Description:
Attention: Applying for this award requires you to 1) complete the award application (select "apply today" from above) and 2) submit an abstract via the abstract submission site.
Purpose
This award will be presented to an undergraduate student in medicine, dentistry, nursing, social work, pharmacy, occupational therapy, or physical therapy for presenting original research at the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting.
Eligibility
Selection is based on submission of a high-scoring abstract for presentation at the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting, and on evidence of an early and promising career in clinical geriatrics research, education, or public health (as demonstrated by supporting letters of recommendation and evidence of productivity in a curriculum vitae). Qualified applicants may have additional education, such as an MPH or MCS degree, but must be participants in a clinical education program in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, or similar degree-granting course of study.
Application Process
Applicants must complete:
- an awards application (click "apply now", above)
- submit an abstract of research or research-in-progress electronically via the abstract submission site
- The student's curriculum vitae
- A letter of support (limited to 1 page) from the student's advisor/research mentor outlining the student's role in the research, as well as his/her interest in and promise for an academic career in the appropriate aging-related field, must be uploaded using the nomination form.
Award
$500 travel stipend to attend the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting.
Past Recipients of the Clinician Student Research Award
2019 Smrithi Sukumar
2018 Michael Liu
2017 Laura E. Hatchman, BA, MD Candidate
Jessica Rizzuto, BA MPP
2016 Margaret Puelle, BS
2015 Justin Yamamoto
2014 Julie Thai, MPH
Lucille Brunker
2013 Nerissa Duchin
Bianca Methvin
2012 Israel (Riley) Peña, Jr.
2011 Siobhan M. Case, BA, MS-II
2010 Cynthia So, BS, MSII
2009 Melissa M. Fish, MS-II
2008 Gina Fujikami, MSIV
2007 Priscilla Yee, MSIV