After 12 months of reading, writing, experiments, revisions, and grant panels, I had to control myself from refreshing the page hourly on the eRA Commons site. All I was hoping for was to receive a score on my NIH K08 submission. Some who had reviewed my grant had said, “You have a good chance of […]
Make AAS Your Village
As a new member of the Membership Committee, I had the pleasure of approaching members at the Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) to ask them why they joined the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS). While the answers were diverse, three themes were common during my conversations with AAS members: 1. Research Mentorship- The Village Neighbor The […]