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Purpose

The Society of ’67 Pathology Trainee Project Grants in Health Services Research and Education funds innovative research and education projects that address issues of healthcare quality, costs, and/or access related to pathology services.

Description

The Society of ’67 of the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) is pleased to announce a grant program for pathology trainees (medical students, residents, fellows) in Pathology Health Services. Grants will fund innovative research and education projects that address issues of healthcare quality, costs, and/or access related to pathology services. Two categories of grants will be considered: Research and Educational. Funding is up to $5,000 for one year. The 2020 program has closed.

• Research Project Grants: To investigate a question and/or to develop a technology in pathology/lab medicine services that improves healthcare quality, cost, or access.
• Education Project Grants: To develop an educational program or offering in pathology/lab medicine services focused on improving healthcare quality, cost, or access.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2020 AWARDEES!

• Jhun Iny, MD, ScD (and Vivek Charu, MD, PhD) 
  Stanford University
  Long-term trends and geographic variation in the utilization of liver biopsies in pediatric inpatients in the United States, 2007-2017 
• Cullen Lilley, MS, Medical Student (and Kamran Mirza, MD, PhD)
  Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
  PathElective as Curricular Adjunct

Questions?

Requests for additional information and questions may be directed to [email protected] - Melvin Limson, PhD, Director of Programs & Development, Association of Pathology Chairs. Phone: 302.660.4944.

2019 Awardees

• Kelsey Hummel, DO (and Kenneth Muldrew, MD, MPH, and Irene Stafford, MD)
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Mycoplasma Genitalium in Pregnancy
  
• Nishad Sathe, Medical Student (and Ken Gatter, MD, JD)
  Oregon Health & Science University
  Pathology Cost Education
• Jenny Weon, MD, PhD (and Bret Evers, MD, PhD)
  

  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  Spanish Autopsy Guide

2018 Awardees

In December 2018, the inaugural Pathology Trainee Project Grants were awarded to the following recipients. The project description as described in their letters of intent are linked on the project titles below.

• Christopher Hergott, MD, PhD (and David Dorfman, MD, PhD)
  Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Leveraging Immunometrics to Achieve Minimally Invasive Prognostic Information for Hematopoietic Neoplasms
• Nicole Landry LePage, MD (and Esther Soundar, MD, MPH)
  Indiana University School of Medicine
  Predicting Postpartum Hemorrhage
• Ann Shepler, MD (and Julia Kofler, MD)
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  The Neuropathologic Correlates of Sepsis-Associated Cognitive Dysfunction
• Vivian Tang, medical student (and Mirna Lechpammer, MD, PhD)
  University of California, Davis
  Slide-free Histology via Microscopy using Ultraviolet Surface Excitation - Applications in Neuropathology
• Ann Tooley, medical student (and Peter Kragel, MD)
  Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
  Pathology Health Literacy: A Longitudinal Study of Patient Understanding of the Pathology Report and the Role of the Pathologist