ABOG and SMFM seek to identify future academic physician leaders in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology and to stimulate their scholarly development, through the support of advanced scientific training. The Scholarship Award is to be used in an academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the United States or Canada to provide research training and experience for a candidate of proven ability who exhibits significant talent, original thought and evidence of dedication to an academic career. Research training may focus on basic or translational research, disease pathogenesis, clinical diagnostics, interventions and prevention, or epidemiology.
Click here for a list of our current scholars and summaries of their research.
The AAOGF and the Foundations of ABOG and SMFM seek to identify future academic physician leaders in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology and to stimulate their scholarly development, through the support of advanced scientific training. The Scholarship Award is to be used in an academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the United States or Canada to provide research training and experience for a candidate of proven ability who exhibits significant talent, original thought and evidence of dedication to an academic career. Research training may focus on basic or translational research, disease pathogenesis, clinical diagnostics, interventions and prevention, or epidemiology.
Click here for a list of our former scholars and summaries of their research.
AAOGF News
2023 AAOGF/SMFM Scholars Retreat
AAOGF and the Foundation for SMFM welcomed nearly 30 scholars and faculty to University of Michigan in early August for our first in-person AAOGF/SMFM Scholars Retreat since 2019. MORE
AAOGF Scholar Achievements
Former Scholar Dr. Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain Receives National Institutes of Health R01 Award
Former AAOGF Scholar, Dr. Jose Alejandro Rauh-Hain has been awarded a National Institutes of Health R01 Award to support his project Health equity in fertility specialty care among Cancer survivors. READ MORE
Angeles Alvarez Secord Installed as SGO President, Honored with Prestigious Award, at Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer
Duke Cancer Institute Gynecologic oncologist Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, MHSc, was installed as president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) at the 2023 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. In addition to being welcomed into her new role at the meeting, Dr. Secord was presented with the Best Clinical Science Award for the abstract titled “Genomic Alterations, Molecularly Targeted Therapy and Race: Real World Data from the Endometrial Cancer Molecularly Targeted Therapy Consortium.” READ MORE
Rimel Appointed Medical Director for Cancer Clinical Trials Office at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
BJ Rimel, MD, associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, has been appointed as the Medical Director for the Cancer Clinical Trials Office (CCTO). READ MORE
AAOGF Scholars Publish in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Current scholars Jacqueline G. Parchem, MD and Courtney D. Townsel, MD, MSc along with Sarah A. Wernimont, MD, PhD and Yalda Afshar, MD, PhD have published an article in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The article, “More than grit: growing and sustaining physician-scientists in obstetrics and gynecology,” demonstrates the need for continued support and funding for Women’s Health research. Click here to read the article.
Dr. Mark Clapp Receives Harvard Risk Management Foundation’s Patient Safety Grant
Dr. Mark Clapp was recently awarded the Harvard Risk Management Foundation’s Patient Safety Grant for the project: Leveraging Electronic Health Record Data and Machine-Learning for Neonatal Risk Stratification. READ MORE
Drs. Emily Miller and Jackie Parchem Present at Capitol Hill Briefing
Drs. Emily Miller and Jackie Parchem, spoke at a virtual Capitol Hill briefing on the need to increase inclusion of pregnant and lactating people in clinical trials using the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as a case study. READ MORE
Rajkovic Elected to NAM
Aleksandar Rajkovic, M.D., Ph.D., was elected to the National Academy of Medicine as announced on October 19, 2020. Dr. Rajkovic was an AAOGF-RSDP Scholar from 1999-2002 when he was at Baylor College of Medicine. READ MORE
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Upcoming Deadlines
June 1, 2023 – Travel Award Application Deadline (click here for information and instructions)
July 3, 2023 – Scholarship Application Deadline (click here for information and instructions)
August 10-12, 2023 – 2023 Scholar Retreat, University of Michigan
September 1, 2023 – Applications due for Bridge Funding Award (click here for information and instructions)
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