AUA ANNUAL MEETING AWARDS

Congratulations to the 2023 Award Winners:

Junior Faculty Perioperative Medicine Research Award (Award supported supported by Dr. Y.S. Prakash, MD, PhD):

Rectus femoris muscle cross-sectional area measured by ultrasound is associated with postoperative recovery metrics following deceased-donor kidney transplantation

Nicholas Mendez, MD, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

 

Junior Faculty Research Award for Clinical Science:

Gut microbiota is associated with postoperative delirium in patients

Laura Zhang, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

 

Junior Faculty Research Award for Laboratory Science:

Ischemic Post-Conditioning Increases Rate of Return of Spontaneous Circulation after Cardiac Arrest in Diabetic Rats  

Matthew Barajas, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

 

Margaret Wood Resident Research Award:

An immune signature of Surgical Site Infections (SSI), a retrospective study with a novel machine learning pipeline for biomarker identification

Amélie Cambriel, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

 

Resident Travel Award

The causes of hypoxemia and their relative contribution in COVID-19 respiratory failure: a combined Multiple Inert Gas Elimination Technique and Dual-Energy Computed Tomography study

Mattia Busana, MD, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

 

Top Oral Abstract

Lung entropic hysteresis: The concept of retained energy in mechanically ventilated ARDS patients

Aiman M. Suleiman, MD, MSc, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

 

Top Oral Abstract

The influence of intraoperative opioid administration on postoperative pain and opioid requirements

Laura A. Santa Cruz Mercado, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Junior Faculty Travel Awards in Pediatric Anesthesia or Perioperative Medicine (supported by Y.S.Prakash)

The Junior Faculty Travel Award in Pediatric Anesthesia is awarded to the top scoring abstract submitted to the AUA Annual Meeting in the area of pediatric anesthesia by an early-stage faculty in an academic anesthesiology department within the first six years of faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level. The awardee will receive a $500 prize and a certificate and will provide an oral presentation during the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Oral Session.

The Junior Faculty Travel Award in Perioperative Medicine is awarded to the top scoring abstract submitted to the AUA Annual Meeting in the area of perioperative medicine by an early-stage faculty in an academic anesthesiology department within the first six years of faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level. The awardee will receive a $500 prize and a certificate, and will provide an oral presentation during the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Oral Session.

Eligibility

The abstract:

  • Must be submitted to the AUA Annual Meeting.
  • Must be submitted in the areas of pediatric anesthesia or perioperative medicine.

The presenting author indicated in the abstract submission:

    • Must be an early-stage faculty in an academic anesthesiology department within the first six years of faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level.
    • Must provide an oral presentation (10 min. oral presentation, plus 3 min. for Q&A; Max of 7 slides) during the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Oral Session at the AUA Annual Meeting in order to receive the award. Note: The oral presentation MUST be provided by the awardee and cannot be delegated to a co-author. 
    • Will receive the prize.

Prize

  • $500 after the AUA Annual Meeting
  • Certificate during the AUA Annual Meeting

Junior Faculty Research Awards for Laboratory Science and Clinical Science

The Junior Faculty Research Award for Laboratory Science is awarded to the top scoring laboratory/basic research abstract submitted to the AUA Annual Meeting by an early-stage faculty in an academic anesthesiology department within the first six years of faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level. The awardees will receive a plaque and will provide an oral presentation during the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Oral Session.

The Junior Faculty Research Award for Clinical Science is awarded to the top scoring clinical research abstract submitted to the AUA Annual Meeting by an early-stage faculty in an academic anesthesiology department within the first six years of faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level. The awardees will receive a plaque and will provide an oral presentation during the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Oral Session.

Eligibility

The abstract:

  • Must be submitted to the AUA Annual Meeting.

The presenting author indicated in the abstract submission:

  • Must be junior faculty member within the first six years of faculty appointment at the instructor or assistant professor level.
  • Must provide an oral presentation (10 min. oral presentation, plus 3 min. for Q&A; Max of 7 slides) during the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Oral Session at the AUA Annual Meeting
    Note: Award cannot be presented by a co-author.
  • Will receive the Prize

Prize

  • Plaque after the AUA Annual Meeting

Margaret Wood Resident Research Award

The Margaret Wood Resident Research Award is awarded to the highest scoring abstract submitted to the AUA Annual Meeting by a resident, fellow, or a medical student enrolled in a US program. The awardee will receive a $1000 prize and a certificate, and will provide an oral presentation during the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Oral Session.

Eligibility

  • The abstract must be submitted to the AUA Annual Meeting.
  • The research done in a laboratory (wet or dry) must be in the United States.
  • The presenting author indicated in the abstract submission:
    • Must be a resident, fellow, or a medical student from a US program.
    • Must provide an oral presentation (10 min. oral presentation, plus 3 min. for Q&A; Max of 7 slides) during the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Oral Session at the AUA Annual Meeting
      Note: The Margaret Wood Resident Research Award cannot be presented by a co-author.
    • Will receive the prize

Prize

  • $1,000USD and certificate after the AUA Annual Meeting
  • Certificate after the AUA Annual Meeting

Resident Travel Award

The Resident Travel Award is awarded to the top scoring abstract submitted to the AUA Annual Meeting by a resident or fellow. The awardee will receive a $1000 prize and will provide an oral presentation during the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Oral Session.

Eligibility

The abstract:

  • Must be submitted to the AUA Annual Meeting.

The presenting author indicated in the abstract submission:

  • Must be a resident, fellow, or a medical student.
  • Must provide an oral presentation (10 min. oral presentation, plus 3 min. for Q&A; Max of 7 slides) during the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Oral Session at the AUA Annual Meeting in order to receive the award. Note: The Resident Travel Award cannot be presented by a co-author. 
  • Will receive the prize.

Prize

  • $1000 after the AUA Annual Meeting
  • Certificate after the AUA Annual Meeting