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Early Career Travel Stipend Award

The Early Career Travel Award Stipends have been established to provide funding for deserving young investigators to attend the ASPHO Conference to present their work and to introduce them to the many benefits of ASPHO programming and networking. Five awards of $500 will be given per year.

The qualifications for the award candidates are as follows:

  • The applicant is either currently a fellow in a pediatric hematology/oncology program or is within 4 years of completing a standard three-year pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship
  • The individual’s abstract has been accepted for presentation either as a poster or platform session at the ASPHO meeting
  • Author submits an application for funding
  • Currently a member of ASPHO (at the time of application) living in the United States or Canada
  • Applicant has not received any other ASPHO awards this year

To apply, please include the following:

  • A supporting letter from the training program director or the program chair, attesting to the applicant’s status as well as his/her role in the conduct of the research project
  • In regard to awards for a particular topic, the letter should address the individual’s interest in this area and how participation will advance this area of their career

Winners are chosen based on eligibility criteria, topic, and abstract ranking. The award consists of $500 and will be presented at the conference.

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Notes:

  • Abstract must be submitted by January 11, 2021 at 4 pm ET
  • All award application materials must be received no later than January 11, 2021 at 4 pm ET
  • Each year approximately 3 awards will be selected based on topical areas of interest as determined by participant needs and/or directed donations
  • Selected by the Conference Planning Committee

To be considered for the award:

  • Carefully review the criteria for the award to determine eligibility
  • Complete the Appropriate Award Application Form
  • Include all required supplemental materials to make your award application complete

2021 Recipients

Holly Edington, MD
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Predictors and Outcomes of Immunoglobulin Supplementation in B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
holly edington

Nura El-Haj, MD
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Oakland, CA
Chemotherapy-Induced Sensory Peripheral Neuropathy: The Role of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Signaling
nura el-haj

Diana Fridlyand, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University
Atlanta, GA
HSCT Rescues Marrow Failure in A Patient with Leukemia and Previously Undiagnosed Ligase IV Syndrome
MEK Inhibition Overcomes Stromal Cell-Mediated Resistance to MRX-2843, a Dual MERTK/FLT3 Inhibitor
diana fridlyand

Sumit Gupta, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Viroimmunotherapy for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas
sumit gupta

Peter Schoettler, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
High-Throughput Small Molecule Screening to Identify New Treatments for Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
peter schoettler

Past Recipients

2020 Harry Lesmana, MD FAAP FACMG
Lisa Maurer, MD PhD
Mallery Olsen, MD
Anthony Sabulski, MD
Ryan Summers, MD

2019 Nathan A. Dahl, MD
Claudia Zapata, MD
Jeremy Rubinstein, MD PhD
Matthew Dietz, DO, MSEd
Regina M. Myers, MD

2018 Amy Houghtelin, MD
Zachary LeBlanc, MD
Joseph H. Oved, MD MA
Allison Remiker, MD
Luke R. Smart, MD

2017 Jason Schwartz, MD PhD
Ryan J. Summers, MD
Michael Deel, MD

2016 Waitman Aumann, MD
Jonathan Marron, MD
Pillai Pallavi Madhusoodhan, MD
Nickhill Bhakta, MD