2008 AASLD Research and Career Development Awards

Our sister organization, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), will offer the following awards this year. To obtain application forms, please visit the AASLD Web site.

Applicants may apply for only one ALF or AASLD award each year. If you apply for an ALF award, you may not apply for an AASLD award in the same year, and vice versa.

Download an application for the AASLD awards in the Research Center at www.aasld.org. For more information, email aasld@aasld.org or call (703) 299-9766.

Student Research Award
Application Deadline: June 4, 2008, 5 p.m. Eastern
Recipient Notification: August 2008
Meeting Dates: October 31 – November 4, 2008
Meeting Location: San Francisco, CA

This $500 award is given to a student who made a major contribution to the research study highlighted in their abstract submitted to The Liver Meeting®.

Young Investigator Travel Awards
Application Deadline: June 4, 2008, 5 p.m. Eastern
Recipient Notification: August 2008
Meeting Dates: October 31 – November 4, 2008
Meeting Location: San Francisco, CA

These $500 travel awards enable young researchers submitting abstracts for the AASLD Research Workshop to receive travel support to attend the Workshop held during The Liver Meeting®.

Single Topic Conference Travel Awards

These $500 travel awards fund travel costs for trainees in the field of hepatology with a special interest in the conference topic to present their accepted abstract on related research. Visit www.aasld.org for application deadlines, meeting dates and locations.

Jan Albrecht Commitment to Clinical Research in Liver Diseases Award
Application Deadline: February 15, 2008, 5 p.m. Eastern
Recipient Notification: April 2008
Award Start Date: July 1, 2008

A two-year award of $75,000 per year that fosters career development for individuals performing clinical research and/or translational research in a liver-related area and who have shown commitment to excellence at an early stage of their research study.

Support of the AASLD Jan Albrecht Commitment to Clinical Research in Liver Diseases Award by Schering-Plough is gratefully acknowledged.

Sheila Sherlock Clinical and Translational Research Awards in Liver Diseases
Application Deadline: February 15, 2008, 5 p.m. Eastern
Recipient Notification: April 2008
Award Start Date: July 1, 2008

A two-year award of $75,000 per year that fosters career development for individuals performing clinical research and/or translational research in a liver-related area and who have show commitment to excellence at an early stage of their research study.

Support of the AASLD Sheila Sherlock Clinical and Translational Research Awards in Liver Diseases by Roche is gratefully acknowledged.

Career Development Award in Liver Transplantation
Application Deadline: September 14, 2007, 5 p.m. Eastern
Recipient Notification: October 2007
Award Start Date: July 1, 2008

A two-year award of $45,000 per year that fosters career development for individuals performing clinical and/or translational research in the field of liver transplantation and who have shown commitment to excellence in the field at an early stage of their career.

Support of the AASLD Career Development Award in Liver Transplantation by Astellas USA Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.

Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program
Application Deadline: September 14, 2007, 5 p.m. Eastern
Recipient Notification: January 2008
Award Start Date: July 1, 2008

This one-year award of $60,000 provides salary and benefit support for gastroenterology fellows pursuing an additional full year of training focused on patient care in advanced/transplant hepatology. The intent of the training program is to prepare the trainee to be eligible for certification in transplant hepatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).

Support of the 2007 AASLD Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program by Bristol-Myers Squibb, Roche, and Schering-Plough is gratefully acknowledged.

NP/PA Clinical Hepatology Fellowship Program
Application Deadline: February 15, 2008, 5 p.m. Eastern
Recipient Notification: April 2008
Award Start Date: July 1, 2008

This one-year award of $78,000 provides salary and benefit support for certified and licensed physician assistants (PA) or nurse practitioners (NP) pursuing a full year of training focused on clinical care in hepatology and is designed to increase the number of mid-level practitioners in clinical hepatology; facilitate the transition (or shift in emphasis) into clinical hepatology for mid-level practitioners; and to increase access for liver disease patients to adequately adjust trained clinicians.

Support of the 2007 AASLD NP/PA Clinical Hepatology Fellowship Program by Roche and Schering-Plough is gratefully acknowledged.

Page updated: March 25th, 2008