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AAS New Officers

Congratulations to the new officers, elected at the Annual Business Meeting during the 2008 ASC.

President-Elect- Kevin F. Staveley-O'Carroll, MD, PhD, MBA

Secretary- Scott A. LeMaire, MD

AAS Election results have been posted under the Governance section.

Congratulations to the AAS 2008 Research Award Winner: Sung W. Cho from the University of Pittsburgh for the work entitled "The Role of Calcium/calmodulin-dependent Kinase in High Mobility Group Box-1 Mediated Liver Inflammation."

The Academic Surgical Congress

Thank you to all who attended the 3rd Academic Surgical Congress, which was held February 13-15, 2008 in Huntington Beach, California. For more information on the Academic Surgical Congress please visit www.academicsurgicalcongress.org

Congratulations to the AAS 2008 Student Research Award winners:

First place- Ashley K. Cayo, University of Wisconsin
Second place- Serena Tan, National Institutes of Health
Third place- Anne M. Lewis, University of Iowa
Fourth place- Eric D. Morrell, Indiana University
Fifth place- Kyle Zanocco, Northwestern University

AAS Sponsors Course in West Africa

The AAS sponsored a Fundamentals of Surgical Research and Career Development Course in Freetown, Sierra Leone. This course was preceding the West African College of Surgeons Annual Meeting and took place February 10, 2008. It was a great success.

SAVE THE DATE: 2008 Fall Courses

The 2008 Fall Courses will be taking place October 10-11, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. More information will be posted shortly.

View the AAS Spring 2008 Newsletter

View the Student Research Award Winners

OVERVIEW TO THE AAS RESEARCH COLLABORATION INITIATIVE

The Research Collaborative Initiative is an on-line database of AAS member's research projects designed to foster collaboration between AAS members and their institutions. Members may add their own research projects and/or search other member's projects and correspond with that member. AAS members must log in to the Member Area to access the RCI. Non-members should apply for membership today.