Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award

Application Deadline
Award Amount
$4,000
Award Term
One year
Award Type
Travel
Career Development
Career Level
Fellows / Postdocs

View the 2024 request for applications [PDF].

 

Overview

The purpose of this award is to encourage the academic career of exceptional hepatology trainees. The Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award provides $4,000 in travel funds to fourth year Transplant Hepatology fellows or third year GI/Hepatology dual certification program fellows in accredited US, Canadian, or Mexican programs to attend The Liver Meeting® and one additional educational meeting (approved by the Research Awards Committee).

Awardees will also receive enhanced career development opportunities throughout their fellowship year, including participation as an ex officio member of an AASLD/AASLD Foundation Committee or SIG Steering Committee.

NAMED AWARDS

The following named awards of distinction are made possible through the generous support of donors committed to inspiring the next generation of hepatology leaders.

Anna S. Lok Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award

One successful candidate per year will be named as the Anna S. Lok Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award recipient, which includes an additional $26,000 in research support funding during their first faculty year at a North American academic institution.

Joseph R. Bloomer Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award

One successful candidate will be named as the Joseph R. Bloomer Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award recipient, which is honorific and does not include additional research support funding.

Kimberly A. Brown Advanced / Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award

One successful candidate per year will be named as the Kimberly A. Brown Advanced / Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award recipient, which is honorific and does not include additional research support funding. Priority for this award will be given to Alumni of the AASLD Foundation Emerging Liver Scholar program.

Ashwani K. Singal Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award
for Research in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

One successful candidate per year will be named as the Ashwani K. Singal Advanced / Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award recipient, which is honorific and does not include additional research support funding. Priority for this award will be given to candidates who are in a 4th year Transplant Hepatology Fellowship program and have an interest in alcohol-associated liver disease research.

Vinay Sundaram Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award

One successful candidate per year will be named as the Vinay Sundaram Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award recipient, which is honorific and does not include additional research support funding. Priority for this award will be given to Alumni of the AASLD Foundation Emerging Liver Scholar program, with preference for those with a focus in clinical health services/outcomes research.

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Eligibility

In order to be eligible for this award, the applicant must adhere to the following guidelines:

  1. The applicant must:
    • Have been accepted to a U.S. ACGME approved (or Canadian/Mexican equivalent) transplant hepatology training program with a start date of July 1, 2024; or is a current/accepted fellow in an ACGME approved GI/Transplant Hepatology combined program who will start their 3rd/final year of fellowship on July 1, 2024. 
    • Be a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) at the time of award application and maintain active membership for the duration of the award period.
    • Have a faculty mentor who is active in hepatology at the applicant’s sponsoring institution and who is an AASLD member in good standing. Multiple applicants may apply with the same primary mentor for this program, but only one applicant will be funded per mentor for each award year
  2. The institution/program where the Transplant Hepatology fellowship will take place must:
    • Have a United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) or Canadian/Mexican equivalent approved liver transplant program, which must be in good standing and must perform at least ten liver transplantations per year. 
    • Have a full-time faculty member or members capable of teaching a curriculum with a broad base of knowledge in transplant medicine and hepatology. 
    • Provide training in living donor transplantation.
  3. Application limits:
    • The AASLD Foundation will not fund multiple Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Awardees who share the same primary mentor or who are in the same department at an institutional training site per year/cycle.
      • While there is no restriction on the number of applicants from the same institution, AASLD Foundation will not fund more than one applicant from each distinct department within an institutional training site per year/cycle. 
      • Mentors may be the primary mentor on more than one application for this program, but AASLD Foundation will not fund multiple applicants who share the same primary mentor in a single year/cycle. This applies even when the applicants are in different departments/training programs at their institution. 
    • Applicants for this program can apply to another Foundation award program in the same award year.

QUESTIONS

Questions? Contact awards@aasld.org.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The 2024 Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award program is made possible through generous contributions from the Anna S. Lok Fund for Excellence in Research and Training, the Vinay Sundaram Legacy Fund, the Kimberly A. Brown Fund, the Singal Family Fund, the estate of Dr. Joseph R. Bloomer, and unrestricted donations from AASLD and donors to the AASLD Foundation.